Looks elegant like a knight even when hiking :) Congratulations Tapani! This is really an amazing recognition! All the best wishes! Marília On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 8:26 PM, Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Do you mean, the guy we met hiking just the other day in Ireland, on the > right??????? > > > > Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez > _____________________ > > email: [log in to unmask] > Skype: carlos.raulg > +506 8837 7176 (cel) > +506 4000 2000 (home) > +506 2290 3678 (fax) > _____________________ > Apartado 1571-1000 > San Jose, COSTA RICA > > > > > > > > > On 4Dec, 2015, at 15:49, Edward Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hello everybody, 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 parliament, adopted a resolution declaring Finland > independent from Russia. 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 concurrently. 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. 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 members and friends. > Best, Ed Morris > > > > > -- *Marília Maciel* Pesquisadora Gestora - Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade - FGV Direito Rio Researcher and Coordinator - Center for Technology & Society - FGV Law School http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts DiploFoundation associate - www.diplomacy.edu PoliTICs Magazine Advisory Committee - http://www.politics.org.br/ Subscribe "Digital Rights: Latin America & the Caribbean" - http://www.digitalrightslac.net/en