Nigel Roberts

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Nigel Roberts
Born Liverpool, UK
Website http://about.me/nigel.roberts

Nigel Roberts FBCS FRSA is a British computer scientist and former politician from the Channel Islands. Nigel Roberts has been a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society since 2005.[1] He was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts in February 2016.[2]

In 1996 he founded the Island Networks group of companies — including CHANNELISLES.NET, the registry operator of the .GG and .JE top level domains for Guernsey and Jersey.

Educated at Wigan and Prescot Grammar Schools, his first degree is in Computer Science from Essex University. Whilst at Essex, he was one of the group of undergraduates who conceived and developed the world's first multi-user computer game (MUD).[3] In June 2008 he obtained a First in Law from the OU and the College of Law (now known as the University of Law).

In 2005 Nigel Roberts became the first person in the UK to obtain damages in the English Courts from a sender of unsolicited commercial email when he received £300 in damages following a Small Claims action in the Colchester County Court.[4][5][6]

Elected in 2013, he is currently one of the three European councillors on ICANN's ccNSO Council,[7] one of the two successor bodies to the DNSO Names Council. He is eligible for re-election in March 2017.[8] In 1999 he was one of the first members of ICANN's Names Council representing the ccTLD constituency.[9] He has been part of ICANN since its foundation and took part in the US Government's International Forum on the White Paper (IFWP) which preceded it.

Nigel Roberts previously worked at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), where (among other projects) he worked on the pioneering ALL-IN-1 email and office automation system. He is a Chartered Engineer, a European Engineer, and a Chartered IT Professional.

Nigel Roberts ran for the UK Parliament in the 1997 General Election as Liberal Democrat candidate[10] for the Ipswich Constituency. He later served as an elected member of the Alderney Parliament (the States of Alderney) between 2002-2003. He was granted armorial bearings by letters patent of the English College of Arms on 1st March 2006.[11]

He was a Board Director (Council Member) of the Radio Society of Great Britain between 1991 and 1996 and is a volunteer radio presenter with the Channel Islands community local radio station QUAY-FM.

References

  1. ↑ British Computer Society Member Directory http://wam.bcs.org/wam/MemberDirectory.aspx?grade=CBCS
  2. ↑ http://www.islandfm.com/local-web-pioneer-awarded-for-his-work/
  3. ↑ Bartle, R, "Designing Virtual Worlds", p5 https://books.google.com/books?id=z3VP7MYKqaIC&lpg=PA5&ots=FgrJKjokjy&dq=nigel%20roberts%20mud&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q=nigel%20roberts%20mud&f=false
  4. ↑ Guernsey Press: "Spam victory a first" http://guernseypress.com/news/2005/12/30/spam-victory-a-first/
  5. ↑ BBC News: "Businessman wins spam email case" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/guernsey/4562726.stm
  6. ↑ The Register: "Claim back £300 per spam" http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/29/uk_spam_win/
  7. ↑ ICANN.ORG: Council Members http://ccnso.icann.org/about/council.htm
  8. ↑ http://ccnso.icann.org/node/43275
  9. ↑ WWTLD.ORG: Names Council Election Statement
  10. ↑ The Guardian: General Election results 1997 http://www.theguardian.com/politics/constituency/1044/ipswich
  11. ↑ http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/newsletter/2006/item/54-september-2006-newsletter-no-10
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