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We are in favor of organizing a regional event for SA
countries.<br><br>
Best Regards.<br>
Hakik.<br>
ISOC BD.<br><br>
At 05:33 AM 1/26/05, David McAuley wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2>Dear
Chapter Delegates:<br>
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ISOC has been graciously invited by Minister Tarek Kamel of </font>Egypt
to host an INET Conference in conjunction with the Egyptian Government’s
conference known as <b>Towards WSIS Phase II: An Arab African Dialogue.
</b>(Set for Cairo May 8-10, 2005). <br>
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We are grateful to Minister Kamel for such an invitation and we are very
much interested in organizing such an event. We want to make this as
beneficial as we can for those who attend and help ISOC further its
strategic goals (in particular, given the nature of the Egyptian
Government event, help ISOC to further its position vis-à-vis the ongoing
global discussion on ‘Internet Governance’). As you can see the timeframe
within which to do this is very limited. <br>
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It is our view that our participation in this would not be an INET event
along the historical INET model but would rather be the first in what we
expect might be an ongoing series of Regional INET conferences. The
maximum presentation would be two tracks over two days </font>depending
on feedback, suggested topics and presentations. We would expect, in
conjunction with this event, to convene an ISOC Chapters meeting which
itself would be either a regional Chapters meeting or a global Chapters
meeting or both (see questions below). <br>
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As further background, we expect this INET event would be free and open
to the public. It would happen on Friday or Saturday or Sunday (or
combination) </font>May 6-8, 2005. We do not have budget to pay for
members’ travel or speakers reimbursement. We would want to host such an
event so long as we felt confident that a reasonable number of Chapter
members would attend. We also want there to be a broad audience which
would come away well versed in the Internet, how it works, why it works,
potential risks to its future as well as the topic of ‘Internet
Governance’. We would want this audience well equipped to spread the word
back at their homes about the Internet and the ‘Governance’ discussion
and the various positions under consideration. ISOC’s position on the
‘Governance’ discussion can be seen at
<a href="http://www.isoc.org/news/7.shtml">http://www.isoc.org/news/7.shtml</a><br>
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To that end I am asking for feedback on the following:<br>
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<li>Would you support the idea of a regional INET along these
lines?</font>
<li><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2>Are you willing to put the
word out to your members and other constituencies of interest that you
work with about this event?</font>
<li><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2>Do you have members who
might like to submit presentations for consideration to be a part of the
agenda?</font>
<li><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2>Are you willing to serve
on the Program Committee (we expect to become active as early as this
week and meet by phone periodically to work our details)?</font>
<li><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2>Do you support a regional
chapter meeting or a global chapter meeting? Or both? We expect a
regional chapter meeting might focus on networking among chapters,
project coordination and the like. A global chapter meeting could focus
on overall chapter priorities. Conceivably we could split the day with a
couple of hours of one type and a couple of hours of the other.
</ol> <br>
<br>
David McAuley<br>
Membership Director<br>
Internet Society<br>
703-326-9880, ext 104<br>
703-963-5887 (mobile)<br>
<a href="mailto:mcauley@isoc.org">mcauley@isoc.org</a><br>
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