Hello Anupam<br><br>Thank you. As we discussed by phone last week, you are welcome to collaborate with us on this. The topic related to child safety is now approached more positively, as described in the workshop proposal "<span>it becomes important for schools and
parents to enable Internet access for Children. Time spent by children online
can be very productive and Children can learn in easy and innovative ways, for
example, by using tools available for collaborative learning. But this requires
an essential orientation for Children for guided exposure to the valuable
resources available so as to get them to to focus on the productive resources. ". So the idea is to bring up safety aspects in the course of a discussion on the POSITIVE aspects of Internet for children.<br><br>Please do share the feedback from school principals on this topic. Several chapters have done work on this theme and I hope that this and other workshops proposed will have greater participation from more chapters.<br>
<br>Thanks<br>Sivasubramanian M<br></span>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Anupam Agrawal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:agrawal_anupam@hotmail.com">agrawal_anupam@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Hi Shiva,</span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";"> </span></font></p>
<p><font size="2" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">I will be happy to collaborate on the
workshop titled “</span></font><span><font size="2" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Children
Online: The promises of the Internet and the necessary aspects for Online Safety”.
ISOC Kolkata is organizing a workshop on 27<sup>th</sup> June on the similar
theme wherein we have invited principals of various schools (Government owned/
Private Owned /NGO owned). We will share the grassroots level feedback and
expectations from organizations like ISOC. Please let me know if any further
help is required in this regard.</span></font></span></p>
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<p><span><font size="2" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Regards,</span></font></span></p>
<p><span><font size="2" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Anupam </span></font></span></p>
<p><span><font size="2" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";"> </span></font></span></p>
<p><span><font size="2" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Anupam Agrawal</span></font></span></p>
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<p><span><font size="2" face="Arial Narrow"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";">Kolkata Chapter of Internet
Society</span></font></span></p>
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<p><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">
<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 08, 2009 9:03
AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Chapter Delegates<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> <a href="mailto:chapter-support@isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-support@isoc.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Chapter-delegates]
Chapters invited to collaborate with Chennai onIGF workshop proposals</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hello<br>
<br>
I have proposed these workshops for the IGF at Egypt. May I invite IGF
participants from chapters and all of ISOC to co-'own' these themes and
collaborate to give further shape to these proposals? <br>
<br>
Help is especially required in identifying spekers / participants, sometimes
with opposing, contrary views for these topics, especially for the topic<span> "Roundtable: Balancing Security and Privacy Concerns</span>
"which would require forceful champions of Security and Privacy seated on
either side of the table to forcefully state their opposing views in order to
find common grounds. My initial ideas are to extend an invitation to the
author of the Future of Internet to lead the workshop on "Internet's Core
Values", to invite the academic community from ISOC, Giganet and elsewhere
to take part in "<span>Internet in Education and Curriculum
Development and Sharing: Alexandria Everywhere", to bring in progressive
parents to examine how and the Internet should be Trusted as a medium for
education for children on the workshop "Children Online: The promises of
the Internet and the necessary aspects for Online Safety</span>" <br>
<br>
The topics need to be fine-tune, so some help is requested in setting up
publically accessible wiki pages. Speakers could be from ISOC and more from
outside as the workshops.<br>
<br>
Thank you<br>
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<br>
<a href="http://isocmadras.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://isocmadras.blogspot.com</a><br>
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<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Title: </span></font></b>Roundtable:
Balancing Security and Privacy Concerns</span> </p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
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<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Concise Description:</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>Privacy and Security concerns are often seen as conflicting
concerns as each side often tends to be overwhelmed by its own concerns. On a
deeper level, even the most activist privacy proponents would desire a Secure
Internet relatively free of electronic dangers. At the same time, those who
apparently appear to disregard privacy concerns would acknowledge the need for
privacy to the necessary degree. This round table is proposed to bring together
the strong and moderate proponents of Security and Privacy and encourage a free
and unrestrained debate to look for convergence in some areas between the two
divided sides. </span></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
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<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Which of the five broad IGF Themes or
the Cross-Cutting Priorities does your workshop fall under?</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>Openness</span></p>
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</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Have you organized an IGF workshop
before?</span></font></b> No</span> </p>
</div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">If so, please provide the link to the
report:</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>No link to this report</span> </p>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Would you be the Workshop organizer?</span></font></b>
Yes</span> </p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">If so, who would you approach as
co-organizers ? If not, who do you think should organize it?</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>To approach some of the Internet pioneers known for their
commitment to Internet values. To extend invitations to those from Law and
Order, Banking, Online Commerce and Civil Society Security advocates on the one
side and to extend invitations to Privacy Groups, Privacy Lawyers and
Foundations as also to organizations committed to preserving the values of
privacy and freedom. This workshop would define the concerns of each side and
identify points on which there could be agreement between the apparently conflicting
interests.</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">The Workshop is proposed on behalf
of:</span></font></b>ISOC India Chennai</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Contact Person:</span></font></b>
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy</span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=144" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=144</a></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Title: </span></font></b>Children
Online: The promises of the Internet and the necessary aspects for Online
Safety</span> </p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Concise Description:</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>Internet is a permeative medium that offers invaluable
resources and tools for learning so it becomes important for schools and
parents to enable Internet access for Children. Time spent by children online
can be very productive and Children can learn in easy and innovative ways, for
example, by using tools available for collaborative learning. But this requires
an essential orientation for Children for guided exposure to the valuable
resources available so as to get them to to focus on the productive resources. </span><br>
<br>
<span>As Internet is becoming a part of every day life, especially
for our Children, it becomes important for Children to be aware that there are
good and bad 'places' and good and bad people just as there are good and bad
