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<div>Rafik,</div>
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<div>You did us all proud. Your record stands for itself.</div>
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<div>-James</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Ncuc-discuss <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org</a>> on behalf of Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@gmail.com">rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Tuesday 6 December 2016 at 15:46<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org">ncuc-discuss@lists.ncuc.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[NCUC-DISCUSS] Final message from me as NCUC chair<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Dear NCUC members,</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">With the announcement the election results, we are transitioning to a new elected Executive Committee for NCUC so it can start working in due time and there are already several tasks waiting for them. </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">With that, my term as NCUC chair should end. Farzaneh is the new NCUC chair. I wish her good luck in her new role and I am happy to support her for the coming months. I had the pleasure to have her as member in the EC and I am confident
that she will do a good job. I trust Farzaneh will do more and being successful to serve NCUC. The EC and herself will need all the support we provide.</div>
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<p dir="ltr">I wanted to thank all NCUC members who trusted me for the last year, also the members of the 2015-2016 Executive committee. Serving the non-commercial was a pleasure, while not always easy due to the growing expectations and challenges. </p>
<p dir="ltr">When I was elected last year, I was hoping to do many things and thought about running in that office in the next years to achieve that. However, 2016 was not easy at a personal level and I reached conclusion that would be better to move to another
position. There are always some regrets regarding what I could more or better, however I can ensure you that I did them with good faith and tried to do my best. I am also evaluating my actions and shortcomings.</p>
<p>We tried to improve many things the last months with regard to administrative tasks, planning for meetings, outreach efforts, appointments to different positions and amending the NCUC bylaws. This lay groundwork for next steps such as working on procedures
etc. The work of chair and EC is always a continuous improvement of what was done before and preparing for what will be done next.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I will be glad to continue my support for NCUC and helping the members by mentorship or respond to questions and inquiries.<br>
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<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Best Regards,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Rafik Dammak</p>
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