[chapter-delegates] RE: Advanced Congratulations to Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn for June's ACM Turing Award

[Wendy Chou]

Hey All!  Voices from the past!!

Vint, congratulations (big time)!  To this day I am still grateful to you
and the entire team for the fun and exciting job I get to have... it
certainly have changed the meaning of "work"!

Mike, thanks for keeping us in touch, and my best to all!  

Best,

Wendy

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Wendy Chou
Director, Online Retail Operations
310-948-1450 Cell/VM

-----Original Message-----
From: Vinton G. Cerf [mailto:vinton.g.cerf at mci.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 4:55 AM
To: 'Mike Todd'; chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org;
cerf-kahn at gainesgroup.com; info at dcisoc.org
Cc: 'Wendy Chou'; 'Conchetta Fabares'; 'James Butler'; 'Jeffrey A. Sherman';
'Miguel Fiallos'
Subject: RE: Advanced Congratulations to Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn for June's
ACM Turing Award

Dear Mike,

Many thanks for your kind words - I still carry that lovely pen you gave me
with its "IP ON EVERYTHING" inscription from the June
2000 dinner. 

You may also like to know that on the 5th anniversary of the June 6 dinner,
I will be presenting to former vice president Gore a
lifetime Webby Award for his support for the evolution and especially
commercialization of the Internet. This event takes place in
New York City during the Webby Awards ceremony.

Bob and I will be at the ISOC DC chapter event tonight to celebrate the
Turing award and again on June 9 at the Computer History
Museum in Mountain View, and in San Francisco on June 11 where the ACM will
hold its annual awards dinner/gala.

What is most satisfying about the Turing Award is that it is the first time
this award has recognized contributions to computer
networking. Bob and I hope that this will open the award to recognize many
others who have contributed so much to the development
and continued evolution and use of the Internet. 

Please give our best wishes to our colleagues at ISOC-LA,

Sincerely,

Vint Cerf


Vinton Cerf, SVP Technology Strategy, MCI
22001 Loudoun County Parkway, F2-4115
Ashburn, VA 20147
+1 703 886 1690, +1 703 886 0047 fax 
vinton.g.cerf at mci.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Todd [mailto:miketodd at miketodd.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 7:09 AM
> To: chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org; cerf-kahn at gainesgroup.com;
info at dcisoc.org
> Cc: Wendy Chou; Conchetta Fabares; James Butler; Jeffrey A. Sherman;
Miguel Fiallos
> Subject: Advanced Congratulations to Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn for June's ACM
Turing Award
> 
> On behalf of the members of the Internet Society Los Angeles Chapter, the
> Officers and Board of Directors, I bring our sincere congratulations to
you,
> Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, for winning the ACM Turing Award.  Your pioneering
> efforts, and especially your continued commitment and support over the
> years, have provided us all with a useful Internet - from its basic
> protocols, philosophy, and supporting organizations to its continued
> development and growth.  You have been and continue to be great parents!
> 
> One of the significant events in our Chapter's archives is the "Vint Cerf
> Dinner" on June 6, 2000 at the LAX Marriott where Vint spoke to a crowded
> room about the Internet, from his surprising finds of very remote and
> devoted Internet users with hand made satellite connections, through
mailing
> the post card ground into pieces as an example of how IP does its work, to
> the actual use of the Inter-Planetary Internet Protocol for the Mars
> missions we had a wonderful evening.
> 
> We hope our early recognition of your Award shows you how much the
community
> you have helped to build appreciates your efforts.
> 
> Vint and Bob, you are truly our ambassadors and shining examples of what
we
> can do when we work together in a truly open environment.
> 
> Thank you and please enjoy your well deserved Award next month!
> 
> Mike Todd
> Supporting the Digital Coast
> 
> President, Internet Society Los Angeles Chapter - www.ISOC-LA.org
>