[governance] Sad news re Francis Muguet

Mon Oct 19 06:13:07 EDT 2009

My sincere condolences to his family and to all. I couldn't believe it
initially.

He was someone who really passionately advocated for developing countries'
issues, in particular African CS issues, during WSIS and the IGF process.
We will miss you Francis.

Ken L

Le Sam 17 octobre 2009 21:56, Ian Peter a écrit :
> This page seems to provide the unfortunate confirmation that Francis died
> in
> Paris on October 14, and also that the cause of death was most likely a
> heart attack.
>
> http://www.refondation.org/blog/1930/francis-muguet-nous-a-quittes
>
> How fragile we are.
>
>
>
>
> On 18/10/09 12:38 AM, "Nyangkwe Agien Aaron" <nyangkweagien at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> So sad news indeed if can be confirmed. But I wonder how Francis'
>> daughter
>> could not gather the courage and be more precise on the date of the
>> death and
>> what caused the passing away of her father and our friend Francis.
>>
>> Was he sick? Of what? Since when and where did he pass away?
>>
>> The pill is so big to be swallowed like that. Can some one come out with
>> precise information on the matter?
>>
>> Deep condolences if information is confirmed
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Anriette Esterhuysen <anriette at apc.org>
>> wrote:
>>> Dear all
>>>
>>> Tijani's words capture my own feelings very well. Is this really true?
>>> I
>>> still find this so sudden, difficult to believe. And it is not so long
>>> ago that it was Francis who wrote to us about Jean Louis' heart attack
>>> at the ITU, as Tijani points out.
>>>
>>> Ian, thanks for communicating with Francis' daughter on our behalf. Do
>>> we have any confirmation of what happened? Â Andrea, did you manage to
>>> speak to his family?
>>>
>>> Anriette
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 09:10 +0100, Tijani BEN JEMAA wrote:
>>>> > Itâs indeed a very sad piece of news.
>>>> >
>>>> > FranÃ§is was one of the very active and committed civil society
>>>> actors
>>>> > in WSIS, and especially in its second phase.
>>>> >
>>>> > FranÃ§is always had his own opinion, but never was negative. Our
>>>> views
>>>> > werenât always the same, and yet, we were really good friends. I
>>>> feel
>>>> > too sad.
>>>> >
>>>> > I canât forget his behaviour when Jean Louis had his health
>>>> problem in
>>>> > ITU in Geneva.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Now, he is awayâ¦.. Itâs a nasty situation
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> >
>>>> > Tijani BEN JEMAA
>>>> >
>>>> > Vice Chairman of CIC
>>>> >
>>>> > World Federation of Engineering Organizations
>>>> >
>>>> > Phone : + 216 98 330 114
>>>> >
>>>> > Fax Â  Â  : + 216 70 860 861
>>>> >
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>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > ______________________________________________________________________
>>>> > De : Ian Peter [mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com]
>>>> > EnvoyÃ© : samedi 17 octobre 2009 04:56
>>>> > Ã : 'governance at lists.cpsr.org'; Gov at wsis-gov.org
>>>> > Objet : [governance] Sad news re Francis Muguet
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Friends, I have just received the following email. I have no further
>>>> > details, and this must be a shock to all of us. Â I would
>>>> particularly
>>>> > urge those of you closer to Francisâs immediate work to get in
>>>> touch
>>>> > with his family as requested below. This is sad news indeed.
>>>> >
>>>> > Hey,
>>>> > My name is Flore MUGUET, I'm the daughter of Francis MUGUET, I'm
>>>> > contacting you because you are his friend on Facebook. My father
>>>> died
>>>> > in Paris couple days ago and I just found out Wednesday night,
>>>> because
>>>> > I was worried that I wasn't answering my emails. It's hard for me to
>>>> > realize, it' s happening so fast... My dad was the only member of
>>>> the
>>>> > family his side that I fully loved, trusted and respected. On the
>>>> > other side I just have my mother. His work was so important for him,
>>>> > I'm so sad I didn't accomplished it..
>>>> > I need a lawyer for advices, so If you know one, please contact me.
>>>> > Please get in touch with me at danceflore at hotmail.com or +33 (0)6 82
>>>> > 30 26 70 for the funerals. I would like to have a lot of people
>>>> > coming..
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I have passed on to Flore condolences on behalf on those of us
>>>> working
>>>> > with Francis on Internet Governance issues, but I am sure the family
>>>> > would like to hear from those who have worked closely with Francis.
>>>> > Flore also asked me about Francisâs work and travel movements â
>>>> I did
>>>> > mention Â to her IGF and also his current project with ITU â but I
>>>> > donât have contacts for that work, others might like to pass
>>>> details
>>>> > on.
>>>> >
>>>> > Sad news indeed. Francis was an original thinker with a great
>>>> devotion
>>>> > to these issues. Itâs hard to believe that he is no longer with
>>>> us.
>>>> >
>>>> > Ian Peter
>>>> >
>>>> >
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