<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Dear all,<br><br>I join you in expressing my heartfelt condolences to the families of the bereaved ones: Aloyce Menda, Paco de Quita, and Mrs. Ivy Matsepe-Casburri (whose passing away Anne Rachel announced on the list a few days ago). Just one of them passing away would have been a lot of sorrow and grief to bear, talk less of all three of them. I join all of you in praying that their souls rest in perfect peace, and that we all have the strength to carry on!<br><br>Katim<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Anne-Rachel Inné
<annerachel@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> africann@afrinic.net<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, April 15, 2009 11:09:55 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [AfrICANN-discuss] Sad News from At Large<br></font><br>Dear All,<br><br>Please read below and I would like to extend my personal condolences<br>to the families of these two esteemed members of the community. May<br>they rest in peace! Those who were in Mexico would remember Aloyce,<br>tired but still going on with a smile. He will be missed.<br><a href="http://icannwiki.org/Aloyce_Menda" target="_blank">http://icannwiki.org/Aloyce_Menda</a><br>ar<br><br><br>Dear At-Large Community members and Staff colleagues:<br><br>I have the sad duty to inform you that Aloyce Menda, Coordinator of<br>AFRALO ALS Journalists' Union for Science & Technology Advancement in<br>Africa (JUSTA-AFRICA), lost his
battle with liver cancer on 6th April<br>2009. He was 50.<br><br>At the same time, we have been informed that Paco de Quito, ALS<br>Representative of ISOC Catalan in EURALO, has passed away suddenly on<br>9th April at the age of 62. (further information at<br><a href="http://www.noticias.com/noticia/ha-fallecido-francisco-quinto-fc4.html" target="_blank">http://www.noticias.com/noticia/ha-fallecido-francisco-quinto-fc4.html</a>)<br><br>On behalf of all the Staff of ICANN, may I extend our condolences to<br>their families and colleagues.<br><br>-- <br><br>-- <br><br><br>Regards,<br><br><br>Nick Ashton-Hart<br><br>Director for At-Large<br><br>Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)<br><br>Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88<br><br>USA DD: +1 (310) 301-8637<br><br>Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44<br><br>Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68<br><br>email: <a ymailto="mailto:nick.ashton-hart@icann.org"
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