[Chapter-delegates] Please welcome new ISOC-NY President Greg Shatan

[sivasubramanian muthusamy]

Congratulations Greg.

Sivasubramanian M
ISOC India Chennai

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018, 5:01 PM Mafor Edwan Fon <edwannfon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Congrats!
>
> On Mon, Sep 3, 2018, 7:10 PM Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Chapter Leaders!
>>
>> Time has come for me to move on at ISOC-NY. I have admin'd the chapter,
>> including website and social media, in one form or another, all of this
>> century, much of that time in support of our previous President David
>> Solomonoff. When David himself stepped down in 2016, there was no other
>> obvious candidate and I was duly elected to replace him.
>>
>> At the end of last year I organized an election and was able (at our 20th
>> Anniversary event)  to persuade Greg Shatan to stand for the board. Even
>> then I had him spotted as a potential leader for the Chapter. He was duly
>> elected and, in the time since, has proved himself to be every bit as
>> worthy as I imagined.
>>
>> Thus I have duly resigned as President of ISOC-NY, as of Aug 31, and Greg
>> has been appointed my replacement. Please give him a welcome! (if concerned
>> about congratulatory emails filling up people's mailboxes, you can do it
>> directly at greg at isoc-ny.org )
>>
>> I will also step down from my other responsibilities at the Chapter. Greg
>> has a strong board and I am sure will make the best of a clean slate to
>> work with. I believe this is an important process, not just for ISOC-NY but
>> as an example for other Chapters - those with long-term leaders - who might
>> benefit from a similar change. Ultimately, it ensures sustainability, and
>> provides opportunity.
>>
>> However, you will not be rid of me! Apart from my streaming activity,
>> about which I will write elsewhere, I currently admin the Disabled and
>> Special Needs Chapter (in rejuvenation). We are actively working on
>> transitioning it to a SIG. If you are interested in being a part of the
>> effort, please join at https://a11ysig.org
>>
>> joly
>>
>>
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