[Chapter-delegates] George Sadowsky awarded the Jon Postel Service Award

[Andrew Sullivan]

Dear colleagues,

In case it is of interest, George made some remarks at the IETF plenary yesterday where this announcement happened: https://youtu.be/UqwL7HBrBiU?t=4303

Best regards,

A

On Thu, Nov 10, 2022 at 10:14:12AM -0500, Veni Markovski via Chapter-delegates wrote:
>Dear colleagues,
>Congratulations to our chapter-elected ISOC Trustee, George Sadowsky 
>for being awarded the Jon Postel Service Award. This below is from his 
>Facebook page:
>
>
>   *George Sadowsky*
>   <https://www.facebook.com/george.sadowsky?__cft__[0]=AZVAnweuWBpa62XPXjSjyKaDSFFmmyQjkWzOJMnLIU3LDrqXgFQnru5fAR5nya3HQnvrrMs1seIoe3bY0xUhHHFPrZycq_WcOD2rvywc77trDBLRHO5LhZ_5IWYtkuI1d2Q&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R>
>
>dprsoSnetou6u2088c72a26a26h3cl117ug78a1iumt681g503gu7ug705af <https://www.facebook.com/george.sadowsky/posts/pfbid0wbV5ajt9q4Y4RiK8WjW3CKXc9jkCQeHpvnAbKq4TKynuKDNxtQa6h3f7zDachWqjl?comment_id=5348138678648846&notif_id=1668084133176880&notif_t=feed_comment_reply&ref=notif#>·
>I feel very honored to have been awarded by the Internet Society the 
>John Postel Service award, for outstanding and sustained contributions 
>in service to the Internet community, yesterday at the IETF meeting in 
>London. The award highlighted the special role and importance of the 
>network technology workshops for people from developing countries that 
>I led and that ISOC supported during 1993-2001. In connection with 
>those workshops, it is also important to recognize the essential role 
>of the volunteers who made these workshops possible and who enabled us 
>to train in Internet technology about 1500 participants from almost 
>all developing countries. During that time, the Society's yearly INET 
>conferences were at the center of knowledge about the global Internet, 
>and the workshops were organized in conjunction with them, providing 
>workshop participants the opportunity to not only learn about and 
>practice using the technology but also to meet key Internet leaders 
>and establish worldwide professional connections. ISOC's consistent 
>motto has been, "The Internet is for everyone," and I feel very 
>grateful that we had the opportunity to make a significant move toward 
>that objective for a large and important part of our world.
>
>
>
>-- 
>
>Best regards,
>Veni
>https://www.veni.com
>pgp:5BA1366Eveni at veni.com
>
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