<div dir="ltr">my congratulation tapani<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><br>Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed Eisa <br>+249123031155 Sudani<br><br>+249912331155 Zain<br><br>+249999331155 MTN<br>KHARTOUM alamaraat P.O.BOX 15021<br><br>post code 12217<br><br><br> <a href="http://www.gedaref.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gedaref.com/</a><br><br><br>Gedaref digital city organization (GDCO) is a nongovernmental and nonprofit <br>organization (Gedaref Sudan), it is part of the Telecentres movement where <br>ICT is used for community development. GDCO is the winner of information <br>for development award (i4d 2007 awards e-India) for the inclusion of the <br>disabled, GDCO is the winner of i4d 2008 awards for the best innovations <br>at the grassroots Telecentres and the winner of i4d 2009 for the <br>initiatives of civil society for development (e-agriculture project and <br>other e-services).. ..it is the winner of eWorld award 2011. it is the <br>winner of best innovative NGO working on ICT for community development in <br>Sudan. The winner of best album in Telecentre 2011 Philippines .. it the <br>founder of the first Telecentre academy in Africa and middle east and the <br>thirteen in world ..The Digital City of Eindhoven (DSE) Netherlands (the <br>founder and well-known partner of GDCO in Netherlands) donated 750 <br>computers and more than ten projects were established using ICT for <br>community development and one of them is e-agriculture. GDCO & SPEG <br>(foundation of eindhoven volunteers for gedaref projects) started new <br>partnership for community development including people with disability <br>(especially deaf), gedaref university, (faculty of medicine) e-agriculture, <br>SeVO and other project<br><br> <br><br></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Subrenat, Jean-Jacques <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jjs@dyalog.net" target="_blank">jjs@dyalog.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thank you Edward for giving us the good news, and reminding us of the historic background!<br>
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Dear Tapani,<br>
let me add my warm congratulations to the many messages reaching your inbox on this auspicious occasion.<br>
And allow me, as one of your colleagues in the Order, to "welcome" you to this honourable company. Your contributions, centered on human and civic rights, prefigure an aspect of Internet governance whose importance will certainly grow in the coming years.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Jean-Jacques<br>
(1st class Commander, White Rose, SVR K I, 2005)<br>
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De: "Edward Morris" <<a href="mailto:egmorris1@TOAST.NET">egmorris1@TOAST.NET</a>><br>
À: <a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
Envoyé: Vendredi 4 Décembre 2015 22:49:55<br>
Objet: Our Chair is a Knight!<br>
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Hello everybody,<br>
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This Sunday, December 6th, is Independence Day in the Republic of Finland. It was on this day ninety-nine years ago the Eduskunta, the Finnish parliament, adopted a resolution declaring Finland independent from Russia.<br>
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As in many countries, Independence Day in Finland is a time of remembrance and celebration. Befitting Finland, it is a day both of formality and of understatement. In the evening families traditionally light two candles, one blue and one white, and place them in the windows of their homes. As a foreign guest in the country I was always quite touched by the simplicity and beauty of the celebratory gesture. A Presidential reception is held in the evening, the telecast of which traditionally is amongst the most viewed television shows of the year in Finland. Shadow events, often in the form of demonstrations and gatherings benefiting charitable causes, take place concurrently.<br>
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Independence Day is also the day honours are announced and presented. It is with great joy I want to let all of you know that this year Finnish President Sauli Niinistö will be bestowing upon NCSG Chair Tapan Tarvainen the honour and title of Knight of the White Rose of Finland. The White Rose Order was established in 1919 by General Carl Mannheim, a man who is considered by many, myself included, to be the greatest Finn of all time. The Grand Master of the Order is the President of the Republic of Finland.<br>
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I know everyone joins me in congratulating Tapani for being chosen to receive this high honour in recognition of his service to his country and to the world. I suspect we are probably the only SG at ICANN to have an actual Knight as a Chair, further evidence of the exceptionally high quality of person one encounters in the NCSG. Congratulations Tapani and Happy Independence Day, Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää, to all of our Finnish members and friends.<br>
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Best,<br>
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Ed Morris<br>
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