Dear Rafik, I really appreciate your commitment and your support . Wish you all the best . Kind Regards, Shabnam On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 11:15 PM, Benjamin Akinmoyeje <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Congrats Rafik, > I appreciate you and your leadership. Wishing you amazing time as you move > on to other things. > > Benjamin > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Patricia Gnilane Senghor < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Dear Rafik, >> >> Thanks a lot for your commitment and support. >> Wishing you all the best in your future endeavours! >> >> Bye and see you soon. >> >> Patricia >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 4:15 PM, [log in to unmask] < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Rafik. >>> >>> Thank.you very much for.your very good wok as chair of Nscg over two >>> past year. >>> >>> Hago Dafalla >>> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >>> <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> * From: * Amr Elsadr <[log in to unmask]>; >>> * To: * <[log in to unmask]>; >>> * Subject: * Re: [NCSG-Discuss] my last day as NCSG chair >>> * Sent: * Thu, Oct 22, 2015 9:40:12 AM >>> >>> Rafik, >>> >>> I can’t thank you enough for the unwavering dedication you’ve shown as >>> the NCSG chair over the past two years. I hope you are not underestimating >>> the part you’ve played in strengthening the influence of civil society in >>> gTLD policy development over the past two years. We’ve come a long way, and >>> I don’t know how we could have achieved this without you. This IMO is the >>> primary purpose of the NCSG. >>> >>> Thank you so much for your two years of service, and I look forward to >>> continuing to work with you in the future. >>> >>> My eternal gratitude. >>> >>> Amr >>> >>> > On Oct 22, 2015, at 9:03 AM, 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 >>> > >>> > >>> >> >> >