[chapter-delegates] Press Release: New PICISOC board and PacINET 2005

[Franck Martin]

*For Immediate Release:*
 
/*The Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) would 
like to present its new board and  its upcoming annual event PacINET 
2005. */

Members of the Pacific Islands Chapter have just elected their new 
board. It is composed of the following people:

Hon. Chairman:                Rajnesh Dhirendra Singh
Hon. Vice-Chairman:        Franck Martin
Hon. Treasurer:                Les Allinson
Hon. Secretary:                Anju Mangal
Hon. Board Member:       Tenanoia Simona Taupo
Hon. Board Member:       Christina G (Kuper) Wini
Hon. Board Member:       Titeem Auatabu


PICISOC is an organisation encompassing 22 Pacific Islands Countries and 
Territories  with the goal of promoting "Internet is for Everyone" and 
fostering ICT development in the region. As such the board reflects this 
philosophy with people from 5 different countries and from the 
government and private sector.

PICISOC has around 300 individual members throughout the Pacific 
Islands, representing the diversity of this geographical area. 

The  PICISOC web site is located at www.picisoc.org 
<http://www.picisoc.org/> and is a Chapter of the Internet Society 
(www.isoc.org <http://www.isoc.org/>) which is the organisation in 
charge of the Public Internet Registry (.org domain names), which also 
provides support and a legal framework to the Internet Engineering Task 
Force (www.ietf.org <http://www.ietf.org/>), the organisation in charge 
of making open Internet Standards.

PICISOC is organising its annual meeting, *PacINET 2005, in 
Kiribati from 22-27 August 2005*. The theme for this year is "Rural 
Technologies: Connecting & Advancing Remote Communities through ICT". We 
have the great honour of having as guest speaker, *Dr Vinton G. Cerf*. 
His name is not well known to the general public but his achievements 
are. He co-invented  (with Dr Robert E. Kahn)  TCP/IP, or in simple 
terms the Internet. He deployed the first e-mail system run by a 
commercial entity on the Internet, he co-founded ISOC and he is the 
current chairman of ICANN, the organisation in charge of distributing 
and regulating domain names, and is also often referred to as one of the 
"founding fathers of the internet". Dr Vinton G. Cerf will also give a 
public lecture in Suva, Fiji just after PacINET 2005. We are all excited 
about this unique opportunity for the Pacific Islands.

PacINET 2005 will be held at the Kiribati Parliament. As a gesture of 
goodwill to the People and Government of Kiribati for their support, a 
wireless network system will be installed and handed over to the 
Government of Kiribati at the conclusion of PacINET 2005. This will be 
one of the first parliaments in the world to be fully connected.  It is 
hoped this technology will allow Members of Parliament to have 
instantaneous access to reference and documents on any subject via the 
Internet. They will be able to be in touch via e-mail with their 
electorate, as well as their respective Departments and Ministries, and 
it is hoped this will enhance parliamentary proceedings.
 
The complete agenda and registration details for PacINET 2005 have been 
posted on the PICISOC web site: www.picisoc.org <http://www.picisoc.org/>

This meeting is possible with the help of our current sponsors:
PATARA, Telecom Kiribati (TSKL), Directions Magazine, The Internet Users 
Society of Niue and Vodafone Fiji.

PacINET 2005 is open to all, members or non-members  and features 
international speakers and presenters. There is no registration fee. 
However if you would like to help us in any way it will be appreciated. 
Please contact us if you want to sponsor this great event.

For further information, questions or comments contact: Rajnesh D. 
Singh, PICISOC Chair, rajnesh.singh at gmail.com


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