[DCAD] Memoriam for Gerry Ellis

[Lidia Best]

Thank you Judith!
Still cannot believe he is gone.

Lidia

On Thu, 23 Mar 2023, 20:02 Judith Hellerstein, <judith at jhellerstein.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Today on the DC Coordinating Group call, Markus Kummar who runs the call
> had a moment of Silence to remember our dear friend Gerry Ellis who lost
> his battle with cancer.  The Secretariat prepared this slide, which I
> attached a photo of it and then people gave their remembrances of Gerry.
> Jutta Kroll, myself, and Dr. Shabbir spoke and Eleonora Mazzucchi from the
> IGF Secretariat posted the following in the Chat
>
> From Eleonora Mazzucchi IGF Secretariat-- Gerry always ended his email
> with, "If you don't know where you're going, How will you know when you get
> there?" I think it's a perfect encapsulation of the sense of purpose and
> mission that animated Gerry in his advocacy for persons with disabilities.
> It might even have held a special additional meaning for him as a blind
> person. In any case, I think it's something we can continue to draw
> inspiration from as we continue to draw inspiration from Gerry's work.
>
> We then went about our work for the call.
>
> We also wanted to point out to our members that the IGF/UN Team working on
> the Global Digital Compact is having a series of deep dives into a variety
> of topics listed below
> To participate in this or other deep-dives, please register through this
> website
> <https://www.un.org/techenvoy/global-digital-compact/intergovernmental-process>,
>
> https://www.un.org/techenvoy/global-digital-compact/intergovernmental-process
>
>
> Please find below the calendar of the thematic deep-dives, for which
> remote participation of stakeholders will again be facilitated. To join,
> please register via the website listed above.
>
>     Digital Inclusion and Connectivity, 27 March
>     Internet Governance, 13 April
>     Data Protection, 24 April
>     Human Rights Online, 8 May
>     Digital Trust and Security, 25 May
>     Artificial Intelligence and other emerging technologies, 2 June
>     Global Digital Commons, 9 June
>     Accelerating Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 14
> June
>
>  Best,
>
> Judith Hellerstein
>
> DCAD Co-Coordinator
>
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