<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">He was a very good guy and it’s a terrible loss. He deserved an Ethos before this happened and it makes even more sense now, but hopefully ICANN can do something beyond this to remember and celebrate him in a way that would mean something to his family. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 27, 2018, at 17:05, farzaneh badii <<a href="mailto:farzaneh.badii@gmail.com" class="">farzaneh.badii@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">As you might know Stephane van Gelder<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">from the </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">contracted party house</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>passed away in a traffic accident <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">at the </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"></div>weekend.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Stephane<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">served as the GNSO chair for two years and was a part of NomCom for a long time. </div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"><br class=""></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">He left good memories, filled with wit and sense of collegiality. I thought it was a good idea to support his nomination for Ethos award this year on behalf of NCSG.</div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"><br class=""></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">Best </div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline"><br class=""></div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;display:inline">Farzaneh </div> </div></div>
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