[Chapter-delegates] Please welcome Rinalia

[Ali Almeshal]

What an interesting and amazing news . I am more than happy to see Rinalia back to the internet world in a such great position . Looking forward to work and collaborate wherever is possible .

Ali AlMeshal 

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> On Dec 11, 2018, at 4:35 PM, Christine Saegesser <saegesser at isoc.org> wrote:
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> (Apologies for cross-posting)
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> Dear Colleagues, please find below an important announcement from Andrew Sullivan: 
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> Dear Chapter Leaders,
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> Thank you all for joining me as part of InterCommunity 2018 last week. It was great to see how engaged and excited you are about the upcoming year.
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> I am too.
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> As you've seen in our 2019 Action Plan (www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2019), mobilizing people around the world is one of the most important things we can do to ensure the Internet becomes stronger and reaches further. 
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> To make this happen I'm thrilled to announce that Rinalia Abdul Rahim will join the Internet Society on 1 January, 2019 in the newly created role of Senior Vice President of Strategy and Implementation. In this position, she will be responsible for coordinating the organization's operational outputs and for overseeing the alignment of the Internet Society's work with its strategic goals and objectives. 
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> Rinalia will lead a team that will help to ensure we are as effective as possible as an organization and a community of like-minded people. Her team's work will support our collaborative approach with strategic planning and performance measurement. This will help us enhance our global impact. Because all of you in our community are such an important part of who we are and because so much of our work happens through you, Rinalia will also take an active role in community engagement with chapters and members, joining Joyce and Raul in their focus on strengthening community building.
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> Some of you may already know Rinalia. I know her from ICANN - where she served on the Board of Directors.  Before that, she was Executive Director of the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) where she was responsible for bringing together diverse stakeholders to address development challenges including poverty, education, and the empowerment of women and youth.  She also established high impact programs and networks for sharing knowledge, building partnerships and implementing best practices in multiple regions.
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> In addition, she has held various advisory positions with organizations such as Mozilla Foundation, Global Action Network, World Economic Forum-UNESCO Partnership for Education initiative, United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UNGAID), International Task Force on Women and ICT, Youth Social Enterprise Initiative and the World Summit on the Information Society's ICT for Development Platform.
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> She'll be based in Malaysia. 
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> To that end, I'd like you all to join Rinalia, Joyce, Raul and myself on a call in mid-January to talk to each other so that together, we can create more impact around the world in ensuring that the Internet is for everyone.  The details for this call will be circulated separately, so please watch out for those in due course. 
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> See you on the Internet,
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> Andrew
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> President & CEO, Internet Society
> sullivan at isoc.org
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