[EURO-Discuss] Consensus Call: New EURALO Secretary

Olawale Bakare wales.baky at googlemail.com
Tue Sep 19 20:52:42 UTC 2017


Hi Annette,

Thank you. Verily, hardly would there a great morale booster other than
Wolf to not only the secretariat but to the entire EURALO.

With regards,
Wale

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Mühlberg, Annette <
annette.muehlberg at verdi.de> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
>
>
> congratulations to Wale and many many thanks to Wolf. I can only stress
> what Olivier has written. Wolf has been not only a founding member of
> EURALO but through all these years in his work a secretary a „Fels in der
> Brandung“ (solid as a rock). Thank you Wolf, for your great work!
>
>
>
> Annette
>
>
>
> *Von:* euro-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:
> euro-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] *Im Auftrag von *Olivier MJ
> Crépin-Leblond
> *Gesendet:* Montag, 18. September 2017 21:11
> *An:* euro-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org
> *Betreff:* Re: [EURO-Discuss] Consensus Call: New EURALO Secretary
>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> 24H elapsed after the consensus call, with only emails of support received
> for Olawale (Wale) Bakare.
>
> Is it therefore my pleasure to confirm that Wale has been selected by
> acclamation as the next EURALO Secretary. As mentioned in my earlier email,
> Wolf Ludwig has offered Wale his mentoring assistance so we have a smooth
> transition of duties. The hand-over will take place at the forthcoming
> ICANN meeting in Abu Dhabi.
>
> I would like to thank Wolf for his years of faithful service in EURALO. He
> has kept EURALO going for so many years - this truly is an achievement, in
> a region where everyone is already so busy and where the potential
> incentives that can be found on some of the other continents, are not so
> significant where people take the Internet for granted.
> The European region spans so large and is so diverse that we have all
> sorts of challenges - from the geographical balance that we need to have,
> to the fact that some parts of our region have access problems that are as
> significant as in poorer parts of the world. The contrast is such, that
> ICANN has two Regional VPs to cover the region. Wolf has successfully
> navigated this complex environment for many years, even before the Regional
> VPs were in place, and I'd like to really thank him for that. I'd also like
> to thank him for having helped me into the position of EURALO Chair. I had
> worked with him in the past when I was assuming the position of Secretary
> and he taught me a lot. So much so that I consider him not only a
> colleague, but also a friend.
>
> Thank you Wolf.
>
> Please join me in a round of applause for him.
>
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
> EURALO Chair
>
>
> On 13/09/2017 12:08, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> on 4 September 2017, At-Large Staff initiated a call for candidates for
> the position of EURALO Secretary. The position that came up for renewal was
> held so far by the incumbent Wolf Ludwig.
>
> I have been informed by staff who have updated the EURALO Secretariat
> Election Page on https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/EURALO+
> Secretariat+Election+2017, that one self-nomination was received from
> Olawale Bakare - his SOI being available on the election page.
>
> *No application having been received from anyone else, unless I hear to
> the contrary within 24H (consensus call), I would propose that we welcome
> Olawale (Wale) Bakare as the next EURALO Secretary by acclamation. *
>
> Wolf and Wale have already been in touch with each other and Wolf has
> proposed mentoring Wale as much as possible to help him into the position.
> The new candidate will assume his position starting at the end of the ICANN
> AGM in Abu Dhabi.
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
> EURALO Chair
>
>
>
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