Congratulation Sala for this new responsibility. And a round of applause to Jeremy for his wonderful and active term as Co-coordinator!<div><br></div><div>With best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Hempal Shrestha</div><div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca">ca@cafonso.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
You missed "Obrigado"! (*)<br>
<br>
:)<br>
<br>
abraço fraterno<br>
<br>
--c.a.<br>
<br>
(*) "Thank you" in Portuguese and root of "arigato" in Japanese.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
On 10/22/2011 03:02 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:<br>
> Dear All,<br>
><br>
> Whilst I have thanked each of you individually, I would also like to thank<br>
> you again for your encouragement and support. We live in a time which is<br>
> like no other as recorded in human history as the nature of crises around<br>
> the world escalates. The recent flooding in Bangkok, the reported leak of<br>
> the nuclear power plant in Karachi, the earthquake in the Northern part of<br>
> New Zealand, the intense drought in Tuvalu, economic meltdown in Europe,<br>
> food, water and energy crisis, climate change issues are some of the<br>
> problems that the world has to face.<br>
><br>
> Interwoven in this mix is the role that the internet plays in all of our<br>
> ordinary day to day lives and the "governance challenges" that surround what<br>
> is the most exciting invention since the printing press. I am in the process<br>
> of having Jeremy and Izumi brief me and its is a transitionary phase as I<br>
> find my footing and adapt into this new role of serving you alongside Izumi.<br>
> I will no doubt be drawing from all the past co-coordinators at some point.<br>
><br>
> The greatest strength is in the dynamic of Team and we all are a Team and<br>
> diverse perspectives on an issue is a strength but finding our way to<br>
> navigate through the challenges corporately will need all of our input and<br>
> collective engagement. I am excited about the rich resources and expertise<br>
> in all of you and look forward to working closely with you all to fulfill<br>
> our mandate. We are in challenging times but we are a people who have the<br>
> passion and belief that we can make a difference and together have the<br>
> courage and strength to navigate through the challenges.<br>
><br>
> As such, I would like to again thank Jeremy for his extraordinary work and<br>
> commitment. I would also like to acknowledge the work of all past<br>
> co-coordinators on this list who have also helped to pave the way and make<br>
> our work as new co-coordinators an easier one.<br>
><br>
</div></div>> Again thank you* **vinaka vakalevu (my language), *谢谢, Спасибо, muchas<br>
> gracias, ありがとうございます<<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanks3_jp.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanks3_jp.mp3</a>><br>
<div class="im">> , 감사합니다, أفضل جواب, Dankie, Mauliate, धन्यवाद,<br>
</div>> Hvala<<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanks_bo.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanks_bo.mp3</a>><br>
> , благодаря ви много<<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanksvm_bg.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanksvm_bg.mp3</a>><br>
> , ᏩᏙ, Tusind Tak, Duizendmaal Dank,<br>
> Tänan<<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanks_et.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanks_et.mp3</a>><br>
> Tänan teid <<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanks2_et.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanks2_et.mp3</a>> Tänan<br>
> teid väga <<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanksvm_et.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanksvm_et.mp3</a>>,<br>
> Kiitoksia<br>
> oikein paljon <<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/finnish/thanks2_fi.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/finnish/thanks2_fi.mp3</a>>,<br>
> Merci<br>
> beaucoup <<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/french/thanks_fr.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/french/thanks_fr.mp3</a>>, Danke<br>
> schön <<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanksvm_de.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/thanks/thanksvm_de.mp3</a>>,Merci<br>
> vilmal, Ευχαριστώ πολύ<<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/greek/thanksvm_el.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/greek/thanksvm_el.mp3</a>><br>
> , ຂອບໃຈຫລາຍໆ, Grazzi ħafna, Obrigada, Fa'afetai, Хвала<br>
> лепо<<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/serbian/thanksvm_sr.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/serbian/thanksvm_sr.mp3</a>><br>
> , Asante sana, நன்றி, ధన్యవాదములు,<br>
> Ngiyabonga<<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/zulu/thanks1_zulu.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/zulu/thanks1_zulu.mp3</a>><br>
