<div dir="ltr">Dear Stuart,<div><br></div><div>When I first began to read the message, I was saddened to hear of your departure. The more I read, however, the more uplifting the message became. Congratulations on the new position! It is definitely exciting, and I am delighted to hear that you still plan to stay involved. You have been instrumental in promoting IFLA and advocating for both public access and the use of libraries as an empowering space.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">@Stephen: welcome! Please let us know if we can assist with your transition into this new role as well.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">My best,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">-Michael</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">__________________</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Michael J. Oghia</font></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">ICANN58<span></span> fellow</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://igmena.org/" target="_blank">iGmena</a> communications manager<br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Independent #netgov consultant & editor</span><br></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Belgrade, Serbia<br></font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Skype: mikeoghia<br></font></div></div><div><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia" target="_blank">Twitter</a></font> <b>|</b> <font color="#0000ff"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank">LinkedIn<br></a></font></font></div></div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 1:42 PM, Stuart Hamilton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Stuart.Hamilton@ifla.org" target="_blank">Stuart.Hamilton@ifla.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear friends and colleagues<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Please accept my apologies for a bulk email (and apologies to those on these lists who do not know me personally) – I wish I had time to write more personal emails, but my time here is running out…<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">After nine years working for IFLA in the Netherlands (and a further five working for them in Denmark a few years before that doing my PhD) I’m moving on to a new position as the Deputy Executive Director and head of international
relations at the new national library in Qatar. I’ll start there next month and I’m ready for a change and a new challenge (and perhaps less Dutch rain). The new library is due to open in September and I’m looking forward to helping it get on its feet over
the next few years. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I’m going to be carrying on working with international information policy issues – which I’m very happy about - and I hope to run into many of you sooner rather than later. In particular I’ll stay working on Internet
governance with IFLA, particularly public access, so please do think of me if you need to reach out for anything libraries and IG.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">So for now I’ll be moving to my personal email address:
<a href="mailto:stuartjameshamilton@gmail.com" target="_blank">stuartjameshamilton@gmail.com</a> Please don’t hesitate to get in touch!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">See you all soon,<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Stuart<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">PS: IFLA has a new Manager of Policy and Advocacy, Stephen Wyber, who is a great guy and a great contact for all your international library needs. He can be found at
<a href="mailto:Stephen.wyber@ifla.org" target="_blank">Stephen.wyber@ifla.org</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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