Good point, Dorothy! I suspect the fact that he currently lives in his non-native-English-speaking home country, as opposed to living in, say, the US, might have tipped the balance in the thinking behind this. I'm just guessing.

A welcome note in a person's mother tongue is always nice. But a working document (even as short as 3 pages) for the person's mother tongue when he just got appointed to a position where the first (if not sole) actual working language precisely is English might not be necessary.
My 2 cents

Mawaki

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On Feb 8, 2016, at 8:27 PM, "Dorothy K. Gordon" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Swedish?  Why? I would assume he speaks and reads English? Did we communicate with Fadi in Arabic?

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I would suggest a congratulations / welcome to ICANN card from the NCSG be procured and posted to our new leader, preferably in Swedish. Culturally appropriate. 

I would also suggest we produce a 3-5 page introduction to the NCSG document for him as a deliverable for Morocco. Preferably in Swedish as well. This is something out more experienced members can be charged with doing, with staff help.

These should be priorities within the next month for those not involved in the CCWG.

Tapani?

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Ed

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 On 8 Feb 2016, at 08:41, Tapani Tarvainen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
 New CEO has been announced:
 
 https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2016-02-08-en
 
 
 "Experienced Technology Leader Named as ICANN President and CEO
 
 
 
 Göran Marby, currently Director-General of the Swedish Post and
 Telecom Authority (PTS) to start at ICANN May 2016
 
 
 
 Los Angeles, California… Göran Marby, an experienced business
 executive and government leader has been named the next President and
 Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
 and Numbers (ICANN).
 
 
 
 “I’m delighted to announce Göran as the new head of ICANN,” said Dr.
 Stephen Crocker, Chair of the ICANN Board of Directors. "His
 leadership experience as a technology CEO and start up founder as well
 as his current experience as Director-General of the Swedish Post and
 Telecom Authority will be invaluable as ICANN moves towards the next
 chapter in its history. We conducted an extensive, global search and
 Göran impressed us all throughout with his shared values, operational
 experience and understanding of the Internet ecosystem. I’m looking
 forward to working with him and what I know will be his substantial
 contribution to ICANN and to helping ensure a stable, secure and
 unified global Internet.”
 
 
 
 Marby is a Swedish citizen, currently living in Stockholm. He and his
 family will be relocating to Los Angeles, California the location of
 one of ICANN’s three global hubs.
 
 
 
 “I am very excited to be joining ICANN and joining at the start of a
 new era for the organization and the community,” said Marby. “While I
 know there is much for me to learn, I am eager to work with ICANN’s
 multistakeholder community to continue all the good work that ICANN
 has been doing and am very committed to implementing the community’s
 decisions – both with respect to the IANA Stewardship Transition, but
 also in the myriad important areas of ICANN policy development as it
 fulfills its mission.”
 
 
 
 Marby will succeed current President and CEO Fadi Chehadé whose term
 finishes on March 15, 2016. Marby will join ICANN in May 2016. During
 this time, Akram Atallah, President of ICANN’s Global Domains Division
 will serve as acting CEO.
 
 
 
 “I am very grateful to Akram for agreeing to step into this role and
 providing the continuity and leadership ICANN needs at such an
 important time,” said Dr Crocker.
 
 
 
 Göran Marby has more than 20 years of experience in the Internet and
 technology sectors. Prior to joining PTS he co-founded AppGate Network
 Security AB a security software company where he served as CEO between
 2002 and 2009 with a focus on international customers and operations.
 
 
 
 He has held several other leadership roles in the Internet and
 technology sectors including as CEO of Cygate a network services
 company, Country Manager for Cisco in Sweden and as CEO of Unisource
 Business Networks in Sweden.
 
 
 
 Marby holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Gothenburg
 School Economics."
 
 
 -- 
 Tapani Tarvainen