Rafik, All the best with your post-Chair ICANN life. I want to thank you. I have moved slowly out of rank novice to moderate ex-novice during your NCSG leadership regime and have learned a lot. Sam /On 2015-10-22 9:03 AM, Rafik Dammak 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// > / >