[NCUC-DISCUSS] Final message from me as NCUC chair

[Tapani Tarvainen]

+1 (or Giraffe in ncsg-speak)!

Tapani

On Dec 06 11:41, Corinne Cath (corinnecath at gmail.com) wrote:

> Dear Rafik,
> 
> I am joining the chorus of compliments and +1s!
> 
> Best,
> 
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:23 AM, William Drake <wjdrake at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > As they say, +1
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > On Dec 6, 2016, at 17:14, James Gannon <james at cyberinvasion.net> wrote:
> >
> > Rafik,
> >
> > You did us all proud. Your record stands for itself.
> >
> > -James
> >
> > From: Ncuc-discuss <ncuc-discuss-bounces at lists.ncuc.org> on behalf of
> > Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
> > Date: Tuesday 6 December 2016 at 15:46
> > To: "ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org" <ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org>
> > Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Final message from me as NCUC chair
> >
> > Dear NCUC members,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I will be glad to continue my support for NCUC and helping the members by
> > mentorship or respond to questions and inquiries.
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Rafik Dammak
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> Corinne J.N. Cath
> Ph.D. Candidate, Oxford Internet Institute & Alan Turing Institute
> 
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