Yes, welcome back Norbert and know that we appreciate your efforts even when there are setbacks...! Dr. Milton Mueller Syracuse University School of Information Studies http://www.digital-convergence.org http://www.internetgovernance.org >>> Carlos Afonso <[log in to unmask]> 2/14/2006 12:11 PM >>> What can I say, dear compa, except WELCOME BACK? :) fraternal regards --c.a. Norbert Klein wrote: > Dear NCUC, > > this mail is a first note after a while * from mail in my box I can > see that some of you were wondering if I still exist. > > To make it short: I was plagued by three problems * my harddisk > crashed, the second loss within a year, and this time it took part of > by backup away too; my health was not always the best, which may be > related to the third problem: our organization is in a crisis ever > since a support application did not work out, and there is no > agreement yet among us why this happened, and how to get over it. > > I am sorry that I could not be available for NCUC and especially in > relation to GNSO affairs which I see on the list. I am now doing as > much as possible reading through the "piles" of e-mail and hope to be > available again from now on. > > If you have a young and strong replacement, now living in a country > like Cambodia where it is still more tricky than in some other places > to recover from an harddisk crash (and from some medical problems), > and in a time zone where the next GNSO teleconference is not at 2 a.m. > - I am happy to turn over my role to someone else. But I will try, > from now on again, to live up to your expectations. > > FYI - I hope to be also at the GNSO and other ICANN events end of > March in Wellington. > > > Norbert Klein > > -- Carlos A. Afonso Rits -- http://www.rits.org.br ******************************************** * Sacix -- distribuição Debian CDD Linux * * orientada a projetos de inclusão digital * * com software livre e de código aberto, * * mantida pela Rits em colaboração com o * * Coletivo Digital. * * Saiba mais: http://www.sacix.org.br * ********************************************