Peter de Blanc's works
with the ccTLD community, the DNSO Names Council and the General Assembly

• Peter de Blanc's friend, Kilnam Chon was a Program Committee Chair at the INET'95 in Hawaii http://www.isoc.org/inet95/ to which Peter made a presentation about "Networking the Caribbean region via the Virgin Islands Paradise FreeNet" http://www.isoc.org/HMP/PAPER/043/abst.html
  This document as well as Magen's Point pictures are also on Cobex's site:

  • http://www.usvi.net/cobex/inet95/
  • Magen's Bay Beach, paradise
  • Magens Point Cable Confluence, cables infrastructure

  When ICANN process started, Peter de Blanc (.VI) joined Kilnam Chon (.KR), and those two old ccTLD Managers were working together on setting up the ccTLD Constituency and the DNSO.

• In May 1999 Peter has been participating remotely to the first ICANN Meeting in Berlin. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/berlin/archive/participants0525.html
  His comments were read to the meeting
  http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/berlin/archive/comments0525.html

  Peter de Blanc
  VI ccTLD Admin
  ccTLD position (5/25/99 2:09:20 PM, #146) (Message has been read to the assembled group)

  So far- no mention of RFC's 1591, etc continuing to govern admin of ccTLDs . Many ccTLDs have stated support of the continuation of RFC 1591

• In June 1999 Peter attended the first ccTLD meetings in San Jose. Since then he has been working without relaxing until November 2001 in Marina del Rey. He has been attending all ICANN and ccTLD meetings. He also has been invited to several regional meetings or by governments.

• After November 1999 Peter de Blanc join the ccTLD Administration Committee as representative from the North America region.
  He has been financing tens of AdCom teleconferences, and making every effort to help the ccTLD community to get organized http://www.ccwhois.org/meetings/.
  Elected Chair to the AdCom in July 2000, he has been fulfilling this duty with the highest responsibility.

  Some presentations given to the ccTLD meetings:

  • 19 Feb 2001 http://www.ccwhois.org/meetings/cctld/ccTLD-Briefing-document.htm ccTLD Briefing document, serie of 3 regional ccTLD-ICANN meetings, Hawaii-Geneva-Melbourne, presentation in Geneva
  • 19 Feb 2001 http://www.ccwhois.org/meetings/cctld/ccTLD-Briefing-document.ppt associated PowerPoint presentation, serie of 3 regional ccTLD-ICANN meetings, Hawaii-Geneva-Melbourne, presentation in Geneva
  • 21 Aug 2001 http://www.ccwhois.org/meetings/cctld/PdB-taipei-02.ppt APTLD meeting in Taipei, on wwTLD Foundation Projects

• After March 2000 meetings in Cairo, Peter de Blanc prepared the RFP for the first Interim ccTLD Secretariat http://www.ccwhois.org/aboutcctld/interim/.
  The Interim ccTLD Secretariat was selected in June 2000 and operated jointly by THNIC (Kanchana Kanchanasut) and AFNIC (Elisabeth Porteneuve) until the end of May 2001. Peter provided help and guidance on financial matters. At its closure the Interim Secretariat presented examplary final financial status to the community http://www.ccwhois.org/funds/.
  In May-June 2001 the new Secretariat operated by KRNIC (Byung-Kyu Kim) took succession for two years term http://www.ccwhois.org/aboutcctld/permanent/.

• In August 2000 Peter de Blanc was candidate to the ICANN Board election by the Names Council http://www.dnso.org/nominees/2000.pdb.html.
  Please read the entire "Acceptance" statement in the URL above.

  • Access to information and communication is on a par with the right to vote in a democracy.
  • I stand for "limited Internet governance, personal freedom and responsibility, and a robust and interoperable DNS".
  The full record of election to ICANN Board in 2000 is on the DNSO web site http://www.dnso.org/elections/2000.DNSO-ICANN-election-result.html

• In September 2000 Peter de Blanc was asked to join the Names Council Budget Committee

  • Messages to the NC Budget Committee:
    http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/nc-budget/pdbbudgetindex.html

• In October 2000 Peter de Blanc, Elisabeth Porteneuve and Oscar Robles were elected by the ccTLD Constituencey to the Names Council for the term of two years. This election has been notified by :

  • Patricio Poblete, acting NC representative, to the Names Council: http://www.ccwhois.org/elections/2000.Notification-NC.html
  • Kanchana Kanchanasut, acting ccTLD Secretariat, to the ICANN President: http://www.ccwhois.org/elections/2000.Notification-ICANN.html

• Two years of Peter de Blanc dialogue with DNSO colleagues:

  • Messages to the Names Council
    http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/council/pdbncindex.html

  • Messages to the General Assembly
    http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/pdbgaindex.html

  • Names Council events, votes and documents from meetings (including mp3 recording of NC teleconferences)
    http://www.dnso.org/dnso/calendardnso.html
    http://www.dnso.org/meetings.html
    http://www.dnso.org/dnso/ncindex.html

• In 2000-2001 Peter de Blanc, Willie Black and Bill Semich has been representing the ccTLD Registries to the ICANN's President Finance Committee:
  http://www.icann.org/financials/preliminary-budget-19feb01.htm.

• Peter de Blanc medical leave:
  On 15 November 2001 Peter signed his copy of the MoU for the CCDP (CC Development Project) http://www.dnso.org/inmemoriam/PdB-CCDP-MoU.html giving it to Elisabeth Porteneuve and asking to work on.
  He did not felt well in Marina del Rey at ICANN meetings, missed the reception at Paul Getty's Museum. He left on Friday 16 November 2001 morning, flying via Miami to St.Thomas, preparing for a necessary small chirurgical operation, as he informed few friends.
  For nothing in the world Peter would like to disclose he was ill or suffering. He was fighting like a lion with the cancer of liver, willing to be back with us, and to travel again.

  I have enjoyed working with you all, and will continue to do so in the background until I am sufficiently recovered to travel again.

  Peter de Blanc's adieu and testament to his friends:
  http://www.dnso.org/inmemoriam/PdB-lastwill-and-testament.html