[chapter-delegates] Member contributions for ISOC January 2005 Newsletter

[Irwan Effendi]

>From Indonesian Chapter

1. Indonesian Chapter has developed a Competency - Based Certification for
Professionals in Information Technology related fields. This certification
is independent of any vendor and developed in Bahasa Indonesia in order to
avoid the language learning difficulties.
The initial catalog consists of 3 Certifications :

Internet Engineer Professional
    Primarily discussing ISOC' and IEEE' standards and implementations in
relation to internet and internetworking, along with day to day budget
analysis and operations.

Web Developer Professional
    Primarily discussing W3C standards and implementations in relation to
web site development. Also discuss on how to appropriately incorporating
still and animated design into the web.

E-Commerce Manager Professional
    Primarily discussing on-line marketing strategies that comply with
privacy act and understanding intellectual property right and its impact on
world economy.

In order to implement these certification programs, Indonesian Chapter has
entered into agreements with 3 Universities in Jakarta, to be Authorized
Training Centers. The three are: Universitas Pembangunan Nasional "Veteran"
Jakarta, Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana and Universitas Tri sakti.

The official web site is still under development
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2. Indonesian Chapter is trying to revive E-Commerce in Indonesia.

With so many fraud cases in the past, E-Commerce in Indonesia has become
nearly non-existent. We are trying to revive it by designing a safe and easy
online payment method. This is a very difficult thing to do because most
banks is afraid to take part in it, and most vendors of I.T. equipments and
softwares are also unwilling to support. However, we do make progress and we
intend to make this work no matter what. If anyone reading this happens to
know anyone who has business in Indonesia and would be willing to support
this effort, please email me hero_tsai at mainsyscon.net

3. Indonesian Chapter is trying to solve software piracy problem in
Indonesia.

Software piracy is a problem for everyone, not just for vendors. However, in
selling their products, vendors has often forgotten that the original
intention of copyright law.

Copyright law was created to promote distribution of products and knowledge,
so that the use maybe beneficial to as many people as possible. When a
person or a company create a product, it will always require some amount of
capital and time to do so, and the primary reason for such creation to take
place is financial gain. Thus copyright protection allows the creator to
enjoy the compensation for the Work, so that the creator may create new
works and so on.
In developing and underdeveloped countries such as Indonesia, the original
intention of the law has been lost due to the unaffordable prices of
copyrighted works. Members of Indonesian Chapter believe that Copyright Law
lose it's purpose and validity when, in enforcing it, a Work becomes
inaccessible to most member of society.

In respond to requests to lower prices to acceptable level (in accordance to
the comparison of the GDP of a buyer's country with the GDP of the creator's
country), most vendors has simply denied it by using various excuses such as
the possibility of re-export into creator's country (which is actually
unwarranted because a simple note such as "for Indonesia only" on the box
should be sufficient for law-abide citizens).

Viewing this condition, Indonesian Chapter is organizing a membership system
for users of proprietary softwares, so that they will be able to pay for the
license on monthly basis, instead of paying full at the time of purchase.
This will spread the burden of the cost and eliminate the possibility of
re-export and similar things because licenses are personal and non
transferable. To entice the people to register themselves, members will be
entitled to receive free training on products that they registered, for as
long as their membership fee is still being paid.

So far, only several local vendors has agreed to join this effort, while
foreign vendors such as Microsoft, Adobe and Macromedia has not given any
respond to our requests.

Reports by:

Irwan Effendi
Secretary





----- Original Message -----
From: "Nelson Sanchez" <sanchez at isoc.org>
To: <chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 11:33 PM
Subject: [chapter-delegates] Member contributions for ISOC January 2005
Newsletter


> English
> We would like to hear from your Chapter! Please share with other members
> and Chapters your news and activities and send me your contributions for
> the next ISOC Newsletter. You may include a short description (100-140
> words) of your Chapter's activities with links to your web site for
> additional information. Please include any information about future
> scheduled events. I would appreciate receiving your contributions by
> January 21. Thank You.
> Nelson Sanchez
> e-mail: sanchez at isoc.org
>
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> Español
> ¡Deseamos tener noticias de su Capítulo! Comparta con otros miembros y
> Capítulos sus noticias y actividades y envíeme sus contribuciones para
> el próximo boletín de noticias de ISOC. Envíeme por favor una
> descripción corta (100-140 palabras) de las actividades de su Capítulo
> con enlaces a su pagina Web con información adicional. También puede
> incluir información acerca de futuros acontecimientos y actividades.
> Apreciaría sus contribuciones antes de enero 21. Gracias.
> Nelson Sanchez
> e-mail: sanchez at isoc.org
>
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> Français
> Nous souhaitons avoir des nouvelles de votre Chapitre! Veuillez s'il
> vous plaît, partager avec les autres membres et Chapitres vos nouvelles
> et vos activités en m'envoyant vos contributions pour le prochain
> Bulletin de ISOC. Vous pouvez inclure une courte description (100-140
> mots) des activités de votre Chapitre avec des liens à votre site Web
> pour l'information supplémentaire. Vous pouvez également inclure des
> informations sur de futurs événements et activités. J'apprécierais
> recevoir vos contributions avant janvier 21. Merci.
> Nelson Sanchez
> e-mail: sanchez at isoc.org
>
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>
> Deutsch
> Wir würden uns sehr freuen, über die Aktivitäten in Ihrem Chapter zu
> hören und sie mit anderen ISOC Mitgliedern und Chaptern zu teilen. Bitte
> schicken Sie uns Ihren Beitrag für den nächsten ISOC Newsletter,
> inklusive einer kurzen Beschreibung (100-140 Wörter) der wichtigsten
> Aktivitäten Ihres Chapters, links zu Ihrer Webseite und Einzelheiten
> über kommende Veranstaltungen. Alle Beiträge sollten bis zum 21.
> Januar bei uns vorliegen. Vielen Dank,
> Nelson Sanchez
> e-mail: sanchez at isoc.org
>
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