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ICANN's man in Europe bows out
July 2005
Internet overseeing organisation ICANN still has problems but it
will come out of the UN's upcoming review into Internet governance
with flying colours, the organisation's man in Europe, Paul Verhoef
has predicted on the eve of his departure.
As the first staff member located outside of California, Verhoef has
played a vital role in getting ICANN accepted globally. Seconded by
the European Union in January 2004, he has been on the frontline as
European governments have started to ask big questions about the
Internet and domain registry owners continued to express their
reservations.
With a very difficult patch coming up for ICANN, he himself admit that
the timing is "far from perfect", but as from today he will head the
European Commission's largest-ever project - the 3.5 billion euro
Galileo satellite network, an upgraded version of the US' global
positioning system (GPS). "Dream is a big word, but you can understand
it's not something you really want to turn down," he modestly
explained.
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