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After five and a half years leading the organization, and I begin to write my final Director's Corner as Kantara's Executive Director, I am certainly doing it with mixed emotions. There's sadness because of the all the highs that I'll miss - exhilarating when the organization reaches a milestone, or its members achieve a breakthrough, or the highly thought-provoking conversations with community friends and industry counterparts. It's has been such a blast! But with the highs come the lows too - the organization encounters a setback or a member incurs the loss of a loved one or my regrets on leaving some projects unfinished as the clock ticks down. Highs or lows regardless, I'll miss them all because Kantara has been my life (and a large part of my wife's life as she has had to put up with a lot from Kantara and /me!) for a chunk of years now. Don't kid yourself. Running a global non-profit - particularly with the ethics of equality, transparency and low/no barriers to participation that Kantara embraces in its mantra - is not easy street. It's competitive, political, demanding on one's time - sometimes exceptionally so - and on occasion can take you outside your comfort zone. So there's something kind of attractive in winding down to a more balanced life that most folks think typifies New Zealand - more relaxed, less deadline-driven and closer to nature. I'll still be lurking! So don't count me out too soon while I continue some activities in Kantara and for its members and the wider global digital identity community for some years yet. I'll be writing to members to say my 'see you around' later this month, and to update them on the handover to my successor.
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