Dear Colleagues, it is with immense sadness that I have to relay the news of the death of Stéphane van Gelder which occurred abruptly over the week-end. Indeed, after the San Juan meeting, Stéphane went to Italy for a well earned holiday. He had a motorcycle accident. Some of us might know him from having worked with him on the Nominating Committee, which he chaired in 2015 (Oct 2014 to Oct 2015) and 2016 but also as a member in other years. Some of you might have known him when he was Chair of the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Council in 2010 and 2011. It was then, that I got to know him as I was ALAC Chair at the time. Stéphane was not the kind of person who took to a position and did nothing with it. He liked challenges and led many improvements in all of the positions that he held. He was also not scared of intervening when he felt something was wrong in a process or a system. Having founded a Registry in the late nineties, Stéphane sold it and remained a consultant and businessman in recent years, also becoming one of EURALO's first individual members (after he actually asked me whether in my view, that was suitable or not). He will definitely be missed. Olivier
I am speechless. Here are some more details. http://domainincite.com/22773-stephane-van-gelder-dies-after-motorcycle-acci... On 26.03.2018, at 22:57, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com<mailto:ocl@gih.com>> wrote: Dear Colleagues, it is with immense sadness that I have to relay the news of the death of Stéphane van Gelder which occurred abruptly over the week-end. Indeed, after the San Juan meeting, Stéphane went to Italy for a well earned holiday. He had a motorcycle accident. Some of us might know him from having worked with him on the Nominating Committee, which he chaired in 2015 (Oct 2014 to Oct 2015) and 2016 but also as a member in other years. Some of you might have known him when he was Chair of the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Council in 2010 and 2011. It was then, that I got to know him as I was ALAC Chair at the time. Stéphane was not the kind of person who took to a position and did nothing with it. He liked challenges and led many improvements in all of the positions that he held. He was also not scared of intervening when he felt something was wrong in a process or a system. Having founded a Registry in the late nineties, Stéphane sold it and remained a consultant and businessman in recent years, also becoming one of EURALO's first individual members (after he actually asked me whether in my view, that was suitable or not). He will definitely be missed. Olivier _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org
This is such sad news. We started together to work for EURid’s Strategic Committee just recently and I was just about to better get to know his personality - private and professional. NomCom is considering to nominate Stephane Van Gelder for the Ethos Award which we would seek to be awarded to Stephane posthumously in Panama City. Would EURALO like je to join? Best Sandra (Note: This message was sent from my iPhone - I apologise for any misspelling.)
Am 26.03.2018 um 23:16 schrieb Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>:
On 26/03/2018 22:57, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote: Having founded a Registry in the late nineties
I meant "Registrar", of course.
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Sandra I think some sort of recognition of his contributions over so many years to ICANN and the DNS Industry would be an excellent idea... Of course others in ICANN may be having similar thoughts, so perhaps some quiet coordination might be desirable On Tue, Mar 27, 2018, 16:29 sandra hoferichter <info@hoferichter.eu> wrote:
This is such sad news. We started together to work for EURid’s Strategic Committee just recently and I was just about to better get to know his personality - private and professional.
NomCom is considering to nominate Stephane Van Gelder for the Ethos Award which we would seek to be awarded to Stephane posthumously in Panama City.
Would EURALO like je to join?
Best Sandra
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On 26/03/2018 22:57, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote: Having founded a Registry in the late nineties
I meant "Registrar", of course.
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Am 26.03.2018 um 23:16 schrieb Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com<mailto:ocl@gih.com>>:
On 26/03/2018 22:57, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote: Having founded a Registry in the late nineties
I meant "Registrar", of course.
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"This is a black Monday for the ICANN community. I served twice under his leadership. When he chaired the the GNSO Council, I was a member. When he chaired the NomCom I was his associated chair. I admired his capablity to steer complicated discussions to an outcome which was acceptable for everybody. We will miss his bridge-building skills in turbulent times." Wolfgang In the light what I wrote to the former director´s list (see above) I support Sandras idea to nominate Stepahne. w
sandra hoferichter <info@hoferichter.eu> 27.03.18 7.29 Uhr >>> This is such sad news. We started together to work for EURid’s Strategic Committee just recently and I was just about to better get to know his personality - private and professional.
