[Chapter-delegates] A Call for Subject Experts

[Michael Burks]

Just a suggestion,

you might want to enlist one or more of the members of the Special Needs
Chapter on disability issues related to the Internet.

I can suggest at least three if you are interested.

Sincerely,

Mike Burks

On 8/8/07, veni markovski <veni at veni.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, Lucy!
>
> I'd like to support your request for help by urging my colleagues
> from different chapters, who have contributed throughout the years to
> take a look at their old e-mails, and decide which one of the many
> topics we've discussed is worth putting into such a proposal that it
> will make the ISOC BoT interested in accepting.
>
> I will try to find some of the documents we've submitted in the last
> 4-5 years, which are still quite valid, and will send them to the
> list for further consideration by other colleagues.
>
> Veni Markovski
> chair, ISOC-Bulgaria
> member of the Board, ISOC-New York
>
> At 11:05 8/8/2007  -0700, Lucy Lynch wrote:
> >Greetings -
> >
> >Your help in disseminating this announce would be greatly appreciated:
> >
> >"Call for Participation: Trust and the Future of the Internet
> >
> >The Internet Society (ISOC) Board of Trustees is currently engaged in a
> >discovery process to define a long term Major Strategic Initiative to
> ensure
> >that the Internet of the future remains accessible to everyone. The Board
> >believes that Trust is an essential component of all successful
> relationships
> >and that an erosion of Trust: in individuals, networks, or computing
> >platforms,
> >will undermine the continued health and success of the Internet.
> >
> >The Board will meet in special session the first week October of 2007 for
> >intensive study focused on the subject of trust within the context of
> network
> >enabled relationships.  As part of this process, the Board is hereby
> >issuing a
> >call for subject experts who can participate in the two day
> >discussion. Topics
> >of interest include: the changing nature of trust, security, privacy,
> control
> >and protection of personal data, methods for establishing authenticity
> and
> >providing assurance, management of threats, and dealing with unwanted
> traffic.
> >
> >Participants will be selected based on a short paper summarizing
> individual
> >interests and qualifications as well as availability. The retreat
> >will be held
> >in Toronto, Ontario (CA) . Travel and accommodation costs will be covered
> by
> >ISOC and participants should expect to arrive October 4th and depart
> >on the 6th
> >or 7th. Expressions of interest may be emailed to:  Oct07-retreat @
> >elists.isoc.org and papers should not exceed three pages. Papers
> >must received
> >by August 24th, 2007 and the Program Committee will make their
> >selections on or
> >before September 7th, 2007. Subject experts will be allotted one hour for
> >presentation on October 5th and will be included in the days round-table
> >discussions. In order to facilitate open discussion, final presentation
> >materials should be forwarded to ISOC no later than September 21st, 2007.
> >
> >We look forward to a lively and informative meeting on this
> >important topic and
> >encourage you to share this announcement with your communities of
> interest."
> >
> >Lucy Lynch
> >Director of Technical Projects
> >Internet Society (ISOC)
> >
> >
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