June 7, 2005
8:13 p.m.
Dear Council Members: It is with mixed emotions that I point you to the following announcement (http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-07jun05.htm) regarding Paul Verhoef. I am sad that the ICANN community, particularly the GNSO, will be losing Paul as an important resource. Although I am happy that the European Commission has tapped Paul for the post of head of unit for Project 'Galileo' and Intelligent Transport in the Directorate General for Energy and Transport. Having worked with the US GPS system during my previous engineering endeavors, this project is a tremendous opportunity for Paul and I am sure the entire council wish him well in this new endeavor. Best regards, Michael D. Palage