NomCom is considering to nominate Stephane Van Gelder for the Ethos Award which we would seek to be awarded to Stephane posthumously in Panama City. Would EURALO like je to join? Best Sandra (Note: This message was sent from my iPhone - I apologise for any misspelling.)
Am 26.03.2018 um 23:16 schrieb Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>:
On 26/03/2018 22:57, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote: Having founded a Registry in the late nineties
I meant "Registrar", of course.
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Good morning Am only a recent ICANN convert (so to speak) but recall meeting Stephane soon after I joined staff in 2012. He spent time with me explaining how gNSO worked and what Council did. So kind of him. Really tragic. A black Monday indeed, Nigel From: EURO-Discuss <euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of Wolfgang Kleinwaechter <wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de> Date: Tuesday, 27 March 2018 at 11:13 To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>, "info@hoferichter.eu" <info@hoferichter.eu> Cc: "euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org" <euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [EURO-Discuss] Antw: Re: Stéphane van Gelder "This is a black Monday for the ICANN community. I served twice under his leadership. When he chaired the the GNSO Council, I was a member. When he chaired the NomCom I was his associated chair. I admired his capablity to steer complicated discussions to an outcome which was acceptable for everybody. We will miss his bridge-building skills in turbulent times." Wolfgang In the light what I wrote to the former director´s list (see above) I support Sandras idea to nominate Stepahne. w
sandra hoferichter <info@hoferichter.eu> 27.03.18 7.29 Uhr >>> This is such sad news. We started together to work for EURid’s Strategic Committee just recently and I was just about to better get to know his personality - private and professional.
NomCom is considering to nominate Stephane Van Gelder for the Ethos Award which we would seek to be awarded to Stephane posthumously in Panama City. Would EURALO like je to join? Best Sandra (Note: This message was sent from my iPhone - I apologise for any misspelling.)
Am 26.03.2018 um 23:16 schrieb Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>:
On 26/03/2018 22:57, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote: Having founded a Registry in the late nineties
I meant "Registrar", of course.
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Stephane was a gentleman. Sadness and regrets. @+, best, Dom Le 27 mars 2018 à 11:13, à 11:13, Wolfgang Kleinwaechter <wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de> a écrit:
"This is a black Monday for the ICANN community. I served twice under his leadership. When he chaired the the GNSO Council, I was a member. When
he chaired the NomCom I was his associated chair. I admired his capablity to steer complicated discussions to an outcome which was acceptable for everybody. We will miss his bridge-building skills in turbulent times."
Wolfgang
In the light what I wrote to the former director´s list (see above) I support Sandras idea to nominate Stepahne.
w
sandra hoferichter <info@hoferichter.eu> 27.03.18 7.29 Uhr >>> This is such sad news. We started together to work for EURid’s Strategic Committee just recently and I was just about to better get to know his personality - private and professional.
NomCom is considering to nominate Stephane Van Gelder for the Ethos Award which we would seek to be awarded to Stephane posthumously in Panama City.
Would EURALO like je to join?
Best Sandra
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On 26/03/2018 22:57, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote: Having founded a Registry in the late nineties
I meant "Registrar", of course.
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Good morning: Devastating news. Stephane should have had another generation before him. I support the proposal for the Ethos award. Regards Christopher
On 27 Mar 2018, at 07:29, sandra hoferichter <info@hoferichter.eu> wrote:
This is such sad news. We started together to work for EURid’s Strategic Committee just recently and I was just about to better get to know his personality - private and professional.
NomCom is considering to nominate Stephane Van Gelder for the Ethos Award which we would seek to be awarded to Stephane posthumously in Panama City.
Would EURALO like je to join?
