Re: [AMM] [ncc-announce] Daniel Karrenberg Elected as Chair of ISOC’s Board of Trustees

my personal (and on behalf of GARR) warmest congratulations to Daniel.
This is a big success for Daniel, RIPE, RIPE-NCC and Europe.
Best wishes to Daniel for his future work.
Enzo Valente, director of GARR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Axel Pawlik" <ncc at ripe.net>
To: <ncc-announce at ripe.net>; <ripe-list at ripe.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 4:13 PM
Subject: [AMM] [ncc-announce] Daniel Karrenberg Elected as Chair of ISOC’s 
Board of Trustees


> Dear Colleagues,
>
> The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce that its Chief Scientist, Daniel 
> Karrenberg, has been elected as the new Chair of the Internet Society’s 
> (ISOC’s) Board of Trustees. Daniel was elected during ISOC’s Annual 
> General Meeting (AGM) which was held recently in Marrakesh, Morocco.
>
> "The Internet Society has much to contribute to the continued success of 
> the Internet," said Daniel. "The diligent work of my predecessors, the 
> Trustees and the staff has put the society in a very sound position. 
> Building on this foundation we will intensify our work in the areas of 
> public policy and education. We will ensure that the IETF has the 
> administrative support it needs to continue its exemplary standardisation 
> work. We will continue to build a healthy network of chapters for local 
> activities close to the Internet users. All this will help us to realise 
> our motto 'The Internet is for Everyone'".
>
> Daniel is a pioneer member of ISOC and has been actively involved with the 
> development of many of the society’s educational initiatives. He taught 
> tutorials at early INET conferences, supported networking workshops and 
> has written ISOC member briefings about Internet operations and 
> coordination. In 2001 he was awarded the Jon Postel service award in 
> recognition of two decades of extraordinary dedication to the development 
> of networking in Europe and around the world. A regular IETF participant 
> since 1992, Daniel has co-authored several RFCs.
>
> We hope you will join the RIPE NCC in congratulating Daniel on his 
> election and wishing him continued success with the important 
> contributions he makes to ISOC’s work for the Internet community.
>
> Regards,
>
> Axel Pawlik
> Managing Director
> RIPE NCC
>