Dear Rafik A special thank you to you from me, and also on behalf of everyone in APC. During you term as chair you have helped me to understand the ever-confusing world of ICANN. This is a world that I have seen emerge and grow but which remains hard to grasp for those of us who are not fully immersed in it. You were always there when I had a question, and you always provided clear and easy to understand answers. So thanks very, very much. Tapani, really looking forward to working with you. You have been a voice of calm and reason in the IGF internet rights and principles context and as the discussion about human rights in ICANN intensifies it is a really good for NCSG to have chair with expertise in this area. Best wishes to you both. Anriette On 22/10/2015 10:44, Milan, Stefania wrote: > Dear Rafik > > thanks you so much for your energy, dedication and commitment over these > intense years. > > You did an amazing job, and you will be missed. > > Stefania > > > stefaniamilan.net || @annliffey > fingerprint: 7606 4526 3D24 20B2 C850 EA42 A497 CB70 04B5 A3B > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Da:* NCSG-Discuss <[log in to unmask]> per conto di Rafik > Dammak <[log in to unmask]> > *Inviato:* giovedì 22 ottobre 2015 10.03 > *A:* [log in to unmask] > *Oggetto:* my last day as NCSG chair > > > 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 > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, > forwarding, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, > this information by persons or entities other than the intended > recipient is prohibited without the express permission of the sender. If > you received this communication in error, please contact the sender and > delete the material from any computer. > -- ----------------------------------------- Anriette Esterhuysen Executive Director Association for Progressive Communications [log in to unmask] www.apc.org IM: ae_apc