Best Sandra
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On 26/03/2018 22:57, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote: Having founded a Registry in the late nineties
I meant "Registrar", of course.
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Dear colleagues! This is such heartbreaking news, hard to believe :(! I fondly remember Stephane during our NomCom years and I always valued his positive and supportive attitude, sense of humor, professionalism and simply, being a great person. He was a true gift to the world, to ICANN, to his colleagues and friends! I hope ICANN will have a post-mortem award for his efforts and years of dedication. p.s. can we do smth for his family? Veronica On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 11:57 PM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
it is with immense sadness that I have to relay the news of the death of Stéphane van Gelder which occurred abruptly over the week-end. Indeed, after the San Juan meeting, Stéphane went to Italy for a well earned holiday. He had a motorcycle accident.
Some of us might know him from having worked with him on the Nominating Committee, which he chaired in 2015 (Oct 2014 to Oct 2015) and 2016 but also as a member in other years. Some of you might have known him when he was Chair of the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Council in 2010 and 2011. It was then, that I got to know him as I was ALAC Chair at the time. Stéphane was not the kind of person who took to a position and did nothing with it. He liked challenges and led many improvements in all of the positions that he held. He was also not scared of intervening when he felt something was wrong in a process or a system. Having founded a Registry in the late nineties, Stéphane sold it and remained a consultant and businessman in recent years, also becoming one of EURALO's first individual members (after he actually asked me whether in my view, that was suitable or not). He will definitely be missed.
Olivier
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Putain... Stéphane was an excellent adviser. He taught me a lot for my PhD. I met him first at Paris in order to interview him in his office (StartingGot, a French registry). Very sad news, he was definitely a good guy... Can we do something for his family ? If needed, I live in Paris. -------------------------------------- Clément GENTY Doctorant | PhD Candidate École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers 151 bd de l'Hôpital 75013 Paris clement.genty@ensam.eu / www.artsetmetiers.fr<http://www.artsetmetiers.fr> ________________________________ De : EURO-Discuss [euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] de la part de Veronica Cretu [veronicacretu@gmail.com] Envoyé : mardi 27 mars 2018 08:13 À : Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond Cc : Discussion for At-Large Europe Objet : Re: [EURO-Discuss] Stéphane van Gelder Dear colleagues! This is such heartbreaking news, hard to believe :(! I fondly remember Stephane during our NomCom years and I always valued his positive and supportive attitude, sense of humor, professionalism and simply, being a great person. He was a true gift to the world, to ICANN, to his colleagues and friends! I hope ICANN will have a post-mortem award for his efforts and years of dedication. p.s. can we do smth for his family? Veronica On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 11:57 PM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com<mailto:ocl@gih.com>> wrote: Dear Colleagues, it is with immense sadness that I have to relay the news of the death of Stéphane van Gelder which occurred abruptly over the week-end. Indeed, after the San Juan meeting, Stéphane went to Italy for a well earned holiday. He had a motorcycle accident. Some of us might know him from having worked with him on the Nominating Committee, which he chaired in 2015 (Oct 2014 to Oct 2015) and 2016 but also as a member in other years. Some of you might have known him when he was Chair of the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Council in 2010 and 2011. It was then, that I got to know him as I was ALAC Chair at the time. Stéphane was not the kind of person who took to a position and did nothing with it. He liked challenges and led many improvements in all of the positions that he held. He was also not scared of intervening when he felt something was wrong in a process or a system. Having founded a Registry in the late nineties, Stéphane sold it and remained a consultant and businessman in recent years, also becoming one of EURALO's first individual members (after he actually asked me whether in my view, that was suitable or not). He will definitely be missed. Olivier _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org -- Veronica Cretu Envoy, Open Government Partnership (OGP) Governance Reforms Scorecard Initiative Coordinator with World Bank Moldova President, Open Government Institute - http://opengov.si.md/ MA in Contemporary Diplomacy Personal Blog - http://www.cretu.md/ Email: veronicacretu@gmail.com<mailto:veronicacretu@gmail.com> Skype: veronicacretu Phone: 373 067435000