locations in our physical neighborhood and good and bad people in real life. </span><br>
<br>
<span>Most children, in their first phase of Internet exposure
tend to become curious and exploratory on undesirable content and get drawn to
Adult content and unsafe places such as chat rooms online. In the absence of a
proper orientation and guidance there is also a danger of children coming into
contact with the wrong kind of people.</span><br>
<br>
<span>Children seem to be active participants in popular Social
Networking sites, chat-rooms, virtual places, online games etc. Children tend
to be exploratory and adventurous and need a orientation on how to safeguard
themselves and on aspects such as what information can be shared at such sites
with co-participants who are often unidentifiable strangers with misleading
identities.</span><br>
<br>
<span>While such wrong corers are a part of the Internet, there is
ample goodness in the Internet for Children to learn from. With the idea of
orienting children towards productive use of the Internet and guide them on
Online Safety aspects, ISOC India Chennai proposes to organize this workshop.</span></p>
</div>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Which of the five broad IGF Themes or
the Cross-Cutting Priorities does your workshop fall under?</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>Security</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Have you organized an IGF workshop
before?</span></font></b> No</span> </p>
</div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">If so, please provide the link to the
report:</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>No link to this report</span> </p>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Would you be the Workshop organizer?</span></font></b>
Yes</span> </p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">If so, who would you approach as
co-organizers ? If not, who do you think should organize it?</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>Participants with expertise in Online Safety aspects,
parents, teachers. We will approach Parry Aftab, leading advocate of child
safety aspects to be a co-participant.</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">The Workshop is proposed on behalf
of:</span></font></b>ISOC India Chennai</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Contact Person:</span></font></b>
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy or Chandramohan</span></p>
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</div>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=198" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=198</a></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Title: </span></font></b>Internet in
Education and Curriculum Development and Sharing: Alexandria Everywhere</span> </p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Concise Description:</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>Even with an estimated 1.4 billion users connected, Internet
is still a phenomenon in its nascent phase of evolution. Internet has fostered
innovation and has caused all round progress to happen in an accelerated pace,
but the thinking that Internet makes it possible to globally coordinate
concrete developmental programs for an enhanced level of economic progress is
yet to set in. </span><br>
<br>
<span>Education is one of the areas where Internet can cause
tremendous change. Collaborative, participatory learning Models are evolving
and classrooms around the world are experimentally connected. </span><br>
<br>
<span>A concrete, globally adaptable, CO-ORDINATED program could
bridge the gap between quality of education between a classroom in a well
funded school in a developed country and one in an inadequately funded school
in a developing or under-developed country. This workshop (panel and public
participation) would examine models by which resources could be shared across
Internet and create a rough, actionable framework for educational institutions
to connect by commercial and non-commercial models and examine ways of making
it possible to expand the reach of well developed curriculum (in terms of
content, teaching methods and technology) reach remote corners on a
co-ordinated, global scale.</span></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Which of the five broad IGF Themes or
the Cross-Cutting Priorities does your workshop fall under?</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>Development</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Have you organized an IGF workshop
before?</span></font></b> No</span> </p>
</div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">If so, please provide the link to the
report:</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>No link to this report</span> </p>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Would you be the Workshop organizer?</span></font></b>
Yes</span> </p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">If so, who would you approach as
co-organizers ? If not, who do you think should organize it?</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>How this workshop will be organized: We would approach an
eminent educational institution / academic center to be the co-organizers. The
lead participants of this workshop are to have the diversity of academia from
developed and developing countries, policy planners, e-curriculum experts,
students from developed and developing countries and futuristic thinkers. The
choosen topic would also further IGF's efforts to improve the diversity of
participation by attracting participation / involving the student community
from around the world, in the preparatory phase, during IGF and in follow up
collaboration.</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">The Workshop is proposed on behalf
of:</span></font></b>ISOC India Chennai</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Contact Person:</span></font></b>
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=136" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=136</a></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Title: </span></font></b>Workshop on
Fundamentals: Internet's Core Values.</span> </p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
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<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Concise Description:</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>What is Internet? What makes it what it is? What are
Internet's Characteristics? What are the core values? Open architecture? Free
medium? a medium that fosters Innovation free of intermediaries and controls? a
single unified Network of Networks? a non-discriminatory medium? a medium open
for access by anyone from anywhere? a neutral medium? What are the core values?
And what is happening to the core values in the process of its evolution? What
needs to be preserved and what changes are inevitable? How could changes and
improvements be brought about without compromising on the core values? How
would the different positions between stakeholders be reconciled to commit to
the Internet's core values?</span> </p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Which of the five broad IGF Themes or
the Cross-Cutting Priorities does your workshop fall under?</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>Development</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Have you organized an IGF workshop
before?</span></font></b> No</span> </p>
</div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">If so, please provide the link to the
report:</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>No link to this report</span> </p>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Would you be the Workshop organizer?</span></font></b>
Yes</span> </p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">If so, who would you approach as
co-organizers ? If not, who do you think should organize it?</span></font></b></span><br>
<span>We propose to invite one or two organizations / academic
institutions committed to Internet's core values to co-organize this workshop.
Some of the early pioneers of Internet who have contributed to the Internet's
architectural principles are to be invited to define Internet's core values,
followed by a participative discussion on current positive and adverse trends
and how to ensure further progress without compromising on Internet's core
values.</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">The Workshop is proposed on behalf
of:</span></font></b>ISOC India Chennai</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<p><span><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Contact Person:</span></font></b>
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy</span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=156" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009View&wspid=156</a></span></font></p>
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