Very very good choice!! Congratulations Wilfried, and congratulations RIPE that have such an excellent member!
Patrik On 18 May 2018, at 10:35, Axel Pawlik wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > Yesterday at RIPE 76 in Marseille, the Rob Blokzijl Foundation presented the > first Rob Blokzijl Award to Wilfried Woeber "For more than thirty years of > contributions to the development of the Internet: building and > interconnecting networks, sharing knowledge, connecting people, building > consensus and helping others to contribute and succeed." > > The award honours the memory of Rob Blokzijl, the first Chairman of RIPE. It > recognises individuals who have made substantial and sustained technical and > operational contributions to the development of the Internet in the RIPE NCC > service region and supported or enabled others. The awardee receives EUR > 10,000 from the Foundation. > > Speaking for the 2018 Award Committee, Daniel Karrenberg said: "We received a > total of ten excellent nominations from the community. It speaks for our > community that all of them had considerable merit and the final choice was > not an easy one." > > On behalf of the Foundation, he thanked the members of the Award Committee > for their work in soliciting and evaluating nominations. He also thanked the > RIPE NCC and specifically Mirjam Kühne for the excellent support in making > this first award a success. > > In a short ceremony, Lynn Blokzijl presented the award to Wilfried, who was > visibly moved at receiving this honour. Wilfried, who is officially retired > from Vienna University, has built networks in the RIPE region for more than > 30 years. More importantly, he has shared his knowledge and experience with > many others within RIPE, the NREN community and notably the emerging efforts > in Eastern Europe when the iron curtain started to be penetrated by > networking efforts. Later, Wilfried contributed significantly to some of the > first deployments of IPv6. > > Besides his technical work, Wilfried also served in various governance > functions; notably he was a long-time chair of the Database Working Group, a > RIPE NCC Arbiter, and a member of the NRO Number Council. Last but not least, > Wilfried has supported quite a number of young students who have gone on to > become successful members of the RIPE community, making their own > contributions to our shared success. > > More information on the Rob Blokzijl Foundation is available here: > http://rob-blokzijl-foundation.org/ > > Kind regards > > Axel Pawlik > Managing Director > RIPE NCC (On behalf of the 2018 Award Committee)
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