[Chapter-delegates] Application to form an ISOC chapter in, Sierra Leone
Rosa Delgado
rosa at delgado.aero
Wed Apr 11 16:16:30 PDT 2007
Dear Anne,
I sent this mail on 20th March, supporting the acceptance of the Sierra
Leonese ISOC chapter and I hope this will proceed as soon as possible.
The Geneva Chapter looks forward to working together with the Chapter of
Sierra Leone in promoting Internet for the local community.
Regards / Rosa
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007, Anne Lord wrote:
>> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:56:50 +0200
>> From: Anne Lord <lord at isoc.org>
>> To: Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
>> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Application to form an ISOC chapter in
>> Sierra Leone
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> The following application for a new Chapter to be formed in the
>> Sierra Leone has been received. It is being sent to this list for peer
>> comment and review.
>>
>> Please note that the chapter is not yet formed. If there are people
>> on this list that know the individuals proposing to form the chapter,
>> feedback is especially welcomed.
>>
>> The period allowed for comments is 2 weeks and the deadline is Monday
>> 16th April.
>>
>> Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Anne
>>
>>
>> The Sierra Leone Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC.SL) Application
>>
>> A. Proposed name of the Chapter
>> The Sierra Leone Chapter of the Internet Society (hereby referred to
>> as ISOC.SL)
>>
>> B. Community of Interest the Chapter will to serve
>> The Chapter will serve the country of Sierra Leone, in West Africa.
>> All Sierra Leoneans at Home and the Diaspora will be served.
>>
>> C. Purpose and Scope of Chapter
>> ISOC.SL’s principal purpose is to maintain and extend the development
>> and availability of the Internet and its associated technologies and
>> applications - both as an end in itself, and as a means of enabling
>> organizations, professions, and individuals worldwide to more
>> effectively collaborate, cooperate, and innovate in their respective
>> fields and interests.
>>
>> Its specific goals and purposes include:
>>
>> * Development, maintenance, evolution, and dissemination of standards
>> for the Internet and its internetworking technologies and
>> applications to Sierra Leoneans at home and in the Diaspora;
>> * Growth and evolution of Sierra Leone’s Internet architecture;
>> * Maintenance and evolution of effective administrative processes
>> necessary for operation of the global Internet and internets;
>> * Provide education and research related to the Internet and
>> internetworking;
>> * Harmonization of actions and activities at international levels to
>> facilitate the development and availability of the Internet in Sierra
>> Leone;
>> * Collection and dissemination of information related to the Internet
>> and internetworking, including histories and archives;
>> * Assisting technologically developing countries, areas, and peoples,
>> specifically Sierra Leone, in implementing and evolving their
>> Internet infrastructure and use;
>> * Liaison with other organizations, governments and the general
>> public for coordination, collaboration, and education in effecting
>> the above purposes.
>>
>> ISOC.SL Background Information:
>>
>> ISOC.SL on the WWW. ISOC.SL is currently located online at
>> www.sierravisions.org/isocsl. Eventually the portal will be hosted at
>> www.isoc.sl. Establishment of ISOC.SL will encourage involvement and
>> contributions to the development of Internet technologies in Sierra
>> Leone. Background work on the management of .SL domain can be found
>> http://SierraLeonePortal.net/nic
>>
>> ISOC.SL Mission and Vision:
>>
>> The mission of ISOC-SL will be largely based on the vision of its
>> founding members, member organizations and partners given that
>> Internet Development in Sierra Leone to date has been slow and
>> dispersed. Internet has been treated much like an imported commodity
>> and its potential in the country’s economic development remains
>> untapped. There are now signs that key stakeholders are realizing
>> that this new medium is open to be employed and developed in a way
>> that it serves our cultural, social and economic interests. The
>> management of the .SL domain will be central to maximizing this
>> potential in a just and equitable manner. The establishment for ISCO-
>> SL among other initiatives in the government, private sector, public
>> sectors and academic sectors is a testament to this emerging vision.
>> A sense of the ensuing ISOC-SL mission and the length and breath of
>> ISOC-SL vision can be found in the intersection of the following
>> notes by founding members:
>>
>> The Diaspora/Non Government (Chrystabel Davis and Cecil John)
>>
>> The Sierra Leone Diaspora is an international community of Sierra
>> Leoneans at home and abroad. We have worked diligently over the last
>> two years to evolve ISOC.SL as a professional membership organization
>> that includes key institutions, stakeholders and individuals who can
>> influence the IT policies and practices around the .SL domain. In our
>> efforts to bridge the divide amongst stakeholders, the information
>> supplied and activities provided by ISOC would contribute immensely
>> to our work.
