Dear Rafik, At this point I can't but accuse you: you've done such a great job that you've set an impossibly high standard for me. You will indeed be missed. I do find some consolation and hope in that I trust you won't be going far and will be there to help and advice me when I need it. Thank you for all you've done! Tapani future NCSG Chair (only a matter of hours now...) On Oct 22 17:03, Rafik Dammak ([log in to unmask]) wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am sending this last email as NCSG chair , since my term ends with the > last day of Dublin meeting. Tapani is officially the NCSG chair after the > ICANN board session this afternoon, I wish him good luck and keen to offer > him my support for the coming months. > > I wanted to thank all NCSG members who trusted me for 2 years, also the > NCSG officers. I really enjoyed serving in such role and hoped to do more > things. I could do some things, not succeeding on others and some that I > couldn't do yet. > I trust Tapani will do more and being successful to reach the goals he set, > following his strategy and get inputs. He needs all our support and help > for the challenges ahead. > > My focus was to improve the operational side of NCSG like membership > management, being able to influence more policy by regular submitting > public comment, and more important being able to engage our members and let > them more involved in policy making process, to communicate and collaborate > with other groups and communicate better about NCSG activities. That was > built in what my predecessors did and I am passing this now to the new > chair. I will also make a self-evaluation and self-criticism in timely > manner. I did the hand-over with Taapni and everything should be ok. You > will also receive details of recordings of NCSG sessions in Dublin meeting > and there will be follow-up. > > of course, I will continue my involvement and will be happy to support our > members on my personal capacity and respond to your questions. > > Best Regards, > > Rafik Dammak > > former NCSG chair