[Chapter-delegates] PacINET 2006

[Franck Martin]

http://www.picisoc.org/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?forumId=5&comments_parentId=6

On behalf of all PICISOC members and especially from the local
organising committee in Samoa who worked hard to make this meeting
happen, thank for the kind comments.

On the above link you can post a comment about PacINET for the posterity.

Cheers

Mike Todd wrote:

>Alejandro, Desiree, Frank, Raj and the many other folks I "met" during 
>the several days I was able to attend remotely.  I have to say I not 
>only learned a good deal, my perspectives were changed and re-focused 
>in many ways.  I feel this was a series of events that had more impact 
>than the organizers and presenters even imagined.  I do appreciate all 
>of you taking the time and investing your efforts to educate those of 
>us who were fortunate enough to have "attended'.
>
>Thank you ALL!
>
>Mike Todd
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Alejandro Pisanty" <apisan at servidor.unam.mx>
>To: "Desiree Miloshevic" <dmiloshevic at afilias.info>
>Cc: <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 7:36 AM
>Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] PacINET 2006
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>>Desiree,
>>
>>as a remote participant in one of the sessions, may I most heartily 
>>join
>>your congratulation to Franck and Raj.
>>
>>We should take careful note of the challenges of connecting in the
>>islands. They came through in unusually clear way for some of us 
>>during
>>this meeting - a participant had to shut herself out because the 
>>meek
>>video stream was taking up half her country's bandwidth!
>>
>>Let there be no doubt: we are taking these examples as a bottom line 
>>to
>>the discussions in the Internet Governance Forum, as a first venue 
>>in
>>which there is too much trivial discourse on the costs and 
>>challenges of
>>interconnection.
>>
>>Yours,
>>
>>Alejandro Pisanty
>>
>>
>>.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  .  . 
>>.  .  .
>>     Dr. Alejandro Pisanty
>>Director General de Servicios de Computo Academico
>>UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
>>Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico
>>Tel. (+52-55) 5622-8541, 5622-8542 Fax 5622-8540
>>http://www.dgsca.unam.mx
>>*
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>> Participa en ICANN, www.icann.org
>>.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . 
>>.  .  .
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>>
>>On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Desiree Miloshevic wrote:
>>
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>>>Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:44:41 +0100
>>>From: Desiree Miloshevic <dmiloshevic at afilias.info>
>>>To: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
>>>Subject: [Chapter-delegates] PacINET 2006
>>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>
>>>I attended the PacINET 2006 last week and I would like to 
>>>congratulate
>>>the Pacific Islands Chapter of ISOC, and especially Franck Martin 
>>>and
>>>Rajnesh Singh for their work and an excellent conference program 
>>>they
>>>put together.
>>>
>>>It was indeed a great learning experience to attend the PacINET 
>>>2006,
>>>understanding some of the access challenges that most Pacific 
>>>Islands
>>>are facing, their economies of scale.  It was a very good 
>>>opportunity to
>>>meet and exchange views with other PicISOC members.
>>>
>>>This was the 5th PacINET, with more than 100 attendees. (Bearing in
>>>mind, how difficult it is to travel and connect in these parts of 
>>>the
>>>world - Africa comes to mind), I am impressed with the number of
>>>attendees, program and speakers.
>>>
>>>So again, well done PicISOC!
>>>
>>>Desiree Miloshevic
>>>--
>>>ISOC Trustee
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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