An award well deserved! Congratulations NCSG - Chair!

Signs of more Crowns of Success.

Remain in the blessings.

Sonigitu Ekpe

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On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 5:58 PM, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <
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> Kiitos Tapani
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: NCSG-Discuss im Auftrag von Ari Saarenmaa
> Gesendet: Sa 05.12.2015 15:42
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> Betreff: [NCSG-Discuss] VS: Our Chair is a Knight!
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> Congrats Tapani. Thanks Ed, hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää for you too.
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> Edward Morris
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> Aihe: Our Chair is a Knight!
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> This Sunday, December 6th, is Independence Day in the Republic of Finland.
> It was on this day ninety-nine years ago the Eduskunta, the Finnish
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> As in many countries, Independence Day in Finland is a time of remembrance
> and celebration. Befitting Finland, it is a day both of formality and of
> understatement. In the evening families traditionally light two candles,
> one blue and one white, and place them in the windows of their homes. As a
> foreign guest in the country I was always quite touched by the simplicity
> and beauty of the celebratory gesture. A Presidential reception is held in
> the evening, the telecast of which traditionally is amongst the most viewed
> television shows of the year in Finland. Shadow events, often in the form
> of demonstrations and gatherings benefiting charitable causes, take place
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> Independence Day is also the day honours are announced and presented. It
> is with great joy I want  to let all of you know that this year Finnish
> President Sauli Niinistö will be bestowing upon NCSG Chair Tapan Tarvainen
> the honour and title of Knight of the White Rose of Finland. The White Rose
> Order was established in 1919 by General Carl Mannheim, a man who is
> considered by many, myself included, to be the greatest Finn of all time.
> The Grand Master of the Order is the President of the Republic of Finland.
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> I know everyone joins me in congratulating Tapani for being chosen to
> receive this high honour in recognition of his service to his country and
> to the world. I suspect we are probably the only SG at ICANN to have an
> actual Knight as a Chair, further evidence of the exceptionally high
> quality of person one encounters in the NCSG. Congratulations Tapani and
> Happy Independence Day, Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää,  to all of our Finnish
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