<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Congratulations to Pierre Ouedraogo.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Yaovi</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> africann <africann@afrinic.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> Jeudi 2 août 2012 3h39<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> [AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: [ISOC] NEWS RELEASE: Pierre Ouedraogo, Technical Leader from Africa, Receives 2012 Jonathan B. Postel Service
Award<br> </font> </div> <br>Chapeau Pierre Ouedraogo!<br><br><br>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br><br><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <<a ymailto="mailto:cover@isoc.org" href="mailto:cover@isoc.org">cover@isoc.org</a>><br>Date: Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:26 PM<br>Subject: [ISOC] NEWS RELEASE: Pierre Ouedraogo, Technical Leader from<br>Africa, Receives 2012 Jonathan B. Postel Service Award<br>To: <a ymailto="mailto:isoc-members-announce@elists.isoc.org" href="mailto:isoc-members-announce@elists.isoc.org">isoc-members-announce@elists.isoc.org</a><br><br><br>Pierre Ouedraogo, Technical Leader from Africa, Receives 2012 Jonathan<br>B. Postel Service Award<br><br>Internet Society recognizes his extensive work in advancing the<br>Internet in Africa<br><br>[Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 01 August
2012] -- The Internet<br>Society today announced that its prestigious Jonathan B. Postel<br>Service Award was presented to Pierre Ouedraogo for his exceptional<br>contributions to the growth and vitality of the Internet in Africa.<br>The international award committee, comprised of former Jonathan B.<br>Postel award winners, noted that Mr. Ouedraogo played a significant<br>role in the growth of the Internet in Africa and demonstrated an<br>extraordinary commitment to training young engineers and participating<br>in regional Internet organizations.<br><br>Mr. Ouedraogo is the Director of Digital Francophonie at Organisation<br>Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) based in Paris, France. Over<br>the years, he has established networks of IT experts to coordinate<br>African efforts to develop IT and use it as a tool for development.<br>Mr. Ouedraogo initiated many IT technical workshops in Africa and is a<br>founding member of numerous African regional
organizations, including<br>AfriNIC (the African Internet Registry for IP addresses); AfTLD<br>(African Internet Top Level Domain Names Association); AFNOG (African<br>network operators group); AfCERT (African CERT network), and AfrICANN<br>(African network of participants to the ICANN process).<br><br>“Pierre Ouedraogo is a highly-regarded technical leader in Africa, and<br>he has been instrumental in bringing the Internet to Burkina Faso as<br>well as other French-speaking African countries,” said Lynn St. Amour,<br>President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Society. “His<br>commitment to the expansion of the Internet and encouragement of young<br>engineers to help them build their skills through training workshops<br>has had a profound impact on the growth of the Internet across<br>Africa.”<br><br>The Postel Award was established by the Internet Society to honour<br>individuals or organisations that, like Jon Postel, have
made<br>outstanding contributions in service to the data communications<br>community. The committee places particular emphasis on candidates who<br>have supported and enabled others in addition to their own specific<br>actions. The award is focused on sustained and substantial technical<br>contributions, service to the community, and leadership.<br><br>The Internet Society presented the award, including a US$20,000<br>honorarium and a crystal engraved globe, during the 84th meeting of<br>the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) held in Vancouver, British<br>Columbia, Canada, July 29 - August 3, 2012.<br><br>Link: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/news/pierre-ouedraogo-technical-leader-africa-receives-2012-jonathan-b-postel-service-award" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/news/pierre-ouedraogo-technical-leader-africa-receives-2012-jonathan-b-postel-service-award</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>To manage
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