[EURO-Discuss] Stéphane van Gelder

Tue Mar 27 08:59:40 UTC 2018

Very very sad news...may he rest in peace and give his family the strength and comfort to endure this immersive loss! 

Matthias

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> On 27.03.2018, at 09:14, <Clement.GENTY at ensam.eu> wrote:
> 
> Putain...
> Stéphane was an excellent adviser. He taught me a lot for my PhD. I met him first at Paris in order to interview him in his office (StartingGot, a French registry). Very sad news, he was definitely a good guy...
> 
> Can we do something for his family ? If needed, I live in Paris.
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> Clément GENTY
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> De : EURO-Discuss [euro-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] de la part de Veronica Cretu [veronicacretu at gmail.com]
> Envoyé : mardi 27 mars 2018 08:13
> À : Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond
> Cc : Discussion for At-Large Europe
> Objet : Re: [EURO-Discuss] Stéphane van Gelder
> 
> Dear colleagues! This is such heartbreaking news, hard to believe :(!
> I fondly remember Stephane during our NomCom years and I always valued his positive and supportive attitude, sense of humor, professionalism and simply, being a great person. 
> He was a true gift to the world, to ICANN, to his colleagues and friends!
> I hope ICANN will have a post-mortem award for his efforts and years of dedication.  
> p.s. can we do smth for his family?  
> Veronica
>   
> 
>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 11:57 PM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com> wrote:
>> Dear Colleagues,
>> 
>> it is with immense sadness that I have to relay the news of the death of Stéphane van Gelder which occurred abruptly over the week-end. Indeed, after the San Juan meeting, Stéphane went to Italy for a well earned holiday. He had a motorcycle accident.
>> 
>> Some of us might know him from having worked with him on the Nominating Committee, which he chaired in 2015 (Oct 2014 to Oct 2015) and 2016 but also as a member in other years. Some of you might have known him when he was Chair of the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Council in 2010 and 2011. It was then, that I got to know him as I was ALAC Chair at the time.
>> Stéphane was not the kind of person who took to a position and did nothing with it. He liked challenges and led many improvements in all of the positions that he held. He was also not scared of intervening when he felt something was wrong in a process or a system. 
>> Having founded a Registry in the late nineties, Stéphane sold it and remained a consultant and businessman in recent years, also becoming one of EURALO's first individual members (after he actually asked me whether in my view, that was suitable or not).
>> He will definitely be missed.
>> 
>> Olivier
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