<font size=2 face="Arial">Dear Mike,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">this really comes as a surprise! On behalf
of the entire SM&C WG, I would like to thank you for your dedication
to the CCSDS at large and in particular to your support to the MO Services
development. Sometimes we went through rough times, but you always helped
us to steer our work to the benefit of the user community.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">As for your retirement, we wish you all the
best and, definitively, hope to "see you around" in the future.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Happy new year!</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">__Mario</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=1 color=#800080 face="sans-serif">----- Forwarded by Mario
Merri/esoc/ESA on 06/01/2015 08:58 -----</font>
<br>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">"Kearney, Mike
W. (MSFC-EO01)" <mike.kearney@nasa.gov></font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">"cesg-all@mailman.ccsds.org"
<cesg-all@mailman.ccsds.org>, </font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">23/12/2014 15:26</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">[Cesg-all] CESG
- Mike Kearney retirement</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Sent by:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">cesg-all-bounces@mailman.ccsds.org</font>
<br>
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<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Greetings to my CCSDS Colleagues – CESG
and WG Chairs</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">I’m afraid I have some news. I am
retiring from NASA. My last day working for NASA will be January
2. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">I’m sorry for surprising everyone with
this on short notice… it surprised me too. NASA has a program that
was announced in Early December to encourage retirement, and it doesn’t
allow much time for a graceful exit strategy. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">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, and I have nominated him to be the
next CMC Chairman and General Secretary. The Secretariat day-to-day
NASA management will be Kelvin Nichols at MSFC. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">As I said in my note to the CMC, 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. I hope
that I will be able to continue participating in some CCSDS role after
my NASA retirement, but that will be TBD for some time. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">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 does not get the recognition it deserves.
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. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">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. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Best regards, </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> -=- Mike</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Mike Kearney</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Lead Technology Manager</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">Mission Operations Laboratory</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">NASA MSFC EO-01</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Calibri">+1-256-544-2029</font>
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