<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div>Dear all,</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I would like to thank you all for your kind words and wishes. I am very humbled and honoured by the responsibility I was given as the RIPE NCC’s Chief Community Officer. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>I look forward to continue to work in this new role even closer with your local communities on activities dedicated and tailored to the local need. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>For those wondering I will still be based out of the RIPE NCC’s office in the Middle East to remain closer to the activities in our part of the world. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>We are also looking into how to expand the RIPE NCC presence and engagements even further, so if you have any thoughts or suggestions I am very keen to listening to them over a virtual cup of coffee.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Regards</div><div>Hisham</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:menog-bounces@lists.menog.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">menog-bounces@lists.menog.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:menog-bounces@lists.menog.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">menog-bounces@lists.menog.org</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>MENOG Secretariat<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, July 12, 2021 6:57 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:menog@menog.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">menog@menog.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[menog] Hisham Ibrahim Appointed Chief Community Officer<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><p class="">Salaam Colleagues,<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="">We are pleased to let the MENOG community know that the RIPE NCC appointed Hisham Ibrahim as our new Chief Community Officer, leading our community and engagement activities.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="">We congratulate Hisham and wish him all the best of luck in his new role.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="">Kind regards<o:p class=""></o:p></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Sandra Gijzen<br class="">RIPE NCC on behalf of MENOG secretariat<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://www.menog.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.menog.org</a><br class=""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/menog.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.facebook.com/menog.org</a><br class=""><br class="">-------- Forwarded Message --------<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right;" class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">[ripe-list] Hisham Ibrahim Appointed Chief Community Officer<o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right;" class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Mon, 12 Jul 2021 15:29:51 +0200 (CEST)<o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right;" class=""><b class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hans Petter Holen<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:hph+announce@ripe.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><hph+announce@ripe.net></a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right;" class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:ripe-list@ripe.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ripe-list@ripe.net</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br class=""><br class="">Dear colleagues,<br class=""><br class="">I am pleased to announce the appointment of Hisham Ibrahim as our new Chief Community Officer, leading our community and engagement activities.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Engagement is at the heart of all our activities as the secretariat to the RIPE community and as a membership organisation. Our community and engagement activities include community development, public policy and Internet governance, learning and development, communications, membership engagement, event organisation and our web presence.<br class=""><br class="">Hisham has over 15 years of experience in Internet policy and technology and a deep knowledge of the European, African and Middle Eastern markets, and is actively involved in several NOGs, peering and technical forums across three continents.<br class=""><br class="">I welcome him to this new role and look forward to seeing him strengthen our efforts to better serve the community and membership.<br class=""><br class="">Kind regards,<br class=""><br class="">Hans Petter Holen<br class="">Managing Director,<br class="">RIPE NCC</p></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>