Qu’une nouvelle aussi triste et choquante soit-elle ne vous dispense pas de soigner votre langage 😉 De : EURO-Discuss <euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org> De la part de Clement.GENTY@ensam.eu Envoyé : mardi 27 mars 2018 09:15 À : veronicacretu@gmail.com; ocl@gih.com Cc : euro-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Objet : Re: [EURO-Discuss] Stéphane van Gelder Putain... Stéphane was an excellent adviser. He taught me a lot for my PhD. I met him first at Paris in order to interview him in his office (StartingGot, a French registry). Very sad news, he was definitely a good guy... Can we do something for his family ? If needed, I live in Paris. -------------------------------------- Clément GENTY Doctorant | PhD Candidate École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers 151 bd de l'Hôpital 75013 Paris clement.genty@ensam.eu <mailto:clement.genty@ensam.eu> / www.artsetmetiers.fr <http://www.artsetmetiers.fr> _____ De : EURO-Discuss [euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] de la part de Veronica Cretu [veronicacretu@gmail.com] Envoyé : mardi 27 mars 2018 08:13 À : Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond Cc : Discussion for At-Large Europe Objet : Re: [EURO-Discuss] Stéphane van Gelder Dear colleagues! This is such heartbreaking news, hard to believe :(! I fondly remember Stephane during our NomCom years and I always valued his positive and supportive attitude, sense of humor, professionalism and simply, being a great person. He was a true gift to the world, to ICANN, to his colleagues and friends! I hope ICANN will have a post-mortem award for his efforts and years of dedication. p.s. can we do smth for his family? Veronica On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 11:57 PM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com <mailto:ocl@gih.com> > wrote: Dear Colleagues, it is with immense sadness that I have to relay the news of the death of Stéphane van Gelder which occurred abruptly over the week-end. Indeed, after the San Juan meeting, Stéphane went to Italy for a well earned holiday. He had a motorcycle accident. Some of us might know him from having worked with him on the Nominating Committee, which he chaired in 2015 (Oct 2014 to Oct 2015) and 2016 but also as a member in other years. Some of you might have known him when he was Chair of the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Council in 2010 and 2011. It was then, that I got to know him as I was ALAC Chair at the time. Stéphane was not the kind of person who took to a position and did nothing with it. He liked challenges and led many improvements in all of the positions that he held. He was also not scared of intervening when he felt something was wrong in a process or a system. Having founded a Registry in the late nineties, Stéphane sold it and remained a consultant and businessman in recent years, also becoming one of EURALO's first individual members (after he actually asked me whether in my view, that was suitable or not). He will definitely be missed. Olivier _______________________________________________ EURO-Discuss mailing list EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org <mailto:EURO-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/euro-discuss Homepage for the region: http://www.euralo.org -- Veronica Cretu Envoy, Open Government Partnership (OGP) Governance Reforms Scorecard Initiative Coordinator with World Bank Moldova President, Open Government Institute - http://opengov.si.md/ MA in Contemporary Diplomacy Personal Blog - http://www.cretu.md/ Email: veronicacretu@gmail.com <mailto:veronicacretu@gmail.com> Skype: veronicacretu Phone: 373 067435000
Very very sad news...may he rest in peace and give his family the strength and comfort to endure this immersive loss! Matthias ____________________________ Ing. Matthias Markus Hudobnik matthias@hudobnik.at http://www.hudobnik.at
On 27.03.2018, at 09:14, <Clement.GENTY@ensam.eu> wrote:
Putain... Stéphane was an excellent adviser. He taught me a lot for my PhD. I met him first at Paris in order to interview him in his office (StartingGot, a French registry). Very sad news, he was definitely a good guy...
