-----Original Message----- From: owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at [mailto:owner-ifip_ga@ifip.or.at]On Behalf Of Plamen Nedkov Sent: sexta-feira, 9 de Agosto de 2002 08:49 To: all Subject: [IFIP]Friday's special - What’s up?

What’s up in IFIPLand?

This communication contains: 1. Congress and GA 2002 2. Namur Award 3. Obituary: Professor Mario Lucertini 4. Anniversaries 5 What to look forward to 6. Fun zone - joke lovers only!

1. Congress and GA 2002: We are in the last phase of Congress and GA preparations. Some days ago we asked George Boynton, the OC Chair, for some "catchy" message and he wrote - “…one of our Keynotes, astronaut Julie Payette, might raise eyebrows (her talk is entitled "Working in Space: A Challenge, a Privilege, an opportunity"). Another element that is getting a lot of attention these days is the Special Security stream … [It] offers two 1-day Workshops, one entitled "An Architecture for Information Security Management", and the other, "e-Government and security". There is a third Workshop, lasting 2 days, entitled "CSES2002-Certification and Security in e-services". Finally, I think that the city itself is a selling point: a city with a European flavour, at a fraction of the price. .... Newly restored harbour-front , newly restored Lachine canal, etc.”

The IFIP General Assembly and related meetings will convene immediately after Congress from 30 August to 3 September. GA delegates will work hard but will be rewarded with several receptions, among them, one hosted by the Embassy of France in Canada to kick-off the active WCC 2004 promotion campaign.

2. Namur Award: The IFIP-WG9.2 Namur Award is a biennial award for outstanding contributions with international impact to the awareness of social implications of information technology. The Award ceremony is usually held in Namur (Belgium) but this year’s Award will be presented during the IFIP Congress in Montreal. Mrs. Deborah HURLEY, Director of the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project, is the recipient.

3. Obituary: We sadly announce the passing of Professor Mario Lucertini who was TC 7 Chair from 1985 to 1988. An Obituary, prepared by the immediate past and the current TC 7 Chairs, is posted at http://www.ifip.or.at/pdf/lucertini.pdf

4. Anniversaries in July: a. Dorothy had a Birthday and Jacques Berleur [TC 9 Chair, Belgium] followed the Delivery Co.’s example by picking flowers … from his garden. Another IFIPer, Walter Grafendorfer [Acting President, Austria], showed up unexpectedly in Laxenburg with a gorgeous bouquet. His singing, however, was so loud that he scared the Congress 2004 OC Chair, Jean-Claude Laprie [FR] who happened to be on the other side of the phone line at that time.

b. Many thanks for your response and congratulations on the occasion of PN’s 20th Anniversary with IFIP [ref. http://www.ifip.or.at/mail/msg00165.html ] Many friends, GA reps, TC&WG Chairs and members dropped a line. One came from an unexpected source - an IFIP TC 4 Chair, whom we have not had the privilege to meet before. The Internet, however, made this possible for which we are particularly grateful. Here is the note: ------- "I join this party to congratulate you. I only know you from the internet messages (I think we never met in person, I was active in IFIP until the early 80's), but it was and is a pleasant encounter. Your internet 'face' is pleasantly positive and you give the impression that there is always somebody there to look after the day-to-day running of IFIP. Zum Wohl! Jan Roukens" ------- There were several other Anniversaries in July: c. The Rolling Stones celebrated their 40th Anniversary and so did Bond, James Bond, “shaken but not stirred” in cinematography. d. Finally, the Vienna Zoo, the World’s oldest zoo, established in the gardens of Schonbrunn in 1752, marked its 250th birthday on 31 July by opening a high-tech rain forest complex.

5. What to look forward to: a. C. Gotlieb [CA] in ‘94, L. Iliev [BG] in ’96, H. Zemanek [AT] in ’98 and A. Rolstadas [NO] in 2000 were recipients of the Isaac L. Auerbach Award. Who will be the 5th recipient of the most prestigious IFIP Award? b. The Delivery Co. will unveil its newest project [acronym “PEEP”] in a week or so. Some fine tuning is needed but we promise to quench your curiosity soon ;-) c. Finally, we were in contact with the 12 IFIP TC chairs with an idea to continue our series of interviews. They liked it and the project is on after GA. In late September/early October we will have all the Chairs on the IFIP catwalk for you to scrutinize and enjoy.

Have a great weekend,

The Delivery Co.

Fun Zone joke lovers only!

Apropos: The Rolling Stones rocked the world with “(I can't get no) Satisfaction”, “Let’s spend the night together” and dozens of other hits but we bet few of you know that they helped enrich the Scottish folklore.

If you go to the Scottish Highlands you will hear all over the place one of their famous refrains: “Hey, you, get off of my Cloud”. There is, however, a slight rearrangement in the wording to “Hey, McCloud, get off of my ewe” in order to reflect local customs ;-). Cheers!

-------------------------------- Plamen Nedkov Executive Director, IFIP Hofstrasse 3, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel: +43 2236 73616 Fax: +43 2236 736169 http://www.ifip.org/