[Chapter-delegates] Press release: ISOC announces six awardees for its returning Fellows program

[Gerard Ross]

Hello

For your information, here is a second press release which we will be  
issuing shortly.

Regards
- Gerard

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Gerard Ross
Senior Communications Manager
Internet Society
Email: ross at isoc.org



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Press release
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ISOC ANNOUNCES SIX AWARDEES FOR ITS RETURNING FELLOWS PROGRAM
- Program builds on the success of the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF

RESTON, VA, USA AND GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 9 July 2008 - The Internet  
Society (ISOC) has announced the names of fellowship alumni selected  
as Returning Fellows to attend the next two Internet Engineering Task  
Force (IETF) meetings: IETF 72 Dublin; IETF 73 Minneapolis.

ISOC awarded a total of six Fellowships to qualified alumni; three  
Fellowships for IETF 72, in Dublin, Ireland, from 27 July - 1 August  
2008, and three for IETF 73, in Minneapolis, USA, from 16 - 21  
November 2008. The recipients come from five countries, including one  
Returning Fellow each from Mongolia, Bangladesh, Mauritius, and  
Moldova and two Returning Fellows from Uruguay.

With so many benefits provided in a first-time fellowship to the IETF,  
Returning Fellows have the opportunity to leverage their initial IETF  
experience - contributing more information into the IETF standards  
processes about their particular regional needs, while helping build  
their local communities by getting engaged in standards tracks that  
have important implications for regional Internet growth. Their  
attendance at the meetings also increases the visibility of the IETF  
in developing countries.

"The Returning Fellows Program provides the opportunity for select  
motivated ISOC Fellowship alumni to attend another IETF meeting," said  
Karen Rose, Director of Education and Programs at the Internet  
Society. "We created the returning fellowship as a means to provide  
additional professional development for fellowship alumni and increase  
the IETF's visibility among technologists in developing countries."

"I am pleased to be returning to the IETF under this program," said  
Subramanian Moonesamy, Consultant. "It helps me highlight to others in  
Mauritius and in developing countries that the IETF is an open  
organisation where anyone can actively participate and influence the  
way Internet standards are developed."

"My work at the IETF will further enhance the viability of the local  
Internet communities throughout Mauritius and Africa," he said.

The selected Returning ISOC IETF Fellows are:

IETF 72, Dublin, Ireland

* Subramanian Moonesamy (Mauritius) is a consultant for Eland Systems  
and continues to participate in the IETF main discussion, Domain Keys  
Identified Mail, and Anti-Spam Research Group (Internet Research Task  
Force) mailing lists. He has also provided comments on numerous  
Internet Drafts.

* Alberto Castro (Uruguay) is a graduate student at Universidad de la  
República Oriental del Uruguay and is looking forward to participating  
in the upcoming Path Computation Element working group meeting and the  
Locator/ID Separation Protocol BoF (Birds of a Feather).

* Martín Germán (Uruguay) is a graduate student at Universidad de la  
República Oriental del Uruguay. He continues to participate in the  
Path Computation Element working group and Locator/ID Separation  
Protocol discussions.


IETF 73, Minneapolis, USA

* Baasansuren Burmaa (Mongolia) is the Director of .MN Registry at  
Datacom LLC where she has reviewed some of the Internationalised  
Domain Names in Applications (Revised) working group documents  
together with other ccTLDs. By attending a second IETF meeting, she  
aims to bring operator interests from Mongolia into IETF WGs.

* Mohibul Hasib Mahmud (Bangladesh) is currently working at BRAC BD  
Mail Network Ltd. (bracnet) as a Network Routing Manager. He is  
looking forward to the Domain Name System Operations working group  
meeting as his current research focuses on DNS traffic behavior.

* Veaceslav Sidorenco (Moldova) is an Associate Professor and  
researcher at Technical University, Chisinau, Moldova and is looking  
forward to discussing his National Research and Education Network  
(NREN) NOC work face to face with other Operations & Management Area  
working group specialists.	


ISOC is very pleased to acknowledge the corporate sponsorship from  
Afilias, Google, Intel, and Microsoft in support of the ISOC  
Fellowship to the IETF program.


Details of the Returning ISOC Fellowship to the IETF are available on  
the ISOC web site at:

   http://www.isoc.org/educpillar/fellowship/returningfellows.shtml


About the IETF
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open  
international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and  
researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture  
and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested  
individual. The IETF is an organised activity of the Internet Society.

About the Internet Society
The Internet Society is a non-profit organisation founded in 1992 to  
provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and  
policy. With offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland, it is  
dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the  
Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world.

For further details
Gerard Ross
Senior Communications Manager, Internet Society
E-mail: ross at isoc.org
Telephone: +41-228-071-444 x2261
4, rue des Falaises
CH-1205-Geneva
Switzerland