Just a suggestion, <br><br>you might want to enlist one or more of the members of the Special Needs Chapter on disability issues related to the Internet.<br><br>I can suggest at least three if you are interested.<br><br>Sincerely,
<br><br>Mike Burks<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/8/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">veni markovski</b> <<a href="mailto:veni@veni.com">veni@veni.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi, Lucy!<br><br>I'd like to support your request for help by urging my colleagues<br>from different chapters, who have contributed throughout the years to<br>take a look at their old e-mails, and decide which one of the many
<br>topics we've discussed is worth putting into such a proposal that it<br>will make the ISOC BoT interested in accepting.<br><br>I will try to find some of the documents we've submitted in the last<br>4-5 years, which are still quite valid, and will send them to the
<br>list for further consideration by other colleagues.<br><br>Veni Markovski<br>chair, ISOC-Bulgaria<br>member of the Board, ISOC-New York<br><br>At 11:05 8/8/2007 -0700, Lucy Lynch wrote:<br>>Greetings -<br>><br>
>Your help in disseminating this announce would be greatly appreciated:<br>><br>>"Call for Participation: Trust and the Future of the Internet<br>><br>>The Internet Society (ISOC) Board of Trustees is currently engaged in a
<br>>discovery process to define a long term Major Strategic Initiative to ensure<br>>that the Internet of the future remains accessible to everyone. The Board<br>>believes that Trust is an essential component of all successful relationships
<br>>and that an erosion of Trust: in individuals, networks, or computing<br>>platforms,<br>>will undermine the continued health and success of the Internet.<br>><br>>The Board will meet in special session the first week October of 2007 for
<br>>intensive study focused on the subject of trust within the context of network<br>>enabled relationships. As part of this process, the Board is hereby<br>>issuing a<br>>call for subject experts who can participate in the two day
<br>>discussion. Topics<br>>of interest include: the changing nature of trust, security, privacy, control<br>>and protection of personal data, methods for establishing authenticity and<br>>providing assurance, management of threats, and dealing with unwanted traffic.
<br>><br>>Participants will be selected based on a short paper summarizing individual<br>>interests and qualifications as well as availability. The retreat<br>>will be held<br>>in Toronto, Ontario (CA) . Travel and accommodation costs will be covered by
<br>>ISOC and participants should expect to arrive October 4th and depart<br>>on the 6th<br>>or 7th. Expressions of interest may be emailed to: Oct07-retreat @<br>><a href="http://elists.isoc.org">elists.isoc.org
</a> and papers should not exceed three pages. Papers<br>>must received<br>>by August 24th, 2007 and the Program Committee will make their<br>>selections on or<br>>before September 7th, 2007. Subject experts will be allotted one hour for
<br>>presentation on October 5th and will be included in the days round-table<br>>discussions. In order to facilitate open discussion, final presentation<br>>materials should be forwarded to ISOC no later than September 21st, 2007.
<br>><br>>We look forward to a lively and informative meeting on this<br>>important topic and<br>>encourage you to share this announcement with your communities of interest."<br>><br>>Lucy Lynch<br>
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