Open letter to “pillar” Christian

Sofia — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:00:47 +0000

Dear Christian,

It’s almost four years now that I have had the privilege of working with “pillar” Christian in Webcomm. Particularly privileged for the proximity of our offices, which made it easier, in case of doubt, “Christian…?”. I disturbed him with questions many, many, many times, and learnt a lot of important things with him. I am deeply grateful for that.

Waving goodbye? (But the main man is in there too...) Photo from 2008 - we were young...

The budget focus is the first product I remember: we were in 2006. I got it, opened it, read it and got the immediate feeling that I had to pay a lot of attention to its author: WOW!

I also remember his interest in the – I guess simultaneous – transitional justice story: complex contexts in need of clarification.

Christian checks, doesn’t give up, comes up with precious information and confirmation, helps, is a reliable source, if he does not know he will find a way, Christian never let me down!

“Pillar” Christian is leaving and we will have to fill in this empty space.

Of course that I am happy with the fact that the pillar is moving further: I am his friend and that’s probably even the best out of it all. But I am much happier because I know he’s not moving that far and might very soon and very often have a group of Webcommers waving at him from a MOY window. Oof…

We’ll be around Christian! Enjoy your life and give us a call!

Thanks, thanks, thanks,

Sofia

Sorry for spamming*

Sofia — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:17:28 +0000

*Is inspired by some mails getting into my mailbox. Gloves, mobile phones, earrings, various kinds of lost objects. It works – at least sometimes people get them back. Sorry for spamming also owes a debt of gratitude to all the series of mails exchanged within the team. They improve my work. From the speed of publishing mechanisms – with images of a train strike, a train carrying too many people and even a train breaking into the station, to the exact location of gas pipelines – there’s room for a lot.

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Let’s vote: Democracy is us and is better with us than without us.

Some selected spam here - (cc) cobalt123 on flickr

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Intercultural dialogue: Coordinating 22 two different language editors between ourselves means multiple intercultural dialogues. I’ve been learning every day. From writing to reading, meeting, watching, organising, improving, learning and teaching, there’s always room for something else. Task: getting closer to more readers, let them know more about European Parliament’s activities.

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Peace: The European Parliament takes part in many important decisions. Most of them have a direct impact on our lives, some of them help save lives. I am particularly afraid of Cluster bombs

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United we are: In his goodbye speech, A. thanked us for our team spirit and friendship, T. for taming the horses and S. for his warmness. The tougher the times get, the closer we become. It’s a pleasure to work for this team.

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Open letter to “pillar” Christian

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