[AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: [ISOC] NEWS RELEASE: Pierre Ouedraogo, Technical Leader from Africa, Receives 2012 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award

[Anne-Rachel Inné]

Merci d'avoir toujours montre la voie Pierre! Nous sommes fiers de toi.
Felicitations a toi et merci a toute la famille pour t'avoir prete a
l'autre famille, celle de l'Internet.

Amities
ar

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Dawit Bekele <bekele at isoc.org> wrote:

> Congratulations Pierre!
>
> This is well deserved. Thank you for bringing  this honor to Africa once
> again.
>
> Regards,
> Dawit Bekele
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: africann-bounces at afrinic.net [mailto:africann-bounces at afrinic.net]
> > On Behalf Of McTim
> > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 5:40 AM
> > To: africann
> > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: [ISOC] NEWS RELEASE: Pierre Ouedraogo,
> > Technical Leader from Africa, Receives 2012 Jonathan B. Postel Service
> Award
> >
> > Chapeau Pierre Ouedraogo!
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> >
> > McTim
> > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
> > indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From:  <cover at isoc.org>
> > Date: Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:26 PM
> > Subject: [ISOC] NEWS RELEASE: Pierre Ouedraogo, Technical Leader from
> > Africa, Receives 2012 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award
> > To: isoc-members-announce at elists.isoc.org
> >
> >
> > Pierre Ouedraogo, Technical Leader from Africa, Receives 2012 Jonathan B.
> > Postel Service Award
> >
> > Internet Society recognizes his extensive work in advancing the Internet
> in
> > Africa
> >
> > [Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 01 August 2012] -- The Internet
> > Society today announced that its prestigious Jonathan B. Postel Service
> > Award was presented to Pierre Ouedraogo for his exceptional contributions
> > to the growth and vitality of the Internet in Africa.
> > The international award committee, comprised of former Jonathan B.
> > Postel award winners, noted that Mr. Ouedraogo played a significant role
> in
> > the growth of the Internet in Africa and demonstrated an extraordinary
> > commitment to training young engineers and participating in regional
> > Internet organizations.
> >
> > Mr. Ouedraogo is the Director of Digital Francophonie at Organisation
> > Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) based in Paris, France. Over the
> > years, he has established networks of IT experts to coordinate African
> efforts
> > to develop IT and use it as a tool for development.
> > Mr. Ouedraogo initiated many IT technical workshops in Africa and is a
> > founding member of numerous African regional organizations, including
> > AfriNIC (the African Internet Registry for IP addresses); AfTLD (African
> > Internet Top Level Domain Names Association); AFNOG (African network
> > operators group); AfCERT (African CERT network), and AfrICANN (African
> > network of participants to the ICANN process).
> >
> > "Pierre Ouedraogo is a highly-regarded technical leader in Africa, and he
> has
> > been instrumental in bringing the Internet to Burkina Faso as well as
> other
> > French-speaking African countries," said Lynn St. Amour, President and
> Chief
> > Executive Officer of the Internet Society.  "His commitment to the
> expansion
> > of the Internet and encouragement of young engineers to help them build
> > their skills through training workshops has had a profound impact on the
> > growth of the Internet across Africa."
> >
> > The Postel Award was established by the Internet Society to honour
> > individuals or organisations that, like Jon Postel, have made outstanding
> > contributions in service to the data communications community. The
> > committee places particular emphasis on candidates who have supported
> > and enabled others in addition to their own specific actions. The award
> is
> > focused on sustained and substantial technical contributions, service to
> the
> > community, and leadership.
> >
> > The Internet Society presented the award, including a US$20,000
> honorarium
> > and a crystal engraved globe, during the 84th meeting of the Internet
> > Engineering Task Force (IETF) held in Vancouver, British Columbia,
> Canada,
> > July 29 - August 3, 2012.
> >
> > Link: http://www.internetsociety.org/news/pierre-ouedraogo-technical-
> > leader-africa-receives-2012-jonathan-b-postel-service-award
> >
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