On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Michael Sondow wrote:
> Jim Dixon a �crit:
> >
> > My usual disclaimer: I don't think that the Commission should be taking
> > action against NSI at this time. I think that DG IV has been given bad
> > advice by elements elsewhere in the Commission who have a vested interest
> > in ICANN.
>
> Christopher Wilkinson, member of CORE. Plus the French telco, which
> runs the GAC conjointly with Paul Twomey and also - need I say it? -
> is a member of CORE.
Correction:
Christopher Wilkinson has to the best of my knowledge never been a
member of CORE. He is a middle ranking civil servant with DG XIII, the
European Commission's telecommunications directorate. To the best of
my knowledge, he is the Commission official most concerned with the
Internet.
At the same time he has also been a member of the gTLD MOU's Policy
Advisory Committee (the POC) for the past year and a half. The POC
sets policy for CORE.
Wilkinson's position has been invaluable for the POC, ISOC, and CORE,
of course. He has used European Commission facilities to advocate
their policies, run meetings to introduce them to European business
interests, and so forth. He has also been in a position to present
POC/ISOC/CORE arguments to, for example, the US government as the
position of the European Union -- and to the European Commission and
the representatives of the member states as fact.
He is due to retire soon; many of us are awaiting his next career move
with the greatest interest. ;-)
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Jim Dixon Managing Director
VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316
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