[chapter-delegates] Interest in Regional INET question

[Hakikur Rahman]

We are in favor of organizing a regional event for SA countries.

Best Regards.
Hakik.
ISOC BD.

At 05:33 AM 1/26/05, David McAuley wrote:
>Dear Chapter Delegates:
>
>ISOC has been graciously invited by Minister Tarek Kamel of Egypt to host 
>an INET Conference in conjunction with the Egyptian Government’s 
>conference known as Towards WSIS Phase II: An Arab African Dialogue. (Set 
>for Cairo May 8-10, 2005).
>
>We are grateful to Minister Kamel for such an invitation and we are very 
>much interested in organizing such an event. We want to make this as 
>beneficial as we can for those who attend and help ISOC further its 
>strategic goals (in particular, given the nature of the Egyptian 
>Government event, help ISOC to further its position vis-à-vis the ongoing 
>global discussion on ‘Internet Governance’). As you can see the timeframe 
>within which to do this is very limited.
>
>It is our view that our participation in this would not be an INET event 
>along the historical INET model but would rather be the first in what we 
>expect might be an ongoing series of Regional INET conferences. The 
>maximum presentation would be two tracks over two days depending on 
>feedback, suggested topics and presentations. We would expect, in 
>conjunction with this event, to convene an ISOC Chapters meeting which 
>itself would be either a regional Chapters meeting or a global Chapters 
>meeting or both (see questions below).
>
>As further background, we expect this INET event would be free and open to 
>the public. It would happen on Friday or Saturday or Sunday (or 
>combination) May 6-8, 2005. We do not have budget to pay for members’ 
>travel or speakers reimbursement. We would want to host such an event so 
>long as we felt confident that a reasonable number of Chapter members 
>would attend. We also want there to be a broad audience which would come 
>away well versed in the Internet, how it works, why it works, potential 
>risks to its future as well as the topic of ‘Internet Governance’. We 
>would want this audience well equipped to spread the word back at their 
>homes about the Internet and the ‘Governance’ discussion and the various 
>positions under consideration. ISOC’s position on the ‘Governance’ 
>discussion can be seen at 
><http://www.isoc.org/news/7.shtml>http://www.isoc.org/news/7.shtml
>
>To that end I am asking for feedback on the following:
>
>    * Would you support the idea of a regional INET along these lines?
>    * Are you willing to put the word out to your members and other 
> constituencies of interest that you work with about this event?
>    * Do you have members who might like to submit presentations for 
> consideration to be a part of the agenda?
>    * Are you willing to serve on the Program Committee (we expect to 
> become active as early as this week and meet by phone periodically to 
> work our details)?
>    * Do you support a regional chapter meeting or a global chapter 
> meeting? Or both? We expect a regional chapter meeting might focus on 
> networking among chapters, project coordination and the like. A global 
> chapter meeting could focus on overall chapter priorities. Conceivably we 
> could split the day with a couple of hours of one type and a couple of 
> hours of the other.
>
>
>David McAuley
>Membership Director
>Internet Society
>703-326-9880, ext 104
>703-963-5887 (mobile)
><mailto:mcauley at isoc.org>mcauley at isoc.org
>

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