-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: quarta-feira, 20 de Marco de 2002 09:58 To: all Subject: [IFIP] Project President: Poirot Investigates+Spring Lottery Importance: High From Hercule Poirot's Diary: One sunny day in early March 1994, two men in Brussels entered the NATO Headquarters to meet with the NATO top brass for science and research. One man was from a NATO member country while the other one was from a country 5 years previously considered by NATO as a potential adversary. Both men were there to investigate whether the "peace dividend" could be extended to support participants in IFIP events. The previous day, the same two men met representatives of the European Commission. That meeting with the Commission of the European Communities resulted into a contract which made it possible for 34 participants from Central and Eastern Europe to be financially supported so as to attend the 14th IFIP World Computer Congress' 94 in Germany. [Another significant contract followed in 1995 for INTERACT]. Both meetings were arranged from the IFIP Member Society which employed at that time the IFIP Contracts Officer. One of the two men was the 10th IFIP President, from 1992 to 1995. He must have really impressed his predecessor who had responded to Isaac Auerbach in 1989 that he already had an idea who his successor would be. As part of PROJECT PRESIDENT we are happy to announce that the interview with the 10th President is now available at http://www.ifip.or.at/secretariat/presidentday.htm -- when there, click the link under the 10th President and enjoy. The Delivery Co. P.S. We now invite everyone to take part in our SPECIAL SPRING-is-in-the-air LOTTERY All who respond correctly to at least three of the five questions below will enter a draw and two names will be selected. If one of them has a larger number of correct answer s/he will be the winner. If both have the same number of correct answers then a final draw will be conducted just between the two finalists. 1. Who were the two men? 2. On the photo at http://www.ifip.or.at/image/open5.gif the two men appear to be involved in a ceremony. What was the special occasion? [You can find the answer on the IFIP Secretariat pages] 3. From which IFIP Member society were the meetings of the two men arranged in Brussels? 4. Which city was the venue of IFIP Congress 94? 5. Which city will be the venue of IFIP Congress 2004? PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS to <bb@ifip.or.at> Deadline for submissions: 29 March 2002 There is 1 Prize consisting of an autographed SPECIAL hard copy publication containing the interviews with the 12 IFIP Presidents. We can assure you this publication will be a Collector's Item so don't miss your chance to have one of less than 20 Vintage Hard Copies the WORLD will (n)ever see! [There will also be one special SURPRISE prize for 5 correct answers - winner to be selected in a draw between the first 3 persons to submit 5 correct answers] GOOD LUCK! -------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/