<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>Great questions raised by Marcin. Once there is clarity ... thumbs up for a chapter in Jakarta,Indonesia.</div><div>Vitus - isoc Ghana.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:100%">Sent from Samsung tablet</div></div> <br>Marcin Cieslak <saper@saper.info> wrote:<br>On Wed, 23 Oct 2013, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:<br><br>> Dear Colleagues,<br>> <br>> The Jakarta Chapter has to be initiated as soon as possible.<br>> In early 2012 a representative of ISPs,<br>> Domain Registrations, NGOs, Academician,<br>> and IT consultants got together and formed<br>> an non profit organization called: MAPI<br>> (Masyarakat Pemanfaat Internet) – loosely<br>> translated into a society of Internet<br>> users.<br>><br>> In 2013, out of a handful of MAPI members,<br>> we picked four representatives from<br>> 4 different backgrounds: IT/Internet<br>> Consultant, University Lecturer, NGO<br>> professional and ISP owner to set up<br>> ISOC Indonesia– Jakarta Chapter and to<br>> position as founding members of ISOC –<br>> Jakarta Chapter. The founding members are:<br><br>> This is a non profit international<br>> affiliated organization and under<br>> Indonesian law has to be registered – as<br>> such, we have created a local non profit<br>> organization that will serve as a local<br>> organization called MAPI (Masyarakat<br>> Pemanfaat Internet) – or Indonesian<br>> Society of INTERNET users.<br><br>Few questions (I understand that Indonesia<br>has a pretty complex way of regulating<br>NGOs):<br><br>What is the nature of relationship Masyarakat<br>Pemanfaat Internet and the new chapter?<br><br>Is MAPI becoming an ISOC chapter or<br>a new organization is founded? If the new<br>one, what will be relations between the two<br>(same board, similar statutes, etc.?)<br><br>Which legal form of association in Indonesia<br>is MAPI currently? As I understand receiving<br>foreigh aid (including grants) is heavily<br>regulated in Indonesia.<br><br>Would any person in Indonesia be able to join<br>ISOC Jakarta, MAPI, or both?<br><br>Marcin Cieślak<br>_______________________________________________<br>As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed<br>to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society<br>Chapter Portal (AMS): https://portal.isoc.org </body>