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<b>For Immediate Release:</b><br>
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<i><b>The Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC)
would like to present its new board and its upcoming annual event
PacINET 2005. </b></i><br>
<br>
Members of the Pacific Islands Chapter have just elected their new
board. It is composed of the following people: <br>
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Hon. Chairman: Rajnesh Dhirendra Singh <br>
Hon. Vice-Chairman: Franck Martin <br>
Hon. Treasurer: Les Allinson <br>
Hon. Secretary: Anju Mangal <br>
Hon. Board Member: Tenanoia Simona Taupo <br>
Hon. Board Member: Christina G (Kuper) Wini <br>
Hon. Board Member: Titeem Auatabu <br>
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PICISOC is an organisation encompassing 22 Pacific Islands Countries
and Territories with the goal of promoting “Internet is for Everyone”
and fostering ICT development in the region. As such the board reflects
this philosophy with people from 5 different countries and from the
government and private sector. <br>
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PICISOC has around 300 individual members throughout the Pacific
Islands, representing the diversity of this geographical area. <br>
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The PICISOC web site is located at <a href="http://www.picisoc.org/">www.picisoc.org</a>
and is a Chapter of the Internet Society (<a href="http://www.isoc.org/">www.isoc.org</a>)
which is the organisation in charge of the Public Internet Registry
(.org domain names), which also provides support and a legal framework
to the Internet Engineering Task Force (<a href="http://www.ietf.org/">www.ietf.org</a>),
the organisation in charge of making open Internet Standards. <br>
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PICISOC is organising its annual meeting, <b>PacINET 2005, in
Kiribati from 22-27 August 2005</b>. The theme for this year is "Rural
Technologies: Connecting & Advancing Remote Communities through
ICT". We have the great honour of having as guest speaker, <b>Dr
Vinton G. Cerf</b>. His name is not well known to the general public
but his achievements are. He co-invented (with Dr Robert E. Kahn)
TCP/IP, or in simple terms the Internet. He deployed the first e-mail
system run by a commercial entity on the Internet, he co-founded ISOC
and he is the current chairman of ICANN, the organisation in charge of
distributing and regulating domain names, and is also often referred to
as one of the "founding fathers of the internet". Dr Vinton G. Cerf
will also give a public lecture in Suva, Fiji just after PacINET 2005.
We are all excited about this unique opportunity for the Pacific
Islands. <br>
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<div>PacINET 2005 will be held at the Kiribati Parliament. As a gesture
of goodwill to the People and Government of Kiribati for their support,
a wireless network system will be installed and handed over to the
Government of Kiribati at the conclusion of PacINET 2005. This will be
one of the first parliaments in the world to be fully connected. It is
hoped this technology will allow Members of Parliament to have
instantaneous access to reference and documents on any subject via the
Internet. They will be able to be in touch via e-mail with their
electorate, as well as their respective Departments and Ministries, and
it is hoped this will enhance parliamentary proceedings.</div>
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The complete agenda and registration details for PacINET 2005 have been
posted on the PICISOC web site: <a href="http://www.picisoc.org/">www.picisoc.org</a>
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This meeting is possible with the help of our current sponsors: <br>
PATARA, Telecom Kiribati (TSKL), Directions Magazine, The Internet
Users Society of Niue and Vodafone Fiji. <br>
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PacINET 2005 is open to all, members or non-members and features
international speakers and presenters. There is no registration fee.
However if you would like to help us in any way it will be appreciated.
Please contact us if you want to sponsor this great event.<br>
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For further information, questions or comments contact: Rajnesh D.
Singh, PICISOC Chair, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:rajnesh.singh@gmail.com">rajnesh.singh@gmail.com</a><br>
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