> *(Source: *<a href="http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/thankyou.htm" target="_blank">http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/thankyou.htm</a> )<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">><br>
> P.S If I have misspelt your language, apologies blame it on the website I<br>
> got it from but it conveys my gratitude.<br>
><br>
><br>
> My very best regards to you all,<br>
> Sala<br>
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Paul Wilson <<a href="mailto:pwilson@apnic.net">pwilson@apnic.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Big congratulations to you Sala.<br>
>><br>
>> As Jeremy can attest, you have more work ahead of you now!<br>
>><br>
>> Paul<br>
>><br>
>> Sent from Maildroid on Android<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>> From: Marilia Maciel <<a href="mailto:mariliamaciel@gmail.com">mariliamaciel@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a><br>
>> Cc: Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>><br>
>> Sent: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:10 PM<br>
>> Subject: Re: [governance] Announcing the results of the 2012 IGC<br>
>> coordinator elections<br>
>><br>
>> Congratulations, Sala! I am happy that we will have such an active woman as<br>
>> a co-coordinator!<br>
>><br>
>> Jeremy, I would like to thank you very much for your dedication to IGC. You<br>
>> managed to strike a delicate balance between the "neutrality" position<br>
>> required to foster convergences and to achieve commons understandings, while<br>
>> also advancing your person contributions to the discussions, as an IGC<br>
>> member. This is something that should inspire all future IGC coordinators.<br>
>><br>
>> Also, you left us with a rich legacy: a very useful online platform that we<br>
>> can use as focal point for IGC external communication as well as for our<br>
>> internal memory. It is up to us to take more advantage from it and use it<br>
>> wisely.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks you!<br>
>> Marília<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Carlos A. Afonso <<a href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca">ca@cafonso.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Congrats to Sala!<br>
>>><br>
>>> fraternal regards<br>
>>><br>
>>> --c.a.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 10/20/2011 09:18 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:<br>
>>>> Here is my report of the 2012 coordinator elections, as outgoing<br>
>>> coordinator and returning officer.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 99 valid votes were cast. Of these 14 (13.33%) were for Songitu Ekpe,<br>
>>> 26 (24.76%) for Asif Kabani, 8 (7.62%) for Imran Ahmed Shah, and 51 (48.57%)<br>
>>> for Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro. I declare Sala as the next coordinator of<br>
>>> the IGC. Congratulations! Many thanks also to the three runners-up, who<br>
>>> are encouraged to re-apply next year.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> 6 people began completing the ballot, but indicated that they had<br>
>>> already voted in the election or did not respond to that question, so they<br>
>>> were not given the opportunity to vote and did not do so.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> In addition, there were 13 informal votes, from those who verified their<br>
>>> eligibility to vote and were given the opportunity to do so, did not avail<br>
>>> of that opportunity. This probably reflects the preference expressed by a<br>
>>> couple of people to me off-list for there to be a "none of the above"<br>
>>> option. The charter is silent about this, but because it defines membership<br>
>>> for the purposes of charter amendment as only including those who voted in<br>
>>> the last election, I did not feel that a "none of the above" option was<br>
>>> unambiguously constitutional. I was probably also influenced in this by my<br>
>>> experience of other electoral systems, which do not allow for a "none of the<br>
>>> above" option.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> In future if we want to allow people to vote for "none of the above", in<br>
>>> my view we should include this in the charter explicitly. I will put this<br>
>>> on the table during the charter review process that I have volunteered to<br>
>>> coordinate now that I have ended my term. My personal opinion is that such<br>
>>> an amendment would be a bad idea, because it lessens the responsibility on<br>
>>> all of us during the pre-election period to ensure that there is a slate of<br>
>>> candidates at least one of whom everyone would be happy with. (To avoid<br>
>>> misunderstanding, I am not imputing to those who voted informally this year<br>
>>> that they were unhappy with all of the candidates who stood.) But what do<br>
>>> you think?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> The list of voting members will be updated on our website soon, probably<br>
>>> within the next 48 hours. Izumi and I will also be briefing Sala on her new<br>
>>> role.<br>
>>>><br>
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