[NCUC-DISCUSS] Resigning from representing the Open Institute inNCUC

Thu Feb 16 00:02:59 CET 2017

Dear Norbert

Sorry to hear - you've decided to withdraw, though I know that it has been very difficult for you to
find resources to attend the physical meetings lately.

Thank you for all you have done for the NCUC over the years, for .Kh, Khmer Unicode script and
organising the first Internet link in Phnom Penn!

I vividly remember meeting you at that very same he NCDNHC meeting at the University in Santiago de Chile - second floor.
At the time, Esther Dyson, the Chair of ICANN board, sat with us at the table and discussed all issues openly.
It was a real collegial working atmosphere meeting, though in the corridors,
there was a lot of push back against the formation of the Individual Domain Name Owners Constituency, as part of the DNSO.
https://archive.icann.org/en/dnso/dnso.htm

Hope to visit you in Cambodia.

Stay well!

Desiree
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On 9 Feb 2017, at 16:37, Carlos Vera <cveraq at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Norbert I'm always in line with your permanent spirit of cooperation and fight.
> 
> Hope to see you some other day in some other space, maybe not so far as the Internet galaxy.
> 
> Carlos Vera
> Ecuador
> 
>> On Feb 4, 2017, at 6:03 AM, Kleinwächter, Wolfgang <wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Norbert,
>> 
>> sad to hear that you will step down. But very understandable. And many thanks for all you have done. Your contribution was extremly valuabe and also well recognized, both within ICANN and the WSIS process.
>> You helped a lot of people from the first world to understand the real challenges for individuals living in underdeveloped and remote areas and using languages with a script different from ASCII. I learned so much from you. I hope that the community at large and in particular the next generation of Internet users in Cambodia will not forget what you have done to build bridges into the future under difficult circumstances.
>> 
>> And certainly, I remember Santiage de Chile. I myself co-financed my trip with a lecture at the University of Santiage de Chile (which hosted me at the university´s guesthouse which was 30 minutes away from ICANN´s conference hotel). And indeed, Santiago stands for UDRP and the forming of constituencies for the DNSO. But one of the main issues in Santiage was the preparation of elections for At Large and how civil society should be represented in the ICANN policy development and decision making.
>> 
>> So once again, take my deep thanks and I wish you well. Enjoy the valleys and mountains and write your memories. The community would be thankful to have such a piece in its library.
>> 
>> Best wishes
>> 
>> Wolfgang
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: Ncuc-discuss im Auftrag von Norbert Klein
>> Gesendet: Sa 04.02.2017 06:45
>> An: ncuc-discuss at lists.ncuc.org
>> Betreff: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Resigning from representing the Open Institute inNCUC
>> 
>> Dear Friends in the NCUC Fellowship,
>> 
>> My first participation was in the Santiago de Chile meeting, 24-26
>> August 1999. I just happened to be in Germany for personal reasons
>> around that time, and so the additional air fare from Germany to Chile
>> was cheaper than if I had to pay from Cambodia to Chile. An Internet
>> veteran from another country in Asia who knew about my work in Cambodia
>> helped to pay the hotel costs in Chile. - I had established the first
>> Internet access from Cambodia via UUCP, using expensive international
>> telephone dial-up, establishing and operating for some years the ccTLD
>> for the country: .kh for "Khmer", then, organizing with international
>> and Cambodian friends to define the Khmer script for Unicode. And such
>> work continued after Santiago de Chile, getting the Khmer script
>> accepted in Unicode, helping to get a team with competent leadership
>> working on creating Cambodian language software - Open Source, including
>> Linux - with applications for text, e-mail, Web etc. All this when I was
>> on the staff of the Open Forum, later the Open Institute of Cambodia,
>> which is also the basis for our NCUC membership.
>> 
>> If I remember correctly, Santiago was also one of the first meetings of
>> the beginning of the Non-Commercial Users Constituency within ICANN. We
>> did not use so much acronyms like "NCUC" - the full name signaled what
>> we were standing for: a constituency which did not consider commercial
>> values a top priority in the development of the Internet. And it was a
>> stepping stone towards the UDRP...
>> 
>> I am happy to have been part of this history - as member, then in the
>> NCUC executive committee, later sent to represent our voice in the GNSO,
>> and finally for two years in the ICANN Nomination Committee.
>> 
>> Time is running - I am no longer in the capital city of Phnom Penh, but
>> old and - actively - retired far away in the countryside. Between some
>> hills, there is only a not so stable access to the Internet - "The
>> Internet is for everyone?" well, not - and not only because of financial
>> or technical restrictions.
>> 
>> With this mail I want to announce my resignation from representing the
>> Open Institute of Cambodia in the Non-Commercial Users Constituency - I
>> have the agreement of Open Institute leadership; there is nobody who
>> will take over from me.
>> 
>> Thanks for all the good cooperation in the past - the struggles for
>> clarity and acceptance, and the commitment to our goals, even when
>> things were going into directions we did not want to identify with.
>> 
>> Anybody visiting Cambodia? You are welcome - let me know.
>> 
>> Norbert Klein
>> nhklein at gmx.net
>> Kep / Cambodia
>> 
>> 
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