<html><head></head><body data-blackberry-caret-color="#00a8df" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="display:initial"></div> <div style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div id="_persistentHeader" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>De: </b>Dr Paulos Nyirenda</div><div><b>Envoyé: </b>samedi 21 février 2015 17:00</div><div><b>À: </b>afrigeek@psg.com; africann@afrinic.net; afnog@afnog.org</div><div><b>Répondre à: </b>paulos@sdnp.org.mw</div><div><b>Objet: </b>[AfrICANN-discuss] Re: Sad news - Mark Bennett</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style=""><br>Really sad news, may his soul rest in eternal peace.<br><br>I have known Mark Bennett for many years, since those days in Malawi of Fidonet,<br>HealthNet over non-geo satellite, Acacia and such like network initiatives, well before<br>the Internet came to our region in Southern Africa ... and thereafter.<br><br>He indeed was a remarkable education entrepreneur. I did meet him in Zambia two years<br>ago during the first AIS, enthusiastic as ever. We will miss him.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Paulos<br>======================<br>Dr Paulos B Nyirenda<br>NIC.MW & .mw ccTLD<br>http://www.registrar.mw<br><br><br>On 21 Feb 2015 at 16:49, Geert Jan de Groot <geertj@nsrc.org> wrote:<br><br>> Mark Bennett, whose training facility we used in Lusaka in 2014,<br>> recently passed away. I'm not sure how many of you met him - <br>> I only had a brief meeting, but I know he provided a lot of<br>> support for us that year.<br>> <br>> I know Chris worked with him on several iSchool projects.<br>> <br>><br>http://www.inclusivebusinesshub.org/profiles/blogs/mark-bennett-obituary-of-an-education-entrepreneur<br>> <br>> Sad news.<br>> <br>> Geert Jan<br>> <br>> <br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------<br>Malawi SDNP Webmail: http://www.sdnp.org.mw<br>Access your Malawi SDNP e-mail from anywhere in the world.<br>----------------------------------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AfrICANN mailing list<br>AfrICANN@afrinic.net<br>https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann<br><br></div></body></html>