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Channel Islands

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Nigel Roberts

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@nigelrbrts

	Currently a member of ICANN's ccNSO

	Has attended 30+ ICANN Meetings

Nigel Roberts has served as a member of the ICANN community since before ICANN was incorporated. He was a member of the ICANN Board from 2018 to late October 2021.

He is founder and CEO of the Island Networks group of companies,^[1] which runs the ccTLD registries of .gg (Bailiwick of Guernsey) and .je (Jersey). He was one of the first elected members of ICANN's Domain Name Supporting Organisation (DNSO) Council, representing the ccTLD constituency. The DNSO is the forerunner of today's GNSO and ccNSO.

Roberts has been involved with ICANN since its earliest days and took part in the U.S. Government's International Forum on the White Paper in 1998.^[2]

ICANN Involvement[edit | edit source]

Roberts was selected by the ccNSO to serve on the ICANN Board of Directors. in 2017 and served between 2018 and at the AGM in2021.

Board Committees[edit | edit source]

Accountability Mechanisms | Chair
Risk | Member
Strategic Planning | Member
Technical | Member

Career[edit | edit source]

Roberts began his career at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Before founding CHANNELISLES.NET in 1996, he worked for a number of companies and international organizations throughout Europe as an independent consultant/contractor, including BT, SWIFT, and the European Environment Agency in Denmark.

Together with another ex-DEC employee, he founded Island Networks in 1996. Island Networks is based on the small island of Alderney in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Honors[edit | edit source]

Roberts is a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of the Insitute of Directors, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Essex University in part due to his work within ICANN.

Education[edit | edit source]

Nigel has a BSc in Computing Science from Essex University and an LLB from the OU/College of Law.

During his time at Essex, he played a minor role in one of the groups of students who created the world's first multi-user computer game. He is a Chartered Engineer.

Fun Facts[edit | edit source]

He is an occasional radio presenter on QUAY-FM and is Chair of their Board of Directors. Roberts has been involved with the Internet for so long that his very first email address, which was given as a "tourist on the ARPAnet" in 1978 by MIT predated the DNS itself and contained no dots, (NIGEL@MIT-AI).

References[edit | edit source]

