[Fwd: Re: [ga] good bye]

[Dan Steinberg <synthesis@videotron.ca>]

  ooops! sorry I forgot to reply-to the list as well

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Subject: Re: [ga] good bye
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:04:17 -0500
From: Dan Steinberg <synthesis@videotron.ca>
To: roessler-mobile@does-not-exist.net, alexander@svensson.de
References: <20021218093354.GA6586@voyager.does-not-exist.org>



Thanks to you both for all the leadership and plain old hard work!
I look forward to working with you both in the coming year(s) as we move 
closer to our goals.

Thomas Roessler wrote:

>At some point of time between 9:10 and 9:40 a.m. Amsterdam time on
>Sunday, the DNSO ceased to be (and will, perhaps not unlike a
>phoenix from the ashes, become the GNSO). Likewise, the DNSO GA has
>ceased to be as an /official/ part of the ICANN structure.
>Consequently, we have ceased to be its Chair and Alternate Chair --
>we were elected for 2002 anyhow, and any concern that we might
>become GA-Chair-Squatters is unfounded: This is our farewell
>message. :)
>
>But although the GA loses the formal role it has had, it will not
>vanish into thin air and there is no reason to unsubscribe: This
>list will continue its informal but important role as a forum for
>information and discussion about DNS and ICANN issues, and we hope
>that people from the ICANN Board, the SO Councils and the GNSO
>Constituencies will stay tuned. Earlier, we called for volunteers to
>help our own transition. This GA Transition Team will help to ensure
>that the GA remains an open, but rules-based list regardless whether
>it is run under the formal custodianship of the DNSO, GNSO or
>perhaps the ALAC in the end.
>
>2002 was a turbulent year, and this was certainly reflected in the
>GA. We have to thank a great number of you for your participation,
>assistance and encouragement. We owe particular thanks to the DNSO
>Secretariat for the great cooperation -- merci Glen, and merci
>Elisabeth! We also would like to thank the GA Representatives for
>the good job they did on the Task Forces. Finally, thanks to the
>volunteers (Abel and Ross) joining us on the Transition Team.
>
>When we say farewell, we're of course not really going away -- and
>we're quite sure that you, the GA participants, will stay around,
>too. We wish you all Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
>
>    Thomas Roessler (former GA Chair)
>    Alexander Svensson (former GA Alternate Chair) 
>
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Dan Steinberg

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-- 
Dan Steinberg

SYNTHESIS:Law & Technology
35, du Ravin		phone: (613) 794-5356
Chelsea, Quebec		fax:   (819) 827-4398
J9B 1N1                 e-mail:synthesis@videotron.ca


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