[rpd] Thank You to Darwin Da Costa and Dr Vincent Ngundi for Your Service to the AFRINIC Community

[Sami Salih]

Thank you, Darwin and Vincent, for your exceptional leadership, dedication, and service as Co-Chairs of the Policy Development Working Group. Your commitment to an open, transparent, and collaborative Policy Development Process has made a lasting contribution to the AFRINIC community and the African Internet ecosystem. Thank you also for your continued support in ensuring a smooth transition. Wishing you both every success in your future endeavours.

A warm welcome back to Hytham El Nakhal as the returning PDWG Co-Chair. Wishing you every success in your renewed role, and every success in leading the Policy Development Working Group as it continues to serve the AFRINIC community.


Sami Salih
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Subject: [rpd] Thank You to Darwin Da Costa and Dr Vincent Ngundi for Your Service to the AFRINIC Community


Dear Colleagues,

AFRINIC would like to express our sincere appreciation to Darwin Da Costa and Dr Vincent Ngundi for their dedicated service and valuable contributions to the AFRINIC community over the past five years.

Throughout their tenure, both Darwin Da Costa and Dr Vincent Ngundi have played important roles in supporting and strengthening AFRINIC's Resource Policy Development Process (PDP). Through their active leadership, thoughtful contributions, and commitment to constructive dialogue, they have helped advance discussions on Internet number resource policies and contributed to preserving the open, transparent, and community-driven nature of the policy development process.

The success of AFRINIC's multistakeholder model depends on the willingness of community members to contribute their time, expertise, and experience for the benefit of the broader African Internet ecosystem. Darwin Da Costa and Dr. Vincent Ngundi have consistently demonstrated this commitment, helping to foster informed discussions, encourage community participation, and support consensus-building within the AFRINIC community.

We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to both Darwin  Da Costa and Dr. Vincent Ngundi for their willingness to continue supporting the Policy Development Process by working alongside Hytham El Nakhal, the incoming Co-Chair, until the next Public Policy Meeting (PPM). Their commitment to ensuring continuity, sharing their experience, and supporting a smooth handover reflects the spirit of service and collaboration that has long characterised the AFRINIC community.

We wish Darwin Da Costa and Dr. Vincent Ngundi every success in their future endeavours and look forward to their continued engagement within the African Internet ecosystem.

Please join us in thanking them for their service, their contributions, and their continued support to the AFRINIC Policy Development Process.

Kind regards,

AFRINIC
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