Can we do something for his family ? If needed, I live in Paris. -------------------------------------- Clément GENTY Doctorant | PhD Candidate
École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers 151 bd de l'Hôpital 75013 Paris clement.genty@ensam.eu / www.artsetmetiers.fr De : EURO-Discuss [euro-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] de la part de Veronica Cretu [veronicacretu@gmail.com] Envoyé : mardi 27 mars 2018 08:13 À : Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond Cc : Discussion for At-Large Europe Objet : Re: [EURO-Discuss] Stéphane van Gelder
Dear colleagues! This is such heartbreaking news, hard to believe :(! I fondly remember Stephane during our NomCom years and I always valued his positive and supportive attitude, sense of humor, professionalism and simply, being a great person. He was a true gift to the world, to ICANN, to his colleagues and friends! I hope ICANN will have a post-mortem award for his efforts and years of dedication. p.s. can we do smth for his family? Veronica
On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 11:57 PM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> wrote: Dear Colleagues,
it is with immense sadness that I have to relay the news of the death of Stéphane van Gelder which occurred abruptly over the week-end. Indeed, after the San Juan meeting, Stéphane went to Italy for a well earned holiday. He had a motorcycle accident.
Some of us might know him from having worked with him on the Nominating Committee, which he chaired in 2015 (Oct 2014 to Oct 2015) and 2016 but also as a member in other years. Some of you might have known him when he was Chair of the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Council in 2010 and 2011. It was then, that I got to know him as I was ALAC Chair at the time. Stéphane was not the kind of person who took to a position and did nothing with it. He liked challenges and led many improvements in all of the positions that he held. He was also not scared of intervening when he felt something was wrong in a process or a system. Having founded a Registry in the late nineties, Stéphane sold it and remained a consultant and businessman in recent years, also becoming one of EURALO's first individual members (after he actually asked me whether in my view, that was suitable or not). He will definitely be missed.
Olivier
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Dear colleagues, the news of the death of Stéphane van Gelder is terribly sad one. He was such a very active, methodical person especially, towards the process of getting the EURALO Individual Users' off the ground. He will surely be missed. RIP! With regards, Wale On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 9:57 PM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
it is with immense sadness that I have to relay the news of the death of Stéphane van Gelder which occurred abruptly over the week-end. Indeed, after the San Juan meeting, Stéphane went to Italy for a well earned holiday. He had a motorcycle accident.
Some of us might know him from having worked with him on the Nominating Committee, which he chaired in 2015 (Oct 2014 to Oct 2015) and 2016 but also as a member in other years. Some of you might have known him when he was Chair of the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Council in 2010 and 2011. It was then, that I got to know him as I was ALAC Chair at the time. Stéphane was not the kind of person who took to a position and did nothing with it. He liked challenges and led many improvements in all of the positions that he held. He was also not scared of intervening when he felt something was wrong in a process or a system. Having founded a Registry in the late nineties, Stéphane sold it and remained a consultant and businessman in recent years, also becoming one of EURALO's first individual members (after he actually asked me whether in my view, that was suitable or not). He will definitely be missed.
Olivier
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Such a sad news... On behalf of ISOC - Bulgaria, and from me personally, deepest condolences to his close ones. So sorry to hear this ;-( On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 16:57 Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
it is with immense sadness that I have to relay the news of the death of Stéphane van Gelder which occurred abruptly over the week-end. Indeed, after the San Juan meeting, Stéphane went to Italy for a well earned holiday. He had a motorcycle accident.
Some of us might know him from having worked with him on the Nominating Committee, which he chaired in 2015 (Oct 2014 to Oct 2015) and 2016 but also as a member in other years. Some of you might have known him when he was Chair of the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Council in 2010 and 2011. It was then, that I got to know him as I was ALAC Chair at the time. Stéphane was not the kind of person who took to a position and did nothing with it. He liked challenges and led many improvements in all of the positions that he held. He was also not scared of intervening when he felt something was wrong in a process or a system. Having founded a Registry in the late nineties, Stéphane sold it and remained a consultant and businessman in recent years, also becoming one of EURALO's first individual members (after he actually asked me whether in my view, that was suitable or not). He will definitely be missed.
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