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Borka<br>
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Dne 23.1.2014 8:03, piše CW Mail:<br>
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I agree fully with Veni, Olivier and Grigori in this matter.</div>
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<div>Since this is an ITU Development conference, I would also
like to be reassured that the Regional Directors most concerned
will be part of the ISOC delegation to WTDC.</div>
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<div>Regards</div>
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<div>Christopher</div>
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On Monday, January 20, 2014, Ted Mooney <<a
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<div>To the Chapter Delegates and Advisory Council
Members of the Internet Society,</div>
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<div>Sally Wentworth (Public Policy) and Jane Coffin
(Strategic Development) are familiar most of you.
They have compiled a short message to update you
on two key initiatives begun last year and carried
through 2014 for potentially significant impact.
Please take a few moments to review this short
update and feel free to provide any feedback you
think appropriate.</div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
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<div>Ted</div>
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<div>Ted Mooney</div>
<div>Senior Director, Membership & Services</div>
<div>The Internet Society</div>
<div>1775 Wiehle Avenue</div>
<div>Reston, VA 20190 USA</div>
<div>Office: +1 703-439-2774</div>
<div>Cell: +1 301-980-6446</div>
<div>eMail: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
text-align: justify; ">Hello Everyone!</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
text-align: justify; ">2014 is shaping up to
be a critical year and we wanted to share two
near-term targets where we could use your help
and expertise —(1) IXP Toolkit & Best
Practices Report & Portal (community
feed-back) and (2) the Upcoming ITU World
Telecommunication Development Conference
(WTDC):</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
text-align: justify; ">1. Throughout 2013 we
updated you on the IXP Toolkit & Best
Practices Project. To refresh memories – this
is a grant project that aims to promote and
enhance IXP development, the project tries to:</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
text-indent: 0.5in; ">- consolidate and
document best practices for creating and
improving IXPs</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
text-indent: 0.5in; ">- encourage data
collection</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
text-indent: 0.5in; ">- create case studies</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
text-indent: 0.5in; ">- and facilitate work
with IXP communities of interest and other
partners</div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; ">(a) <b>Report
& Portal</b>: We are aiming for release
of the r<b>eport by the end of February</b> and <b>for
the Portal to go "live" in tandem or just
after the Report release</b>. Both the
report and Portal are considered preliminary
and are going to be used to obtain Internet
community feed-back. We would really like to
hear back from chapters throughout the year on
the report & portal. You can email Jane
Coffin, Director, Development Strategy, (<a
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href="javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
'coffin@ISOC.org');" target="_blank">coffin@ISOC.org</a>). </div>
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<div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in
0.0001pt; ">(b) <b>Training, Equipment &
Case-studies</b>: The IXP Toolkit project
also facilitates capacity building and has
funds for training, workshops, equipment, and
travel for developing/emerging markets. Here
are examples of how we can work together:</div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in
0.0001pt; ">-Are you assisting an IXP
develop? Let us know if you
are interested in a workshop, training,
"twinning" or mentoring from an existing IXP?
We may be able to help.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in
0.0001pt; ">-Do you need equipment to get
started or to upgrade existing facilities?
Let us know, we may have funds to help. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in
0.0001pt; ">-Did you help start an IXP? Let
us know and we could work with you on a
case-study that will go on the IXP Portal.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in
0.0001pt; ">-Are you interested in helping us
provide training in your region? Let us know
as we would be very keen to have chapter
delegates help us with training.</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
text-align: justify; ">(2) <b>WTDC</b>: As
many of you already know, 2014 will be a very
busy year for Internet policy-related
conferences. A first big one coming up is the
WTDC (ITU-D’s World Telecommunication
Development Conference). Sally Wentworth ISOC
Senior Director, Strategic Public Policy is
leading ISOC's preparation for this event that
will be held on 31 March - 11 April, in the
UAE. </div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">ISOC
Staff is shaping an ISOC contribution to the
WTDC now. Our contribution will have two
audiences: first, we will be speaking to
the policy community and offering a
perspective on the topics where we have
expertise; second, we will be speaking to
the ITU in terms of its future development
activities and workplan.</div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">We would
welcome Chapter members' input (keeping in
mind the above audiences) on things we might
emphasize in the following areas BY 31
JANUARY: </div>
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- Digital Divide / enabling environment<br>
- Local hosting infrastructure<br>
- Regional & Cross-border connectivity<br>
- Human Capacity Building<br>
- Security / spam</div>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt">We have
an ISOC website for WTDC here: <a
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href="http://www.internetsociety.org/development/world-telecommunication-development-conference-wtdc"
style="color:purple" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/development/world-telecommunication-development-conference-wtdc</a>.
Our background paper for the conference is
here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/wtdc-2014-itu-world-telecommunication-development-conference-background-information"
style="color:purple" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/wtdc-2014-itu-world-telecommunication-development-conference-background-information</a></div>
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Sally</font></span></b></div>
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Best,<br>
Veni<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://veni.com/">http://veni.com</a><br>
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The opinions expressed above are those of <br>
the author, not of any organizations, <br>
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== Sent from my phone, so any spelling mistakes are
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