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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="color:#1F497D">CMC Colleagues: In my note below, I said:<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:22.5pt">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I saw positive responses to this in several emails from CMC delegates. Rather than leave the forward action hanging, I would like to move forward with this approach:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">In case some CMC Chair issues come up before we have a resolution for a new CMC chair, James will fill the role of “Acting CMC Chair”, and take any necessary action to insure that CMC processes are not held up
with inaction. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">On January 12, the Secretariat will set up a CMC poll nominating James as follow-on CMC chair, and the CMC members will all have a chance to vote on acceptance. It will be a 2-week poll closing January 26.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If any CMC members have concerns about this approach, please raise them before January 12, so we can discuss them across email. If a telecon is needed on this topic, the Secretariat will be happy to set one
up. Note that the regular CMC telecon isn’t scheduled until Early March, and we thought it would not be good for CMC processes to wait until then.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks, and best wishes! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> -=- Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Mike Kearney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Lead Technology Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Mission Operations Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">NASA MSFC EO-01<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="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""> Kearney, Mike W. (MSFC-EO01)
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 22, 2014 6:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> CCSDS Management Council (CMC@mailman.ccsds.org)<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Nichols, Kelvin F. (MSFC-EO50) (kelvin.nichols@nasa.gov); Afarin, James (GRC-DS00) (james.afarin@nasa.gov); Nestor.Peccia@esa.int; Tai, Wallace S (JPL-9030)[Jet Propulsion Laboratory] (wallace.s.tai@jpl.nasa.gov)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> CMC - Mike Kearney Retirement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings to my CMC colleagues. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m afraid I have some news. I am retiring from NASA. My last day working for NASA will be January 2.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> -=- Mike<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mike Kearney<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CCSDS Chairman and General Secretary <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ccsds.org/">www.ccsds.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">****************<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mail Code EO-01<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NASA Marshall Space Flight Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Huntsville, Alabama 35803, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">+1-256-544-2029<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Mike.Kearney@nasa.gov"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Mike.Kearney@nasa.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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