[UA-discuss] Farewell

[Mark Svancarek (CELA)]

Don, it’s a sad day for me, even though I knew this would be announced soon.

Thank you for all you’ve done for our community, both as General Secretary / grown-up in the room, and also as a friend.  I’ll miss our time together, whether complaining about bureaucracy, chatting about kids and books and hats and life, or occasionally using our spare time to take food tours in whatever city we found ourselves. I wish we had done more of that.

It’s already been said elsewhere, but I will say it again – this community would not have existed without you.  We would probably have drifted apart and given up after  Year 1.  It was your drive and focus that kept a community of volunteers moving forward on something that seemed important, rather than just poking away at a list of random work items that we could easily have put off in favor of our day jobs.

Sue and I send our best wishes to you and Julie.  Enjoy your retirement and your grandson and let’s try to keep in touch.

Mark

From: UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org> On Behalf Of Don Hollander
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 9:13 PM
To: ua-discuss at icann.org
Subject: [UA-discuss] Farewell

A short note to say that after more than four years of active and direct involvement with the Universal Acceptance Steering Group I am stepping down as the Secretary General at the end of the month.

I have been keen to do this for quite some time and the group now has a very detailed (nearly 100) set of actions for the next year and the newly elected leadership are well established.

The administration of the program will be supported going forward by ICANN’s Sarmad Hussain who has been closely involved since the ICANN Board included Universal Acceptance as one of its five strategic objectives last year.

So many people who have been along for the ride for so long to thank.

The UASG will issue a formal announcement in due course and ICANN will issue a blog in the next couple of months about their vision of Universal Acceptance.

Anyone who wants to contact me can reach me at kōrero at ngāpukapuka.nz<mailto:kōrero at ngāpukapuka.nz>

Don




Don Hollander
Secretary General – UASG
Skype: Don_Hollander

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