[Chapter-delegates] ISOC Participation in OneWebDay - Sept 22nd

[Anne Lord]

Dear Colleagues,

Earlier this year a number of chapters expressed interest in  
participating in OneWebDay, which will take place on 22 September  
(See note below).  We now wish to have a discussion with those  
chapters who expressed an interest in participating in this event and  
any other interested chapters, so that we can share ideas and co- 
ordinate our activities.  To that end, please let me know your  
availability for a group conference call during the week of 9 July.   
To help with the co-ordination and to find a mutually acceptable time  
for the call, please state those times you are NOT available.  To  
save bandwidth, please reply to me off list.

In the meantime, attached is some information provided to us by  
OneWebDay.  Please note the events they propose are only  
suggestions.  A number of you may have experience from last years  
'One Web Day' and similar events in the past and it would be good to  
share experiences about what worked and what did not work. Our intent  
is to focus on activities and events which highlight the benefits of  
the Internet (not just the web) to people everyone and to showcase  
the many ISOC chapters around the globe and the work done to advance  
ISOC's mission and goals.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,

Anne


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From: chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org
[mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of
Terry Monroe
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:50 PM
To: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
Subject: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC Participation in OneWebDay

Dear Chapter Delegates-

Happy New Year!

As we start the new year, ISOC has been asked to participate in an  
initiative on 22nd September called 'OneWebDay' (http:// 
onewebday.org/). Some of our chapters participated in this event in  
September 2006.

According to their website, "The mission of OneWebDay is to create,  
maintain, advance, and promote a global day to celebrate online  
life".  In the past, ISOC chapters have successfully hosted similar  
events -- "Internet Fiestas" -- that focused on the benefits of the  
Internet (not just the Web) and the work of ISOC members related to  
capacity building, education and training.  We believe that  
collaborating with the OneWebDay initiative is consistent with our  
principles, i.e., that ISOC should be a focal point for cooperative  
efforts to promote the Internet as a positive tool to benefit all  
people throughout the world.

We would appreciate hearing from you as to whether your chapter is  
interested in participating with ISOC in this event.  Please respond  
either to me or Anne Lord, Sr. Manager of Chpaters (lord at isoc.org).

Regards,

Terry Monroe
Director of Development & Membership
Internet Society
+1 703 326 9880 x115

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