[CMC] Fw: I am leaving CCSDS

[Kearney, Mike W. (MSFC-EO01)]

Jean-Francois,  I'm sorry it has taken me awhile to respond to your message.  I have been preoccupied with managing the SpaceOps conference for the last week.

I echo Jean-Marc's best wishes, and I can speak for the whole CMC and CCSDS team to say that your conscientious work, your collaboration and your friendship have been a great contribution to the CCSDS team, and we will greatly miss your participation.  We always understand that working roles must change, but we always regret losing valued colleagues to other duties.  We will stay reminded of you by your contributions which we will have with us for some time in the future.

I understand from your separate note that you will not be able to join us in Brazil this Spring, but there is a chance you may be able to join us in London in the Fall.  I certainly hope that we have the ability to meet with you face-to-face at some upcoming meeting, so we can give you a proper farewell from our CCSDS team.  Regardless, I feel certain that our paths will cross as we all work towards more collaborative international efforts.

Thanks again for your long-time support to CCSDS and best wishes for your future endeavors.

   -=- Mike

Mike Kearney
NASA MSFC EO-01
256-544-2029


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Subject: [Secretariat] RE: [CMC] Fw: I am leaving CCSDS

Cher Jean-François

as I joined CCSDS quite recently, I have been under the impression that you had always been there, in CCSDS and its CMC, as your knowledge of its history and organisation are really impressive. I was certainly close to the truth with my impression...
It will certainly e a loss for the CMC as your contrbutions were always wise and constructive.
I still hope that we will see you at our next CMC meeting, in spite of your anouncement message, as considering your role and dedication to CCSDS in the past years, you certainly deserve that we tell you good bye in a last face to face meeting and not only via email.

Anyway, I wish you all the best with your new activities in ESA and in the preparation of your post 2011 activities. I am convinced you will be efficient in both cases.

No doubt we will meet again before you leave, hopefully in Sao Jose, and then, I say you "à bientôt".

Amicalement

Jean-Marc Soula
CNES - DCT/OP/C-STA
Advisor, GN Operations
18 Avenue Edouard Belin
31401 Toulouse Cedex 9 - France
Tel.: +33 (0)5 61 2 74647
Fax.: +33 (0)5 61 2 73135
Email: Jean-Marc.Soula at cnes.fr


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Objet : [CMC] Fw: I am leaving CCSDS

Dear CMC colleagues,

It is with regret that I have to announce that I am definitively retiring from CCSDS. Since more than 6 months the ESA Director General has mandated me to review the IT organisation / governance in the Agency and to take over for this purpose another Department. My actual retirement date from ESA is December 2011.
Thus it is time to say good bye to CCSDS and all the people I know there, some of them since very long time. I have appreciated your company, your collaboration, your high expertise and dedication to Space standardisation. I am still more than convinced that this is an essential activity within and between Space organisations. The fruits of standardisation are enormous although not easily quantifiable and this is what makes the business case always so difficult. This will not change, therefore we need people like you who are convinced and pursuing this effort.
I will regret and never forget you as appreciated colleagues and wish you luck and success to you and CCSDS.

Best regards, JFK

Jean-François Kaufeler
Head ESA Informatics and Facility Management Department
ESA / ESOC Robert Bosch Str. 5, D-64293 Darmstadt
Tel.: +49 6151 902224    Fax: +49 6151 903412
Mob.: +49 170 226 5385

PS. 1) Very soon ESA will nominate its Principal Delegate to CCSDS
        2) You can remove me from all distribution lists
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