[Chapter-delegates] Youth Internet Society

[Michael Burks]

The Disability and Special Needs Chapter can offer assistance so that Youths
with special needs will not be left out.

Sincerely,

Mike Burks
Chairman
Disability and Special Needs Chapter

On 12/22/06, Khaled KOUBAA <khaled.koubaa at topnet.tn> wrote:
>
>  Dear colleagues and friends,
>
> I am subscribed in a discussion group "Youth and Internet Governance" at
> the TakingITGlobal.org
> All of us noticed the importance movement of Youth for ICT and Youth for
> Dev at the WSIS in Tunisia.
> ISOC has also sponsored the World Summit Youth Award, and Lynn noticed tha
> the ISOC mission is essentially to "reaches out specifically to very
> important segments, such as young people".
> A Youth is defined as being somewhere between age 13 and age 25, and this
> is the commonly the student age.
> Our Tunisian chapter is working actually with the Tunisian High education
> minister to create an "ISOC Club" in each university.
> In Tunisia for example this year we had succeed the initiative of the
> obligatory online payment and subscription of all the 400 000 student in all
> Tunisian universities. Our chapter decided to try to work more closely with
> this community.
> We are aware about the importance of this community in the Internet
> future, that's why I recommend that ISOC create a "Youth ISOC Program", as a
> program to develop the involvement of the youth community in the Internet
> development.
> The initiative of ISOC Club in each university may be a part of this
> program.
> I hope that this idea would be realized.
> Regards.
>
> Khaled KOUBAA
> President ISOC Tunisia
> www.isoc.org.tn
>
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