>>
>> Sierra Leonean Professionals, academics & entrepreneurs, abroad and
>> amongst the Diaspora, are using the Internet more effectively as a
>> primary medium for collaboration, social networking and archiving of
>> documents and multimedia.
>>
>> Individuals, and institutional (in the private and voluntary/NGO
>> sector) are collaborating towards a common objective of narrowing the
>> digital divide between the poor and wealthy in Sierra Leone, and
>> between the Sierra Leone indigenes and Diaspora. The establishment of
>> ISOC.SL would be an essential catalyst for these processes, as this
>> will form a core institutional foundation from which various project
>> initiatives could spring.
>>
>> The formation of ISOC.SL is key to the facilitation of access to
>> secondary level domains such as .gov.sl for the public/government
>> sector, .com.sl for private and .org.sl for non-profit and non-
>> governmental agencies.
>>
>> Institutional Development of .SL Domain (Adrian Q. Labor):
>>
>> Institutions are the backbone of strong democratic countries
>> irrespective of size. The human resource, the professionalism and
>> visionary directions for all facets of nation building emanates from
>> the ideas, reviews, discussions, conferences, reports and policies
>> that take place with institutional settings. In the digital era, the
>> increasing speed and portability of technologies has provided
>> unimaginable opportunities for institutions in developing nations
>> such as Sierra Leone. The capacity to archive and retrieve all forms
>> of media generated by institutional activities from anywhere lends
>> itself to our nation’s current decentralization objectives.
>> Institutions that are at the forefront of nurturing Sierra Leone’s
>> fragile democratic ideals will need the .SL space to be managed
>> effectively with agreed upon principles of equality and equitable
>> access at all times irrespective of ethnicity, gender and political
>> beliefs. The ISOC.SL provides the forum for public Institutions to
>> collaborate with Government, Private Sector, Business and others in
>> ensuring their vision for information collection and dissemination is
>> achieved. Representatives of frontline institutions are already
>> engaging this process by getting involved in the establishment of
>> ISOC.SL
>>
>> Internet Related Service in the Private Sector (Conrad Parkzes):
>>
>> Establishment of ISOC.SL will encourage standardization and
>> uniformity as well as collaboration between the different providers
>> of Internet related services in Sierra Leone ultimately providing the
>> end-users with a much more productive and enriching Internet
>> experience. Currently Sierra Leone has approximately ten different
>> Internet Service providers mostly centered around the capital city of
>> Freetown. ISP use separate infrastructure with no direct inter-
>> connectivity in the country. Traffic from one service provider to
>> another has to go across satellite links to Europe and/or North
>> America before going back down to the other user thereby creating a
>> less than optimal Internet experience for users especially when
>> trying to access local content such as online newspapers, government
>> agency websites, etc. ISOC.SL will work with local government and
>> Internet industry stakeholders to work on the creation of a ‘carrier
>> hotel’ environment whereby local content is encouraged to remain
>> local thus contributing to Sierra Leone eventually becoming a net
>> producer as it relates to the Internet instead of the current state
>> where the country is a net consumer.
>>
>> ISOC.SL will also work to encourage the establishment of fiber
>> connectivity across key towns/cities in the country as well as
>> obtaining access to the SAT-3 fiber link for Internet access. With
>> VSAT satellite Internet access being the only option currently for
>> outside links to the country, the cost for Internet service to end-
>> users is still very high as providers have high backbone costs thus
>> severely limiting the rate of Internet penetration in the country.
>> ISOC.SL in collaboration with key stakeholders will work to encourage
>> investment in Internet backbone bandwidth to help decrease the cost
>> of Internet service to end-users thereby helping to bridge the much
>> talked about digital divide. The recently formed National
>> Telecommunications Commission has established a Universal access
>> telecommunications fund that will be used to fund the expansion of
>> Internet and Telecommunications services to rural areas. ISOC.SL
>> will work with this commission on coming up with solutions such as
>> those from companies such as Inveneo and Green Wi-fi that are built
>> specifically for energy deprived economies like Sierra Leone.
>> Availability of high bandwidth links will have significant economic
>> impact for the country as Sierra Leone will then be in a better
>> position to take advantage of its low cost, educated English-speaking
>> workforce to offer services such as call center outsourcing and banks
>> and other businesses. Currently businesses rely on expensive VSAT
>> links for connectivity between sites. In future, with high bandwidth,
>> they will have lower Internet and connectivity costs and in turn pass
>> the cost savings on to the consumers.
>>
>>
>> Private Sector’s Competitive Advantage in Delivering IT Services
>> (Daniel Chaytor):
>>
>> It is well known that the strategic use of information technologies
>> such as the Internet can work as a catalyst for a country’s
>> development and contribute significantly to its competitive
>> advantage. The ISOC.SL initiative provides a unique opportunity for
>> private sector IT firms in Sierra Leone to network and partner with
>> similar firms both within Sierra Leone and in the sub-region and the
>> rest of the world. It also allows the achievement of economies of
>> scale by providing training, assisting in the production of local
>> content and providing content production and hosting services to
>> other organizations wanting to produce their own content and make it
>> available online.
