[Cc-hk] P.S.

Charles Mok charlespmok at gmail.com
Mon Dec 22 09:34:29 EST 2008


Thanks Rebecca, you have been the heart and soul of the effort in HK and
making it all happen.  I still think and know that you will not be too far
away from CC-HK in future :)

Charles


On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Rebecca MacKinnon <
rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com> wrote:

> One very important person I failed to thank in the last e-mail was
> Catharina Maracke, the fearless leader of Creative Commons International.
> Without her patient guidance and good humor, nothing would have been
> possible.
>
> Best,
> Rebecca
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Rebecca MacKinnon <
> rebecca.mackinnon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> It has been an amazing year and I have been truly honored to work with the
>> team of volunteers and committed individuals who made it possible to launch
>> the Creative Commons Hong Kong license in October. We were incredibly
>> fortunate that Prof. Lessig and Joi Ito were able to come to the launch - an
>> honor that not all CC jurisdictions enjoy and testimony to your fabulous
>> work and high levels of commitment. Thanks to all of you who contributed to
>> CCHK in a range of ways since August 2007 when the project first got going.
>>
>> In a late-breaking development, I have received a research grant to work
>> on a book that I have been wanting to write for awhile, but have not had the
>> time due to so many other commitments.  Therefore I will be taking a
>> year-long full-time leave from the JMSC beginning February 1st, 2009. Before
>> then I will be taking all my un-used vacation leave for most of January. As
>> I will be out of Hong Kong for most of 2009 and my funders expect me to
>> focus full-time on the book, it no longer makes sense for me to act as CCHK
>> public lead. So I am stepping aside effective immediately.
>>
>> Fortunately Prof. Ying Chan, director of CCHK's host institution, the
>> Journalism and Media Studies Centre, and Pindar Wong, who served as the
>> hardworking chairman of our preparatory executive committee over the past
>> year, have agreed to share the role of Public Lead from now on. With their
>> Hong Kong roots and wide-ranging connections, and their passion about
>> promoting CC, they are the perfect team to lead CCHK in the post-launch
>> phase.
>>
>> Yahong Li and Alice Lee of the Hong Kong University Faculty of Law, who
>> worked so hard on porting the CC license, will remain as Legal Leads. Of
>> course, Haggen So continues in his essential role as Research
>> Associate/Project manager for CCHK.
>>
>> We have an extremely strong team in place surrounded by an enthusiastic
>> community. I'm certain that CCHK will have a bright future. I will certainly
>> remain on the cchk e-mail list and remain an enthusiastic supporter of both
>> CCHK and the global CC movement.
>>
>> Finally, I would like to extend my thanks to other CC leads throughout the
>> Asia-Pacific region who have been so supportive and helpful. Particularly
>> Wang Chunyan of CC China Mainland and Chuang Tyng-Ruey of CCTW, whose
>> jurisdictions share a common written language with ours. We had the benefit
>> of learning from and building upon the experiences of those who launched
>> before us. It has been an honor to get to know them and I look forward to
>> remaining in touch in my less-official capacity.
>>
>> Happy holidays to all of you!
>>
>> All the best,
>> Rebecca
>>
>> --
>> Rebecca MacKinnon
>> Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Ctr.
>> University of Hong Kong   (http://jmsc.hku.hk)
>> E-mail: rmack at hku.hk | Tel: +852-2219-4005
>> Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com
>>
>> Co-founder: http://GlobalVoicesOnline.org
>> "The world is talking. Are you listening?"
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Rebecca MacKinnon
> Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Ctr.
> University of Hong Kong   (http://jmsc.hku.hk)
> E-mail: rmack at hku.hk | Tel: +852-2219-4005
> Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com
>
> Co-founder: http://GlobalVoicesOnline.org
> "The world is talking. Are you listening?"
>
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