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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Thanks Guru and everyone else for your kind thoughts and comments. They are much appreciated.<BR>
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Ian<BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"><B>From: </B>Guru गुरु <<a href="guru@itforchange.net">guru@itforchange.net</a>><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:14:54 +0530<BR>
<B>To: </B><<a href="governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>>, Ian Peter <<a href="ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>><BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Re: [governance] Upcoming elections and the end of my term<BR>
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Dear Ian<BR>
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thanks for all your efforts!! and hope minus the co-coordinatorship role, you will plunge into IG/IGC with even more energies.<BR>
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warm regards<BR>
Guru<BR>
Ian Peter wrote: <BR>
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Seeing the election begins Monday, and my term as Co coordinator ends as<BR>
soon as the election is over, perhaps I ought to say a few words before I<BR>
disappear into the sunset.<BR>
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Firstly, I am so pleased to see an excellent field of candidates to replace<BR>
me. To Fouad, McTim, Jeremy, and Rafik, I wish you all well in the election,<BR>
and IGC is richer because you have all offered to stand and to take on co<BR>
coordinator tasks.<BR>
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What I can tell you is that, whoever is elected, you will have my personal<BR>
full support. You will also have the support of many other members of the<BR>
Caucus, who I know from personal experience are only to pleased to offer<BR>
help where needed and to assist a co coordinator during difficult times.<BR>
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You will also have the privilege to work with Ginger Paque, who during the<BR>
last year has made a truly great co coordinator and someone only too willing<BR>
to make efforts to make IGC successful. It was my privilege to work with<BR>
Ginger, and before that with Parminder, both of whom were strong, competent,<BR>
and great to work with. You can be sure that in taking on the tasks of a co<BR>
coordinator you will have an excellent partner as well as excellent support.<BR>
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So I wish you all the best, and look forward to the results when they are<BR>
announced in a couple of weeks. In the mean time, it has been my pleasure<BR>
and an honour to work with IGC as a Co coordinator for the last couple of<BR>
years, and, much though I am glad to be relieved of the duties, I very much<BR>
treasure the experiences I had during my term of office and the experiences<BR>
of working with the Internet Governance Caucus. I will enjoy staying<BR>
involved in a more minor way.<BR>
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And to the voters to me the qualities you should seek are dedication,<BR>
wisdom, an ability to encompass and include differing points of view, and a<BR>
commitment to civil society involvement in internet governance. I am sure<BR>
there are other qualities as well, but these stand out for me personally.<BR>
And I am pleased that among the candidates all of these exist!<BR>
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Ian Peter<BR>
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