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===Background===
===Background===
Annalisa comes from a family that was deeply involved in [[ICANN]] and the development of the Internet and its [[DNS]]. Her father, [[Peter de Blanc]], was an Internet pioneer and the initial administrator of the Virgin Island's [[.vi]] [[ccTLD]]. He was responsible for the implementation of free, public access to a text-based Internet service in the mid-90s on the islands; he also started the first ISP and website in the region, and provided computers and IT-based education to local schools. He was also instrumental in developing [[ICANN]]'s [[ccNSO]]. Her step-mohter, [[Dotty Sparks de Blanc]], is the current administrator of the [[.vi]] [[ccTLD]].
Annalisa comes from a family that has been deeply involved in [[ICANN]] and the development of the Internet and its [[DNS]]. Her father, [[Peter de Blanc]], was an Internet pioneer and the initial administrator of the Virgin Island's [[.vi]] [[ccTLD]]. He was responsible for the implementation of free, public access to a text-based Internet service in the mid-90s on the islands; he also started the first ISP and website in the region, and provided computers and IT-based education to local schools. He was also instrumental in developing [[ICANN]]'s [[ccNSO]]. Her step-mohter, [[Dotty Sparks de Blanc]], is the current administrator of the [[.vi]] [[ccTLD]].
Ms. Roger had the idea for .green after attending a family-reunion timed around [[ICANN]]'s [[ICANN Wellington|2006 meeting in New Zealand]]. She had returned from the trip and was working with a friend on a photography related website when she saw a photo that changed her life forever. As she explains, "[the photo] depicted an elegantly dressed woman sitting in the center of a lush green New Zealand fern tree. In this image, I saw a sophisticated civilization elevated on the throne of nature and I literally screamed as .green entered my mind! It was a sudden vision – and extraordinary experience for me and those in the room. It totally sounds crazy, but that’s how it happened!"
Ms. Roger had the idea for .green after attending a family-reunion timed around [[ICANN]]'s [[ICANN Wellington|2006 meeting in New Zealand]]. She had returned from the trip and was working with a friend on a photography related website when she saw a photo that changed her life forever. As she explains, "[the photo] depicted an elegantly dressed woman sitting in the center of a lush green New Zealand fern tree. In this image, I saw a sophisticated civilization elevated on the throne of nature and I literally screamed as .green entered my mind! It was a sudden vision – and extraordinary experience for me and those in the room. It totally sounds crazy, but that’s how it happened!"