[Chapter-delegates] [Isoc-ext-board] Transcript of discussions at Chapter meeting in Athens

[Veni Markovski]

Thank you, Terry.

I'd like to add two more points from the meeting:

A. To have ISOC organize regional IGFs (thanks, Sebastian):

eIGF (Europe)
AfrIGF (Africa)
saIGG (S.America)
naIGF (N.America)
aIGF (Asia)

and
B (which was not discussed in such depth, as I describe, but the idea 
was born during that meeting):

Working Title:
Create and support the ISOC governments' educational network (IGEN)

Abstract:
Governments worldwide are turning towards regulating, using, 
mastering the Internet - within the borders of their respected 
states, but often even beyond that. ISOC could and should create IGEN 
to help governments in understanding how the Internet works, what are 
the positive and negative sides from regulating it.

Decription:
ISOC could initiate a 10-year program for educating governments 
worldwide. It will be aimed first at the 75 countries, where ISOC has 
chapters, but will eventually cover at least another 75 countries. By 
thinking global and acting local, ISOC will have the opportunity to 
"make a difference" (and sorry for using cliches) in a very complex 
world. The program will aim at educating different ministries. We'll 
aim at having 6 training workshops per year for 12 governments. 
Funding for the sustainability of the project will not be that much, 
compared to impact and influence, and results.

Involvement of ISOC community; benefit for ISOC community:
ISOC community will be involved, as in many countries the chapters 
and the members will be the implementing agencies of this project. 
The ISOC community could also benefit - directly and indirectly - as 
the lecturers could come from this community. The benefits from 
changing the governments' policy in the field of ITC are unaccountable

External Partners:
- ISOC chapters
- other civil society organizaitons (Diplo Foundation, APC, etc.)
- businesses with interest in IG (VeriSign, Afilias, others)
- UNDP, Council of Europe, other regional organizations.

Measurable goals:
2007: start the first 5 pilot 
countries.                        Expenses: $ 200,000 (per year)
2009: cover 50 countries (2 countries per month).       Expenses: $ 
1.100.000 (per year)
2010: cover the first 75 countries.                     Expenses: $ 
1.000.000 (per year)
2017: have more than 150 countries covered by IGEN.     Expenses $ 
1.500.000 (per year)

Risks:
In some countries this may not be possible to happen (that's why 100 
countries are left outside of the program). In other countries 
governments may not listen to the education.

Why ISOC and not someone else?
Because ISOC has the knowledge.
Because ISOC has the funding needed for that.

best,
Veni

P.S. Joining Wladek - please, use OpenDocument or even RTF, but no 
doc in the future

At 12:10 PM 07.11.2006 '?.'  -0500, Terry Monroe wrote:
>Chapter Delegates-
>
>Attached is a summary of last week's meeting of the ISOC Chapter
>representatiaves in Athens.
>
>For those individuals who attended this meeting, we thank you very much for
>participating. Also, please let us know if we missed anything in the
>discussion (or if we omitted the names of anyone in attendance) and we will
>revise this document accordingly.
>
>Regards,
>
>Terry Monroe
>Director of Development & Membership


Sincerely,
Veni Markovski
http://www.veni.com

check also my blog:
http://blog.veni.com