[governance] Sad news re Ronald Koven

Mon Nov 2 08:18:52 EST 2015

Parminder you say it so well. Rony would not compromise, but he also
always listened to others. He was very special to me, and also very
supportive when I was a lot younger and new to negotiating text (during
2002-3 period of the WSIS in particular). He was warm and caring and I
will miss in terribly. We did not always agree on everything but that
did not matter. We definitely need more people like him. It was an
honour to have had him as a comrade for so long.

Anriette

On 02/11/2015 11:57, parminder wrote:
> Ronnie defended freedom of expression standing almost as FoE
> personified... He was hard as nails, in his clarity of what he wanted,
> and driving it home... We need more people like him with us, and less
> mush... A warm farewell, my friend...
> parminder
> 
> On Monday 02 November 2015 10:39 AM, Ian Peter wrote:
>> Here’s a link to the Facebook page the family has set up. I believe
>> they also plan to set up a website in the near future
>>  
>> https://www.facebook.com/InMemoryOfRonaldKoven/
>>  
>> *From:* Walid Al-Saqaf <mailto:admin at alkasir.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, November 02, 2015 3:37 PM
>> *To:* governance <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [governance] Sad news re Ronald Koven
>>  
>>
>> Sad news indeed :(
>>
>> I met Ronnie on many occasions because he had a background in
>> journalism and interests similar to mine, i.e., media, free speech and
>> the Internet. When my father died in 1999, he was among the first to
>> send his condolences as he was a close personal friend of his. He will
>> surely be missed...
>>
>> May his soul rest in peace in heaven.
>>
>> Walid Al-Saqaf
>>
>> On Nov 2, 2015 09:30, "Walid AL-SAQAF" <wsaqaf at gmail.com
>> <mailto:wsaqaf at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Sad news indeed :(
>>
>>     I met Ronnie on many occasions because he had a background in
>>     journalism and interests similar to mine, i.e., media, free speech
>>     and the Internet. When my father died in 1999, he was among the
>>     first to send his condolences as he was a close personal friend of
>>     his. He will surely be missed...
>>
>>     May his soul rest in peace in heaven.
>>
>>     Walid Al-Saqaf
>>
>>     On Nov 2, 2015 07:02, "Mazzone, Giacomo" <mazzone at ebu.ch
>>     <mailto:mazzone at ebu.ch>> wrote:
>>
>>         Oh gosh ! I'm so sad to hear that. Ronald was à great man and
>>         à passionate activist of freedom of Expression and we have
>>         done so many common battles at the WSIS, at the Council of
>>         Europe and at the IGF too...
>>         I shall immediately join the page of commemoration as Ian
>>         Peter suggest‎s and thank you for sharing this valuable
>>         information....
>>         Giacomo
>>
>>         De: Meryem Marzouki
>>         Envoyé: dimanche, 1 novembre 2015 22:30
>>         À: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>>         <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>; Ian Peter
>>         Répondre à: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>>         <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
>>         Objet: Re: [governance] Sad news re Ronald Koven
>>
>>
>>         Very sad indeed to learn that Ronnie passed away. I met him
>>         during WSIS early preparation days, where he was very active
>>         with the media caucus. We, in the human rights caucus, fought
>>         many battles jointly with Ronnie. We had different views, too,
>>         on some issues, but discussions with Ronnie were always very
>>         friendly, and it was always a pleasure to see him at IGFs as
>>         well as different Internet and Internet governance related
>>         meetings.
>>         Yes, he will be missed.
>>         Meryem Marzouki
>>
>>         Le 1 nov. 2015 à 17:36, "Ian Peter" <ian.peter at ianpeter.com
>>         <mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com><mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com
>>         <mailto:ian.peter at ianpeter.com>>> a écrit :
>>
>>         I just received the following news via Michele Koven  - “Our
>>         father, Ronald Koven, died early Friday morning in Paris. He
>>         will be very missed. August 11, 1935-October 30, 2015. We will
>>         be creating both a memorial Facebook page and separate website
>>         in his honor where people can post any memories, thoughts, or
>>         pictures they would like to share.”
>>
>>         Ronald was a great leader in the field of journalism and human
>>         rights and a frequent contributor here.
>>
>>         Ian Peter
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