>>
>> ISOC.SL will work actively to pursue funding to tap into the SAT-3
>> Fiber link that encircles the African continent. This will provide
>> robust, affordable, high-speed internet access for Sierra Leone. As
>> in the case of the Gambia, Internet service providers can benefit by
>> providing new access technologies to end users once the link is in
>> place. A more efficient means to administer and manage the .sl domain
>> also becomes a reality.
>>
>> Extract from National Communication Project (Lionel George)
>>
>> The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) Communications Strategy,
>> adopted by cabinet in November 2005 as the National Communication
>> Strategy, identifies “public information dissemination” as “crucial
>> to democracy and instrumental to sustaining peace in Sierra Leone.”
>> The GoSL Communications Strategy document, now constituted in the
>> GoSL Communications Strategy project with funding from the United
>> Nations Development Program (UNDP) County office, noted the
>> ineffectiveness of government at “communication some of the
>> undeniable gains made since the war”/ It argues for a newly
>> resourced, strategic and business-focused communication approach for
>> public information” in the country. The document proposes “open
>> channels of communication approach for public information” in the
>> country. The document proposes “open channels of communication” among
>> its identified stakeholders as a lead to an informed citizenry and an
>> attractant for foreign investment capital, while helping to build
>> confidence in the GoSL with “all constituencies, national and
>> international”.
>>
>> The project implementation strategy lays out key “strategic
>> management objectives”: information coordination, information
>> management and dissemination.
>> This involves coordination of information at the line ministry level
>> and a regular, efficient and effective information management and
>> dissemination approach targeted to key constituencies. In a general
>> sense, the project calls for the provision of “strategic assistance” in:
>>
>> * Capacity building (training, technical assistance and exchange of
>> experiences to strengthen national communication offices and functions
>> * Support to Execution (specific, tailored support in media
>> relations, opinion polling)
>> * Advocacy (facilitating dialogue between GoSL and Journalists,
>> consensus building and policy advisory as required for project
>> implementation).
>>
>> Hi Anne:
>>
>> Apologies for missing out the contact details. Please see the
>> attached two tables below, and let me know if you need anything else.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chrystabel Davis
>> cdavis at sierravisions.org
>>
>> D. List of Founding Members.
>>
>> Chrystabel Davis
>> E-Mail: cdavis at sierravisions.org
>> Phone Number: 1 240 328 0728
>> Mobile Number: 1 240 328 0728
>> Fax Number: 1 240 554 1555
>>
>> Adrian Labor
>> Email: aqlabor at sierraleoneportal.net
>> Phone Number 240 271 4602
>>
>> Cecil John
>> E-Mail: cj at virtualdeveloper.com
>> Phone Number: 703 5974378
>> Fax Number: 202 3187673
>>
>> Daniel Chaytor
>> Email: chay at tmm-web.com
>> Phone: +232-22-240747
>> Fax: +232-22-240747
>> Mobile: +232-76-60520
>>
>> Lionel George
>> Email: lag at ipam-usl.org
>> Phone Number: +232 76 608450 /33 608450
>>
>> Maxwell Massaquoi
>> Email: mmassaquoi at broadrangesolutions.com
>> Phone: +232 (33) 312920
>>
>> Conrad Coyanda-Parkzes
>> E-Mail: cparkzes at apafrica.com
>> Phone: +1 703 935 1566
>> Mobile : +1 703 300 2032
>> Fax : +1 703 656 4752
>>
>> Bimbola Carrol
>> Email: info at otolo.net
>> Phone: +4420 7193 4532
>> Mobile: +44 7939 016 405
>> Fax: +44 20 8181 6571
>>
>> Evelyn Lewis
>> Email: elewis at sbtsgroup.com
>> Phone: +232-33-344-266, + 1-202-595-1955x555
>>
>> Agyeman Taqi
>> E-Mail: tiqtaq2001 at hotmail.com
>> Phone Number: +232 22 223736
>> Mobile Number: +232 76 655998
>> Fax Number: +232 22 226143
>>
>> These are members who’ve already signed up as Individual Global ISOC
>> Chapter Members:
>>
>> Mr. Adel S. Suliman
>> Mr. Ansumana J Kaikai
>> Mr. Vivian Sidney Gorvie
>> Mr. Aiah Kortequee
>> Mr. Alvin Emerson-Thomas
>> Ms. Tayseer Abdel-razig
>> Mr. Chinya Harleston
>> Ms. Chrystabel Davis
>> Mr. Cecil John
>> Mrs. Malak M Abdel-razig
>> Mr. Kizito Kaloko
>> Mr. Adeyemi Browne
>> Mr. Alphonso Pratt
>> Mr. Ishmael Kargbo
>> Mr. Claudius John
>> Mr. Tamba Kortequee
>> Mr. Joseph James
>> Mr. Momoh Conteh
>> Mr. John Awoonor-Gordon
>> Dr. Abdul Karim Bangura
>> Mr. Linford Roy-Macauley
>> Mr. Chrisford Davis
>> Mr. Martin Malamah-Thomas
>> Mr. Michael Kowa
>> Mr. Adrian Labor
>> Mr Ayodele Spencer
>> Mr Maxwell Massaquoi
>> Mr. Desmond Bishop
>> Mr Claribel Hinton/Sawyerr
>> Mr Mamesho Macaulay
>> Mr Ade Daramy
>> Dr. Bidemi Carrol
>> Ms. Giileh Scholtz
>> Ms. Edleen Elba
>> Ms. Noellen Barber.
