<html><head></head><body><p dir="ltr">Good point, Dorothy! I suspect the fact that he currently lives in his non-native-English-speaking home country, as opposed to living in, say, the US, might have tipped the balance in the thinking behind this. I'm just guessing.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A welcome note in a person's mother tongue is always nice. But a working document (even as short as 3 pages) for the person's mother tongue when he just got appointed to a position where the first (if not sole) actual working language precisely is English might not be necessary.<br>
My 2 cents</p>
<p dir="ltr">Mawaki</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote" >On Feb 8, 2016, at 8:27 PM, "Dorothy K. Gordon" <<a href="mailto:director-general@AITI-KACE.COM.GH" target="_blank">director-general@AITI-KACE.COM.GH</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="blue">Swedish? Why? I would assume he speaks and reads English? Did we communicate with Fadi in Arabic?<br><br>best<br><br>Dorothy K. Gordon<br>Director-General<br>Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT<br>Mobile: 233 265005712<br>Direct Line: 233 302 683579<br>Website: <a href="http://www.aiti-kace.com.gh">www.aiti-kace.com.gh</a><br>Encrypt Everything - <a href="https://gpgtools.org">https://gpgtools.org</a> <a href="https://silentcircle.com">https://silentcircle.com</a><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Edward Morris" <egmorris1@TOAST.NET><br>To: NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br>Sent: Monday, 8 February, 2016 5:08:51 PM GMT +00:00 Casablanca / Monrovia<br>Subject: Re: New CEO is G=?utf-8?Q?=C3=B6ran_?=Marby<br><br>I would suggest a congratulations / welcome to ICANN card from the NCSG be procured and posted to our new leader, preferably in Swedish. Culturally appropriate. <br><br>I would also suggest we produce a 3-5 page introduction to the NCSG document for him as a deliverable for Morocco. Preferably in Swedish as well. This is something out more experienced members can be charged with doing, with staff help.<br><br>These should be priorities within the next month for those not involved in the CCWG.<br><br>Tapani?<br><br>Best,<br><br>Ed<br><br>Sent from my iPhone<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> On 8 Feb 2016, at 08:41, Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg@TAPANI.TARVAINEN.INFO> wrote:<br> <br> New CEO has been announced:<br> <br> <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2016-02-08-en">https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2016-02-08-en</a><br> <br> <br> "Experienced Technology Leader Named as ICANN President and CEO<br> <br> <br> <br> Göran Marby, currently Director-General of the Swedish Post and<br> Telecom Authority (PTS) to start at ICANN May 2016<br> <br> <br> <br> Los Angeles, California… Göran Marby, an experienced business<br> executive and government leader has been named the next President and<br> Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names<br> and Numbers (ICANN).<br> <br> <br> <br> “I’m delighted to announce Göran as the new head of ICANN,” said Dr.<br> Stephen Crocker, Chair of the ICANN Board of Directors. "His<br> leadership experience as a technology CEO and start up founder as well<br> as his current experience as Director-General of the Swedish Post and<br> Telecom Authority will be invaluable as ICANN moves towards the next<br> chapter in its history. We conducted an extensive, global search and<br> Göran impressed us all throughout with his shared values, operational<br> experience and understanding of the Internet ecosystem. I’m looking<br> forward to working with him and what I know will be his substantial<br> contribution to ICANN and to helping ensure a stable, secure and<br> unified global Internet.”<br> <br> <br> <br> Marby is a Swedish citizen, currently living in Stockholm. He and his<br> family will be relocating to Los Angeles, California the location of<br> one of ICANN’s three global hubs.<br> <br> <br> <br> “I am very excited to be joining ICANN and joining at the start of a<br> new era for the organization and the community,” said Marby. “While I<br> know there is much for me to learn, I am eager to work with ICANN’s<br> multistakeholder community to continue all the good work that ICANN<br> has been doing and am very committed to implementing the community’s<br> decisions – both with respect to the IANA Stewardship Transition, but<br> also in the myriad important areas of ICANN policy development as it<br> fulfills its mission.”<br> <br> <br> <br> Marby will succeed current President and CEO Fadi Chehadé whose term<br> finishes on March 15, 2016. Marby will join ICANN in May 2016. During<br> this time, Akram Atallah, President of ICANN’s Global Domains Division<br> will serve as acting CEO.<br> <br> <br> <br> “I am very grateful to Akram for agreeing to step into this role and<br> providing the continuity and leadership ICANN needs at such an<br> important time,” said Dr Crocker.<br> <br> <br> <br> Göran Marby has more than 20 years of experience in the Internet and<br> technology sectors. Prior to joining PTS he co-founded AppGate Network<br> Security AB a security software company where he served as CEO between<br> 2002 and 2009 with a focus on international customers and operations.<br> <br> <br> <br> He has held several other leadership roles in the Internet and<br> technology sectors including as CEO of Cygate a network services<br> company, Country Manager for Cisco in Sweden and as CEO of Unisource<br> Business Networks in Sweden.<br> <br> <br> <br> Marby holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Gothenburg<br> School Economics."<br> <br> <br> -- <br> Tapani Tarvainen<br></blockquote></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>