[Chapter-delegates] Application to form a chapter called ISOC Palapa in Indonesia

[Anne Lord]

Dear Colleagues,

The following application for a new Chapter to be called ISOC Palapa  
operating in Indonesia has been received. It is being sent to this  
list for peer comment and review.

Please note that the chapter is not yet formed. Some of you may know  
Irwan Effendi as he was previously involved with the ISOC Indonesia  
chapter.  So if there are people on this list that know Irwan and the  
other individuals proposing to form the chapter, feedback is  
especially welcomed either on or off list.

The period for comments is 2 weeks and the deadline is 30th March 2007.

Best wishes,

Anne
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Official Application for a Chapter of the Internet Society

A. Proposed name of the Chapter
We are hereby submitting an application to form a chapter with the name:
Internet Society - Palapa Chapter of Indonesia

B. Community of Interest the Chapter will to serve.
The community that this chapter will serve is the people who  
communicate using Bahasa Indonesia, or (and) are particularly  
interested in the development of communication society and technology  
in Indonesia, and the utilization of such in the general developments  
of the nation as a whole, under the context of not-for-profit.

C.Purpose and Scope of Chapter.
The primary purpose of this chapter is to formally and legally  
establish the idea that communication is a principal human right, one  
that should be treated in equality to other principal rights such as  
the right to live, work, etc. The scope of the chapter's activity  
will range from conducting seminars, workshops, trainings,  
discussions and other type of community activities, to establishing  
cooperation and lobbies with other organizations be it private or  
public, and also conducting public campaigns in order to achieve its  
primary purpose. In the technical side, this chapter will serve as a  
home base for the encouragement of research and development,  
especially in relation to open-state communication technologies (such  
as the internet)
As the Internet Society has a long history of conducting developing  
countries workshops and also experienced in the way of managing open- 
state technologies, operating under the guidance and assistance of  
Internet Society as a chapter would be beneficial for the effort, and  
in turn the efforts of the chapter will be beneficial to Internet  
Society as a whole, especially in term of far-reaching influence.

D. Founding members of the Chapter
Alphabetically:

Ahmad Zuhdi, Mr.
Zuhdi_id at fti-trisakti.net
In his capacity as head of department of Information Technology,  
Trisakti University

Daniel G K, Mr.
Danielgeka at ukrida.ac.id
In his capacity as a private citizen of Indonesia
+62 81310150644

Devi Dimitra Maksum Subagyo, Mrs.
ddimitra at yahoo.com
In her capacity as a private citizen of Indonesia
+62 8551027107

Erly Krisnanik, Mrs.
E_rly at yahoo.com
In her capacity as Head of computer laboratory, National Development  
University "Veteran" Jakarta
+62 8128039073

Helmy Thendean, Mr.
Helmy_thendean at yahoo.com
In his capacity as a private citizen of Indonesia
+62 818148963

Irwan Effendi, Mr.
Hero_tsai at mainsyscon.net
In his capacity as a private citizen of Indonesia

Linga Hanawati, Ms.
Meyling_the at yahoo.com
In her capacity as a private citizen of Indonesia
+62 8129859146

Lukas, Mr.
Lukas at atmajaya.ac.id
In his capacity as head of Electronic Engineering Department,  
Atmajaya Catholic University
+62 81311448512

Nina Sevani, Miss
Nina.sevani at ukrida.ac.id
In her capacity as head of Information Engineering Division, Krida  
Wacana University
+62 81310671071

Rilo Pambudi, Mr
In his capacity as representative of Economic Department, Atmajaya  
Catholic University

Sri Pamungkas, Mr
spamku at telkom.net
In his capacity as Vice Head of computer laboratory, National  
Development University "Veteran" Jakarta
+62 817798565


Wasino, Mr
wasino at untar.ac.id
In his capacity as head of Information Technology Training Center,  
Tarumanagara University
+62 8158852321

Yunianto Purnomo
yunianto at urkida.ac.id
In his capacity as Head of System Information division, Krida Wacana  
University
+62 8161839260

E. List of Supporters

Tarumanagara University - is providing an office room and internet  
connection (both for free) for the use of the organization and the  
chapter

Krida Wacana University - is providing a laboratory environment for  
the purpose of research and training

National Development University "Veteran" Jakarta - is providing  
location for training and seminar

Waskita Reiki Natural Healing Center - a not for profit foundation  
willing to provide support through partial sponsorship in public events

MaInSysCon - a consulting firm has provided the initial fund required  
to pay the fee for the process of incorporation.

Djati Adi Wicaksono, Mr. has provided assistance in organizing  
several public events.

F. List of Requirements

The law in Indonesia required any organization be legally  
incorporated if it is to be allowed to conduct any activities  
involving the general public; otherwise it will only be allowed to  
perform within a small contained environment such as one school or  
one company.
The law also required that opening an extension (chapter) of a  
foreign based organization must show the original (or legalized copy)  
article of incorporation of the main organization; and one officer of  
that organization must be present during the entire process of  
incorporation; this of course, we know is not feasible. An  
alternative of this is to establish and incorporate a local based  
organization, and then establish the chapter as a form of long term  
collaboration between the two organizations. We have established the  
local organization and some activities already completed while some  
other are well planned or underway. The name of this local  
organization is Asosiasi Internet Indonesia (translated into  
Indonesian Internet Association) and the founding members are the  
ones listed in this application. Under this context, this means that  
someone who wants to be the member of the chapter must be both a  
member of Internet Society and the local organization. This condition  
will need to be somehow explained in the Internet Society's  
membership administration (the place where a member can choose to  
join a chapter)

G. Additional Information
The majority of the present members of the local organization were in  
fact members of the dissolved "Indonesian Chapter" and they have  
actually been waiting for the replacement of the "lost chapter".
In addition, the current two projects being funded by ISOC have  
fallen way behind schedule; partly because of "lost guidance" as the  
people here is usually more motivated when they feel that there is  
direct involvement from the donors (i.e. the presence of ISOC through  
a chapter), so the new chapter will help a lot in morale boosting  
department.

H. Contact Information

Irwan Effendi
Hero_tsai at mainsyscon.net
Jl. Kelapa Molek VII Blok P1 No 2
Kelapa Gading - Jakarta Utara 14240
Indonesia
+62 21 4522713

Business affiliation: MaInSysCon - a consulting firm (owner)
Volunteer affiliation: Waskita Reiki Natural Healing Center - Secretary
Other affiliations:
International Webmaster Association
IEEE - Computer Society