-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: quinta-feira, 16 de Maio de 2002 08:48 To: all Subject: [IFIP] The Day of President Bauknecht
Project: The Day of the President
Dear All,
Paris. Autumn, 1997. The embassy car picked the IFIP President and the IFIP Executive Director from their hotel and drove them close to pont "Alexandre III". The two men entered the Bulgarian Embassy and the Ambassador [at the time also Permanent Representative to UNESCO and member of UNESCO's Governing Board] welcomed his visitors.
"Bauknecht", introduced himself the IFIP President.
"Aahh", responded the Ambassador. "Bauknecht weiss was Frauen wuenschen" [P.N. - "Bauknecht" is a company for house appliances - fridges, washing machines etc. and the famous advertisement to which the Ambassador alluded translates: "Bauknecht knows what women wish"]. We smiled. It was a good start.
We then discussed the forthcoming reclassification of IFIP with UNESCO and requested the Ambassador's assistance for IFIP to get a favorable hearing. In the following days and weeks we were contacting UNESCO officials and the Ambassador did all he could to help. IFIP's reclassification was decided favorably.
This is just a minor episode during Prof. Kurt Bauknecht's tenure as the 10th IFIP President, from 1995 to 1998.
Kurt's interview is now available at http://www.ifip.or.at/secretariat/presidentday.htm [please click under his photo]
Kurt remembers that visit to Paris. He recalls other important events during his term and has interesting things to tell.
Enjoy,
The Delivery Co.
-------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/