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.<br><br>Amities<br>ar<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Dawit Bekele <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bekele@isoc.org" target="_blank">bekele@isoc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Congratulations Pierre!<br>
<br>
This is well deserved. Thank you for bringing this honor to Africa once<br>
again.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Dawit Bekele<br>
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> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: [ISOC] NEWS RELEASE: Pierre Ouedraogo,<br>
> Technical Leader from Africa, Receives 2012 Jonathan B. Postel Service<br>
Award<br>
><br>
> Chapeau Pierre Ouedraogo!<br>
><br>
><br>
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> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> McTim<br>
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route<br>
> indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>
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> 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 href="mailto:isoc-members-announce@elists.isoc.org">isoc-members-announce@elists.isoc.org</a><br>
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><br>
> Pierre Ouedraogo, Technical Leader from Africa, Receives 2012 Jonathan B.<br>
> Postel Service Award<br>
><br>
> Internet Society recognizes his extensive work in advancing the Internet<br>
in<br>
> Africa<br>
><br>
> [Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 01 August 2012] -- The Internet<br>
> Society today announced that its prestigious Jonathan B. Postel Service<br>
> Award was presented to Pierre Ouedraogo for his exceptional contributions<br>
> 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 role<br>
in<br>
> the growth of the Internet in Africa and demonstrated an extraordinary<br>
> commitment to training young engineers and participating in regional<br>
> 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 the<br>
> years, he has established networks of IT experts to coordinate African<br>
efforts<br>
> 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 (African<br>
> Internet Top Level Domain Names Association); AFNOG (African network<br>
> operators group); AfCERT (African CERT network), and AfrICANN (African<br>
> network of participants to the ICANN process).<br>
><br>
> "Pierre Ouedraogo is a highly-regarded technical leader in Africa, and he<br>
has<br>
> been instrumental in bringing the Internet to Burkina Faso as well as<br>
other<br>
> French-speaking African countries," said Lynn St. Amour, President and<br>
Chief<br>
> Executive Officer of the Internet Society. "His commitment to the<br>
expansion<br>
> of the Internet and encouragement of young engineers to help them build<br>
> their skills through training workshops has had a profound impact on the<br>
> growth of the Internet across Africa."<br>
><br>
> The Postel Award was established by the Internet Society to honour<br>
> individuals or organisations that, like Jon Postel, have made outstanding<br>
> contributions in service to the data communications community. The<br>
> committee places particular emphasis on candidates who have supported<br>
> and enabled others in addition to their own specific actions. The award is<br>
> focused on sustained and substantial technical contributions, service to<br>
the<br>
> community, and leadership.<br>
><br>
> The Internet Society presented the award, including a US$20,000 honorarium<br>
> and a crystal engraved globe, during the 84th meeting of the Internet<br>
> Engineering Task Force (IETF) held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,<br>
> July 29 - August 3, 2012.<br>
><br>
> Link: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/news/pierre-ouedraogo-technical-" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/news/pierre-ouedraogo-technical-</a><br>
> leader-africa-receives-2012-jonathan-b-postel-service-award<br>
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