[Governance] [apc.members] Ian Peter

sivasubramanian muthusamy 6.internet at gmail.com
Mon Dec 27 10:09:19 EST 2021


Sad to hear the news about the passing away of Ian Peter who I remember as
one of the leading participants of the Internet Governance Caucus. I have
known him for a long time, we will miss him. Heartfelt condolences to his
family.

Sivasubramanian M



On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 7:29 PM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via Governance <
governance at lists.igcaucus.org> wrote:

> What sad news!
>
> Ian was one of the pioneers that actually *did something* to spread the
> Internet worldwide back in the day, when others were just talking about it.
> His continued work on Internet Governance was key to promote civil society
> at the table of the multistakeholder model. He held strong views and there
> were times when we absolutely disagreed but his passing is a great loss to
> our community and his wisdom and gravitas will be missed.
>
> Olivier
>
> On 27/12/2021 09:11, Arsène Tungali via Governance wrote:
>
> So sorry to hear of the passing of Ian Peter.
>
> We never met in person but I worked with him closely a couple of years ago
> as part of the IG Civil Society Coordination Group that he co chaired a
> while ago.
>
> I led two CSCG NomComs selecting CS nominees for the IGF MAG and he was a
> great support for those processes.
>
> May he rest in peace!
>
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2021, 8:53 AM Avis Momeni <avismomeni at protegeqv.org>
> wrote:
>
>> So sad to hear this Dear Andrew, at this end of year. Lot of glory to the
>> hard work he done as a mentor  within APC family.
>> May his soul rest in peace.
>> Avis.
>>
>> Le lun. 27 déc. 2021 à 7:36 AM, Andrew Garton <agarton at swin.edu.au> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> My dear friends and colleagues - our friend, collaborator and mentor Ian
>>> Peter passed away peacefully last night. His wife, Sue, was with him as she
>>> had been these past few weeks. Ian reached out to Paul Wilson and me three
>>> weeks ago, telling us that he has but a few weeks left in him. Paul got to
>>> speak to him Friday week ago and Ian and I via emails and messages Sue
>>> shared with him. She described Ian as a man who was led by love, and the
>>> past few weeks he did just that. But he did ask at that time that we not
>>> share his condition widely. Today, however, Sue asked that I share this sad
>>> news with you. Ian Peter was my friend.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ian Peter in the centre, Southeast Forest Rally, Canberra, 1989 (?) and
>>> I with a cap on sat just behind him. The words "email", "electronic
>>> networks", "earthnet" I'd heard in passing. I knew that moment that this
>>> was Ian Peter who some weeks ago I'd sent my first email to.  Some months
>>> later Pegasus Networks was launched. A year later I moved to Byron Bay to
>>> work with Ian... and here we are.
>>>
>>> Love,
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> *Andrew Garton *| Lecturer & Adjunct Industry Fellow
>>> School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education, Swinburne
>>> University
>>> agarton at swin.edu.au | +61409948280 | andrewgarton.com
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