Biography of A. M. R. Magee --------------------------- Until recently, A. M. R. Magee worked for the RIPE NCC (Database Group). While there, he wrote software for Version 2 and Version 3 of the RIPE Whois Server. He also wrote the RIPE documents, ripe-153 and ripe-157; these were user manuals for the RIPE Whois Database. He gained considerable experience in assisting users to understand the functionality of the RIPE Whois Database; this he did while answering questions to , and through giving workshops and tutorials on the RIPE Whois Database and RPSL during RIPE meetings (RIPE meetings 25, 27, 31, 33, 38). He presented a tutorial on RPSL at the Network Training Workshop preceeding the INET-2000 meeting in Japan last year. He holds a Master of Applied Science (Applied Physics) degree from the National University of Ireland and is currently working for Ericsson.