[1] LinkedIn Profile

[2] Names Council Statement of Interest

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-[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Roberts '''Nigel Roberts'''] is the Founder, Director, and CEO of the [[Island Networks]] group of companies,<ref>[http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/nigel-roberts/3/268/b33 LinkedIn Profile]</ref> which run the [[ccTLD]] registries of [[.gg]] (Guernsey) and [[.je]] (Jersey). He was one of the first elected members, representing the [[ccTLD Constituency]], of ICANN's [[DNSO|Domain Name Supporting Organisation]], the forerunner of today's [[GNSO]] and [[ccNSO]]. Nigel Roberts has been involved with ICANN since its very beginnings, and took part in the US Government's [[IFWP|International Forum on the White Paper]] in 1998.<ref>[http://www.wwtld.org/aboutcctld/history/wwtld1999/elections/nigel.html Names Council Statement of Interest]</ref>
+[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Roberts '''Nigel Roberts'''] has served as a member of the ICANN community since before ICANN was incorporated. He was a member of the [https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/board-of-directors ICANN Board] from 2018 to  late October 2021.
-He was the first person to use the rights of Directive 2002/58 to obtain compensation in the English Courts from a sender of unsolicited commercial email.<ref>[http://spamlegalaction.pbworks.com/w/page/15962044/PressRelease SpamLegalAction]</ref>
+He is founder and CEO of the [[Island Networks]] group of companies,<ref>[http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/nigel-roberts/3/268/b33 LinkedIn Profile]</ref> which runs the [[ccTLD]] registries of [[.gg]] (Bailiwick of Guernsey) and [[.je]] (Jersey). He was one of the first elected members of ICANN's [[DNSO|Domain Name Supporting Organisation (DNSO)]] Council,  representing the [[ccTLD]] constituency. The DNSO is the forerunner of today's [[GNSO]] and [[ccNSO]].
-===Work===
+Roberts has been involved with ICANN since its earliest days and took part in the U.S. Government's [[IFWP|International Forum on the White Paper]] in 1998.<ref>[http://www.wwtld.org/aboutcctld/history/wwtld1999/elections/nigel.html Names Council Statement of Interest]</ref>
-After graduation from Essex University, he joined Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) which was, at the time, the second-largest computer company in the world. He subseqently worked on PDP-11 (RSX) and VAX/VMS computers on diverse projects, including work on the pioneeering ALL-IN-1 email and office automation package, and X.400 e-mail gateways.
-Before founding CHANNELISLES.NET he worked for a number of companies and international organisations throughout Europe as an independent consultant/contractor, including spending a number of years working as as a consultant contractor with DEC as well as at BT, SWIFT, and the European Environment Agency in Denmark. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered IT Professional and one of the first UK engineers to be awarded the pan-European title of European Engineer (Eur.- Ing.).
+==ICANN Involvement==
+Roberts was selected by the [[ccNSO]] to serve on the [[ICANN]] [[ICANN Board|Board of Directors]]. in 2017 and served between 2018 and at the [[AGM]] in2021.
-Together with another ex-DEC employee, he founded [[Island Networks]] in 1996, setting up the Channel Islands Domain Name Registry for the .gg and .je [[TLD]]s. Island Networks is based on the small island of Alderney, in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
+===Board Committees===
+*[[Accountability Mechanisms Committee|Accountability Mechanisms]] | Chair
+*[[Risk Committee|Risk]] | Member
+*[[Strategic Planning Committee|Strategic Planning ]] | Member
+*[[Technical Committee|Technical]] | Member
-He was an active member of ICANN's Delegation and Redelegation of Country-Code Top Level Domains Working Group, and is currently actively involved with its successor, the Framework of Interpretation WG.
+==Career==
+Roberts began his career at [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] (DEC). Before founding [[CHANNELISLES.NET]] in 1996, he worked for a number of companies and international organizations throughout Europe as an independent consultant/contractor, including [[BT]], [[SWIFT]], and the [[European Environment Agency]] in Denmark.
-===Honours===
+Together with another ex-DEC employee, he founded [[Island Networks]] in 1996. Island Networks is based on the small island of [https://alderney.gov.gg Alderney] in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
-In 2006 he was made a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society.
+===Honors===
+Roberts is a Chartered Fellow of the [https://www.bcs.org.uk British Computer Society], a Fellow of the [https://www.iod.gg Insitute of Directors], and a Fellow of the [https://www.rsa.org.uk Royal Society of Arts].
+He was awarded an honorary doctorate  from [https://essex.ac.uk Essex University]  in part due to his work within ICANN.
 ==Education==
-Nigel received a BSc degree in Computing Science from Essex University. During his time there as an undergraduate he played a minor role as one of the group of students who created the world's first multi-user computer game.
+Nigel has a BSc in Computing Science from [https://essex.ac.uk Essex University] and an LLB from the [https://open.ac.uk OU/College of Law].
-In 2006, he obtained a Diploma in English Law from OU/College of Law and went on to be awarded a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_education_in_the_United_Kingdom Qualifying Law Degree] (LL.B)  with First-Class honours in June, 2008.
+During his time at Essex, he played a minor role in one of the groups of students who created the world's first multi-user computer game. He is a Chartered Engineer.
 ==Fun Facts==
-His hobbies include flying, radio presenting, and chastising spammers. Nigel remarks has been involved with the Internet for so long that his first email address (given as an 'ARPAnet tourist' at the MIT AI lab) predated the DNS and contained no dots. He ran in the 1997 general election for the UK House of Commons for the Ipswich Constituency <ref>[http://www.wwtld.org/aboutcctld/history/wwtld1999/elections/nigel.html Names Council Statement of Interest]</ref> and serverd as a Member of the States (Channel Island legislature) in Alderney between 2002-3.
+He is an occasional radio presenter on [https://quayfm.gg QUAY-FM] and is Chair of their Board of Directors. Roberts has been involved with the Internet for so long that his very first email address, which was given as a "tourist on the ARPAnet" in 1978 by [[MIT]] predated the [[DNS]] itself and contained no dots, ''(NIGEL@MIT-AI)''.
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