Norman Blackburn retires from the Board of Governors

[Gunnar Lindahl]

Norman Blackburn retires from the Board of Governors

 

After 13 years as the Vice President of Conflict Resolution, Norman Blackburn has announced his retirement from the Board of Governors.

 

Norman joined in the BoG in June 2007 and has been a stalwart in promoting excellence in online behaviour and ensuring that when members have been referred to the Conflict Resolution process, that they have been dealt with in a fair and timely fashion. Norman has developed many Division Conflict Resolutions Managers (DCRM) during his tenure and has been an active participant in BoG discussions and decisions since his appointment.

 

Norman plans to continue to play an active role on the VATSIM network as time commitments allow so we expect to see his name around our virtual skies for many years to come.

 

As an interim measure, VP Operations Mark Richards, will look after the Conflict Resolution portfolio as well to ensure a smooth transition to the new VP Conflict Resolution in due course. We are now working through the finer points for the appointment of a successor for Norman.

 

On behalf of the Board of Governors, Founders, Executive Committee, Conflict Resolution team and all members, I would like to thank Norman for his 13 years of dedicated service to VATSIM and wish him all the best in his retirement.

[Sean Reedman]

Very sad to see Norman stepping down - commitment to VATSIM has been second to none and personally a great support to me as DCRM - see you online my friend

[Shehryar Ansari]

One of the pioneers and done some sterling work for the network over the years. Hope to see you flying on VATSIM, Norm.

Edited June 25, 2020 at 06:49 PM by Shehryar Ansari

[Terrence Scanlan]

A job well done Norm, now what are you going to do in your retirement??