[AFRI-Discuss] WHAT A YEAR!!

Thu Dec 24 10:32:30 UTC 2020

Dear Seun,

Thank you for this thoughtful message and working resiliently through a
challenging 2020! Merry Christmas to those who celebrate; and happy
holidays to everyone!

Also thank you Barrack for the message from our collaborator AFTLD.

Thank you,

Sarah

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 at 09:06, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Chair @Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com> ,
>
> Many thanks for the wise words that sum up the year 2020 and for your
> guidance during this unique year. Attached please find a Seasons greetings
> card from the AFTLD Secretariat to the AFRALO family.
>
> Best Regards
>
> On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 9:08 AM Patricia Esther Akello <ekisesta at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Seun for the thoughtful message.
>> a Merry Christmas to you too and all members of this community.
>>
>> Stay safe, follow the SOPs as we await to embrace 2021
>> Regards
>> Esther Patricia
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 8:53 AM Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele <
>> muyiwacaleb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you Chair for this thoughtful note and reflection. Indeed a good
>>> year for the Internet Community.
>>>
>>> This wishing you and everyone on the mailing list a happy holiday season
>>> with wishes of positive energy.
>>> May the forces work in our favour in the year 2021.
>>>
>>> Caleb Ogundele
>>>
>>> ________________
>>>
>>> Sent with thumbs from a small screen mobile device.
>>>
>>> Pelase exsuce typos adn errosr.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 11:55 PM Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>>
>>>> This is probably one of the most challenging year for us all, due to
>>>> the impact of covid-19, some of us may have lost our jobs, while others may
>>>> have lost loved ones, we've all be impacted one way or the other.
>>>>
>>>> However without prejudice to the departed, it's good that we made it
>>>> thus. I was reflecting on this year and came to the conclusion that
>>>> it's the best year for the internet; lots more innovative use of the
>>>> internet has emerged and while this is good news for internet growth, it
>>>> also imply a call to more work and by extension to us as the home of
>>>> internet end users within ICANN.
>>>>
>>>> The second/third wave of the pandemic and the emergence of various
>>>> strains of the virus brings me to encourage us all that we keep faith
>>>> steadfast hoping that current emerging technologies will be able to
>>>> catch-up by God's grace. The good thing is that we now have an idea of what
>>>> 2021 will look like unlike 2020 which caught the world by surprise.
>>>>
>>>> Our final newsletter for the year will be published sometime in January
>>>> 2021 and I highlighted what our 2021 activities will look like, as we shall
>>>> be putting more efforts towards implementation of our fy21 outreach and
>>>> engagement strategy.
>>>>
>>>> I urge us to continue to stay safe and put our health and that of our
>>>> loved ones first during this holiday, and for those that celebrate
>>>> Christmas/New year let us try to ensure to observe all necessary preventive
>>>> measures and I trust that we will come out of this stronger.
>>>>
>>>> On behalf of the AFRALO leadership, here is to wish us all happy
>>>> holiday and look forward to welcoming one another to a new year!
>>>>
>>>> Merry Christmas to our colleagues that celebrate that as well.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Seun Ojedeji - AFRALO Chair
>>>> Sent from my mobile
>>>> Kindly excuse brevity and typos
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