Peter de Blanc - letter

[Elisabeth Porteneuve <Elisabeth.Porteneuve@cetp.ipsl.fr>]

Bucharest 28 June 2002


To the Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for 
Assigned Names and Numbers

 

>From The Country Code Managers

 

Peter de Blanc, 17 November 1944 - 26 June 2002

 

Peter passed away on 26 June 2002.

 

Until very recently Peter was a regular attendee in ICANN 
and he had actively participated in most of the worldwide 
ICANN meetings, since the beginning. 

 

He served on the Names Council of the DNSO and also as the 
Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the ccTLD Constituency. 
He was the ccTLD Manager for the US Virgin Islands. (.VI)

 

Peter died at Fort Lauderdale Florida; where had been receiving 
medical treatment.

 

Peter gave his time and heart to the ccTLD community, he was 
also a close friend to many of us; in the ccTLD group and 
throughout ICANN.

 

He was always motivated by a desire to assist country code 
managers in the developing nations and areas, and also to ensure 
that the power of the Internet will be shared by everybody, 
both at home and worldwide. 

 

One of Peter.s outstanding achievements was to bring the Internet 
to the US Virgin Islands and to organize and found the VIP FreeNet 
service in 1990s, which was the first community computer system 
in the Caribbean area.

 

Peter.s last message sent to the ccTLD community is a testimony 
to his dedication.

 

We therefore ask the Board to join with us in formally recognizing 
Peter s outstanding contribution to ICANN.

 

Elisabeth Porteneuve

On behalf of the ccTLD Managers