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<font face="Arial">I apologize for any cross-posting<br>
<br>
Dear colleagues:<br>
<br>
The Internet Society will be accepting applications for the June
2012 round of the Community Grants Programme from 1 March to 30
March 2012,
(note that applications will close at midnight pacific time). <span
style=""> </span>Award decisions will be made in mid-June. <br>
<br>
To prepare for this application round, we will be holding
two information sessions via WebEx on 21 February at 1030 and 2000
UTC.<span style=""> </span>More information on the Q&A
sessions can
be found at: </font><a
href="http://www.internetsociety.org/events/chapter-events?p=1460">http://www.internetsociety.org/events/chapter-events?p=1460</a>
<br>
<br>
<font face="Arial"><span style="">If you or one
of your Chapter leaders plan to attend, please sign up for one
of the two
meeting times using the doodle poll link below :</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><a
href="http://www.doodle.com/3tbfvagaq2piwnx8"><span style="">http://www.doodle.com/3tbfvagaq2piwnx8</span><span
style=""></span></a><span style=""></span><br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style="">Session notes
will be made available on the Chapter Meeting webpage for those
who are unable
to attend.</span><br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style="">Programme
information is available on the Internet Society website, for
your review at:</span></font><span style=""><a
href="http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/grants/community-grants">http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/grants/community-grants</a></span>
<br>
<font face="Arial"><span style="">(note that this page will soon be
also available in French and Spanish).</span><br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style="">Those
participating in a conference call are urged to read over the
programme
webpages in advance of the meeting. </span><br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style="">**New to the
programme**</span><br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style="">In a
continuous effort to improve the programme, a new intuitive
online grant
application system has been implemented. As a result, the entire
grants process
will be web-based and online applications will be easier to
complete.</span><br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style="">More
information will soon be available in our website.</span><br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style="">**Programme
Updates **</span><br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style="">The Internet
Society Strategic Objectives have recently changed:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/mission/strategic-objectives">http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/mission/strategic-objectives</a></span><br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style="">The
current, preferred Focus Areas for project applications remain:</span></font>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-bottom:
0.1pt;"><font face="Arial"><span style="">IPv6</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-bottom:
0.1pt;"><font face="Arial"><span style="">Local content creation
(encouraging demand for and use of the Internet for a
specific community)</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-bottom:
0.1pt;"><font face="Arial"><span style="">Encouraging the
multi-stakeholder approach to technical and policy issues</span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0.1pt; margin-bottom:
0.1pt;"><font face="Arial"><span style="">Interconnection and
traffic exchange</span></font><span style=""> </span><br>
</li>
</ul>
<font face="Arial"><span style="">It is
important to note, that the above Focus Areas may provide
direction in
formulating project ideas. T</span><span style="">hese
are preferences only, so other project topics will be accepted.</span><br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style="">Any questions
regarding the Community Grants Programme, please send them to
projects[at]isoc.org.</span><br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style="">We look forward
to your participation.</span><br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style="">Ilda Simao </span><br>
<span style="">Grants
Coordinator</span><br>
<span style="">Internet
Society</span><br>
<span style=""><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.InternetSociety.org">www.InternetSociety.org</a></span><br>
<span style=""> </span><br>
<span style="">Would you
like to share your grants experience and questions with your
peers?</span><br>
<span style="">Send and
email to <a href="mailto:projects@isoc.org">projects@isoc.org</a>
and request
membership to the <a
href="mailto:chapter-grants-discuss@elists.isoc.org">chapter-grants-discuss@elists.isoc.org</a></span><br>
<span style=""><span style=""></span>Would you
like to see what your peers are doing to breaking barriers?</span><br>
<span style="">Watch the
trailer : <a
href="http://internetsociety.org/breaking-barriers-harlem-internet-computer-access-program#overlay-context=itr">http://internetsociety.org/breaking-barriers-harlem-internet-computer-access-program#overlay-context=itr</a></span></font>
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