>> Ms. Angeline Bishop
>> Mr. Conrad Parkzes
>> Ms. Leah Mansaray
>> Mr. Bimbola Carrol
>> Mr. Daniel Chaytor
>> Mr. Agyeman Taqi
>> Mr. Lionel George
>> Mr. Daniel Chaytor
>> Mr. Evelyn Lewis
>>
>> E. List of ISOC.SL Supporting Organizations/Partners.
>>
>> E. List of ISOC.SL Supporting Organizations/Partners.
>>
>> Sierra Leone National Telecommunications (NATCom)
>> Maxwell Massaquoi
>> Email: mmassaquoi at broadrangesolutions.com
>> Phone: +232 (33) 312920
>>
>> Sierra Visions
>> Mamesho Macaulay
>> mamacaulay at sierravisions.org
>> Phone: 1 240 328 0728
>>
>> Sierra Leone Network
>> Amadu Massally
>> amadu.massally at gmail.com
>> Phone: 703 9559212
>>
>> Sierra Leone Telecommunications Limited (Sierratel)
>> Claudius John
>> Email: support at sierratel.sl
>> Phone Number: +232 22 235981
>>
>> APA
>> Mohamed Hersi
>> mhersi at apafrica.com
>> Phone +1 703 626 2651
>>
>> SBTS Group
>> Roselynn Lewis
>> rlewis at sbtsgroup.com
>> Phone: +232-76-768-440
>>
>> Virtual Developer
>> E-Mail: cj at virtualdeveloper.com
>> Phone Number: 703 5974378
>> Fax Number: 202 3187673
>>
>> Tiwai Memory Masters
>> Mohamed Alpha Turay
>> pheaus at tmm-web.com
>> Phone: +232-76-602729
>>
>> BroadRange Solutions
>> Maxwell Massaquoi
>> Email: mmassaquoi at broadrangesolutions.com
>> Phone: +232 (33) 312920
>>
>> Digitized Networks
>> Adrian Q. Labor
>> DNetWorks at sierraleoneportal.net
>>
>> CISCO
>> Gordon Williams
>> Email: gowillia at cisco.com
>> HP
>>
>> Bolaji Olutade
>> Email: bolajio at sbcglobal.net
>> IBM Corporation
>>
>> Leah Mansaray
>> Email: mansaray at uk.ibm.com
>> Phone: + 44 793 9455782
>>
>> Otolo Web Solutions/ VisitSierraLeone
>> Bimbola Carrol
>> Email: info at otolo.net
>> Phone: +4420 7193 4532
>> Mobile: +44 7944 356 110
>> Fax: +44 20 8181 6571
>>
>> QuantumNet
>> Agyeman Taqi
>> E-Mail: isoc at quantum.sl
>> Phone Number: +232 22 223736
>> Fax Number: +232 22 226143
>>
>>
>> F. Local Requirements
>>
>> The local requirements to qualify the Sierra Leone Chapter as
>> Organization with Legal Entity Status that have been completed are as
>> follows:
>>
>> 1. Developed and lodged an ISOC.SL Deed of Establishment at an
>> Sierra Leone Public Notary. (See Appendix A)
>>
>> G. Additional Information
>>
>> Additionally, we have attached an excerpt of the National
>> Communication’s (NatCom) .gov.sl Project (See Appendix B)
>>
>> H. Your Contact Information
>> Name: Chrystabel Davis
>> Business Address: P.O. BOX 3271, Laurel, MD 20708
>> E-Mail: cdavis at sierravisions.org
>> Phone Number: 1 240 328 0728
>> Mobile Number: 1 240 328 0728
>> Fax Number: 1 240 554 1555
>>
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