[Membership-affairs] MAT's coordinator position is now vacant

[Walid AL-SAQAF]

Dear Joao,

I'm delighted to know that you wish to take over the role of the MAT
leadership. I'll be happy to arrange a Skype chat meeting with you to
enlighten you as to what I had started and what you may want to do next.

Best

Sincerely,

Walid

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Walid Al-Saqaf, PhD
Postdoc, Department of Media Studies
Stockholm University - Sweden

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 7:32 PM, João Carlos Rebello Caribé <
caribe at entropia.blog.br> wrote:

> Hi Rogerio and Walid,
>
> I wanna to continue this valuable work of Walid, since now.
> Walid is possible to meet with us in order to give and update and next
> steps on this project? Feel free to determine the date and time as was
> possible for you.
>
> I imagine this would be in December to allow us continue this work on the
> beginning of 2016.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joao Carlos Caribe
>
>
> Em 15/09/2015, às 10:33, Rogerio Mariano escreveu:
>
> Hi Walid,
> How’ve you been? I hope you are doing great.
>
> We are all saddened and dismayed by this news, it's a shame you can not
> stay because his work is credible and of great value for MAT, about the
> episode I stay here in Brazil seeing all the atrocities that have taken
> place in Yemen andIt is very sad, as son and father as my heart is
> embittered by all of you. I think that Einstein's phrase sums up my
> feelings: Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. I
> wish the best for you and your entire family.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rogério Mariano de Souza
> LACNOG Board Director Member
> ISOC Member# 83309
> ICANN NCSG/NCUC MAT
> + 55 21 98314-9647
> rogermariano.cala [at] yahoo [dot] com
> http://icannwiki.com/Rogerio_Souza
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>
>
>
> Em Domingo, 13 de Setembro de 2015 5:27, Walid AL-SAQAF <
> walid.al-saqaf at ims.su.se> escreveu:
>
>
> Dear friends,
> Some of you may have heard that my house in Yemen was bombed a couple of
> months ago, leading to the death of my brother-in-law and my niece.
> Fortunately, wasn't in Yemen at the time and I got a lot of support from
> many friends from ICANN, ISOC, TED and beyond, for which I am tremendously
> grateful.
> But as you can imagine, this sudden and tragic event has knocked me off
> balanced and severely affected my performance and many of my plans for the
> year. It has also led me to enter new advocacy, humanitarian and legal
> arenas that I wasn't prepared for and that require a lot of my attention
> and time.
> So I regret to inform you that I can no longer continue to coordinate the
> membership affairs team (MAT).
> It was a privilege and pleasure to collaborate and work with all of you. I
> believe that some good initial steps were taken in the form of the survey,
> whose results could serve as a point of departure for future work to
> improve NCUC members' engagement.
> The MAT coordinator's position is now vacant and I encourage those of you
> who are interested, to take this opportunity, which would allow you to
> engage more closely with the community and perhaps attend ICANN meetings
> and relevant events.
> Apologies for having to pull out without completing my first year as this
> tragedy came so suddenly. But I will remain as part of the NCUC community
> and contribute when I have the chance to do so.
> I believe it is necessary to hand the role over so that MAT's work would
> resume and intensify, particularly as ICANN is going through critical -and
> even historic- times that require a seriously committed civil society
> member to take over.
> All the very best and thanks for your understanding.
> Sincerely,
> Walid Al-Saqaf
>
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