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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear </span>Georgios<span style="color:#1F497D">,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">First of all happy new year I hope you had a great start to the year. We begin our real work of EPDP phase 2A today, it was a pleasure working with you over the past two years and good luck on your new mission.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best Wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hadia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Gnso-epdp-team <gnso-epdp-team-bounces@icann.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>TSELENTIS Georgios<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 17, 2020 12:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> gnso-epdp-team@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Gnso-epdp-team] Goodbye EPPD<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear EPDP colleagues,</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I wish to inform you that I had to step down from the GAC as European Commission alternate representative due to my move to another unit in the European Commission dealing with Digital Connectivity in Europe and post
COVID Recovery and Resilience Funds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I wish to warmly thank you all for the intense but always professional and collegial way we worked the last years (!) in the EPDP. I still remember the day I was tasked to represent the EC in the EPDP and thought with
my naïve mind of engineer: “Sure, WHOIS just one simple Internet protocol…”. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I wish to specially thank the ICANN staff who does an amazing and professional job supporting us in the most efficient and kind way always with a smile
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span><span lang="EN-GB">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I am sad to leave the group almost at the completion of this policy development process but I am confident you will be proud (…and relieved
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span><span lang="EN-GB">) upon its completion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hope to meet you again, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">until then keep safe and well,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Georgios Tselentis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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