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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks very much for all of your compliments and observations, Eduardo. I must say that I am simply a part of a larger organization
that is CCSDS, and I just want to do my part. All of us are delegates or support team members from our agencies, and we must all be a bit tenacious for us to accomplish the things that enable the critical capabilities we need for spaceflight. I’ve been happy
to play a small part, and if I can work it out, I may yet play another small part. With my tenacious colleagues and friends.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks, and best 2014 wishes for you and yours, also.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> -=- Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Mike Kearney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Lead Technology Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">+1-256-544-2029<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Eduardo Bergamini [mailto:e.w.bergamini@uol.com.br]
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 28, 2014 9:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kearney, Mike W. (MSFC-EO01)<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Nestor.Peccia@esa.int; Nichols, Kelvin F. (MSFC-EO50); Tai, Wallace S (JPL-9000)[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]; Afarin, James (HQ-LS00); CMC@mailman.ccsds.org; ca.wuensche@inpe.br<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CMC] CMC - Mike Kearney Retirement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">Dear Mike,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">Your notice caught me by complete surprise.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">Naturally, I wish you the best in your coming retirement which, I would
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">understand, will also be positively reflected in the further enrichment of
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">your already existing, most respectful and beautiful collection of
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">photographs. God knows the tenacious extra effort you did, doing local</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">local travels around the world in the "spare" time of your professional
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">work, just to get new, truly artistic shots of the local environment in its</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">many certainly interesting aspects. My renewed congratulations for this</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">work, as well.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">But, above all, I wish to congratulate you for the also, most tenacious
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">and untiring work you did perform, with all the inumerious instrincacies
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">that are (always) pertinent to the CCSDS Secretariat work and , in
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">particular, in respect to the Chairmanship of CMC, as well. The same,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">in respct to the secretariat of ISO TC20/SC13 Subcimmttee.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">We all know, somehow, that the challenge represented by CCSDS and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">related work is part of a never ending history. Most probably, due to</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">the advance of technology, which also gives us hope that CCSDS came</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">to stay. Also, thanks to the far reaching views from Bob Stephens (NASA)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">and Michel Pellet (ESA). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">Congratulations, Mike, for the work you performed with CCSDS and all</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">other related organizations, as well !!!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">At the same time, I would also expect that, somehow, you may continue, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">with all your experience and competence, to have some involvement with
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">the CCSDS, SpaceOps and other related organizatons.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">Although, many times, as part of a painful and and awkwardwise process,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">I do believe that we are, all of us ("like" it or not ...), part of a Godwise
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">evolutionary plan. And, as important part of it, experience is a timeless
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">and priceless asset, for all serious organizations, of all natures.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">I must also say that I am happy to learn from you of the nomination of</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">James Afarin in your role with CMC Chairman and CCSDS Secretary and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">of Kevin Nichols, as you mentioned, for the day-to-day CCSDS </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">the privilege to share the certainly active and value adding particpation
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">of James, mainly, in the CMC forum, for quite a time, now.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">With my best regards and wishes for you, extended to your wife and all
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">of yours,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:navy">Eduardo</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">EDUARDO W. BERGAMINI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:navy">INPE Representative to CCSDS<br>
Information Networks in Space Missions - RME<br>
Coordination of Technology Management - TEC<br>
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais - INPE<br>
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation - MCTI<br>
Avenida dos Astronautas, 1758<br>
12227-010 São José dos Campos, SP<br>
BRAZIL<br>
Phones : +55 12 3208 6166/6603<br>
Fax : +55 12 3208 6150<br>
E-mail : <a href="mailto:e.w.bergamini@uol.com.br">e.w.bergamini@uol.com.br</a> <br>
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<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed (Jo.20,29)</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="color:maroon">De:</span></strong><span style="color:maroon">
<a href="mailto:mike.kearney@nasa.gov">mike.kearney@nasa.gov</a></span><br>
<strong><span style="color:maroon">Enviada:</span></strong><span style="color:maroon"> Terça-feira, 23 de Dezembro de 2014 00:42</span><br>
<strong><span style="color:maroon">Para:</span></strong><span style="color:maroon">
<a href="mailto:CMC@mailman.ccsds.org">CMC@mailman.ccsds.org</a></span><br>
<strong><span style="color:maroon">Assunto:</span></strong><span style="color:maroon"> [CMC] CMC - Mike Kearney Retirement</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Greetings to my CMC colleagues. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I’m afraid I have some news. I am retiring from NASA. My last day working for NASA will be January 2. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I apologize for the abrupt nature of this announcement. In early December, NASA MSFC announced a Retirement Incentives program, and candidates had to decide on their application
by December 15. I applied then, but I was advised not to announce this possibility until it was approved. I just received approval last Friday Dec 19, and inexplicably, my computer decided right then that it would crash. I’ve spent this morning watching
tech support work on my computer which is now more-or-less restored. So my first priority was to get this message out. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I am leaving my CCSDS work in extremely good hands. James Afarin at NASA HQ will immediately assume the role of NASA delegate to CCSDS and the CMC. The Secretariat day-to-day
management and the MSFC lead will be Kelvin Nichols. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">As my last act as CCSDS Management Council chair, I nominate James Afarin to be my replacement as CMC Chairman and General Secretary. James has been following my role and actively
participating in the CMC for several years now and has a great handle on the current projects and issues, and our long-standing processes. NASA has traditionally held this role because of the tight integration that is required between the NASA-funded Secretariat
and the CMC Chairman, and I expect that the CMC will recognize that such integration needs to continue. As you know, this has been key to the improvements in CCSDS project management capabilities that we have effected over the last several years (e.g. the
framework resources, the online strategic plan, etc.). I will leave it for discussion in the CMC as to whether an online poll is needed to confirm the next CMC chair. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I can’t express the sadness with which I leave the CCSDS teams, both technical and management. I was actually eligible for full retirement from NASA ten years ago, and the criticality
and excitement of the CCSDS work and the pleasure of working with my CMC and CCSDS colleagues were the driving factors in my annual decision to continue working for NASA. Even now it is a difficult decision, but the way the math works out, it’s obvious that
retirement now is best for my family situation. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">While nothing is certain, it is entirely possible that I will be able to continue participating in some CCSDS role in my “afterlife” of NASA retirement. But in case that doesn’t
happen, I want to say that working on the CCSDS program has he most rewarding experience of my career. CCSDS is developing capabilities that will be needed for virtually all of mankind’s future spaceflight programs and international spaceflight ventures.
You and your CCSDS colleagues from your agencies are performing a function that is extremely critical and grossly under-recognized (ergo under-funded). I hope that this improves for CCSDS in the future. And I thank all of you as individuals for the collegial
working relationship and the friendship that was demonstrated during our time together with CCSDS. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">All the best wishes for you and your teammates as CCSDS moves forward to even greater accomplishments. And all the best wishes for you and your families in the upcoming holiday
season. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> -=- Mike<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Mike Kearney<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">CCSDS Chairman and General Secretary<o:p></o:p></p>
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