[Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in Belgrade, Serbia

Wed Mar 19 15:47:59 PDT 2008

Sabrina,
The ISOC Disability and Special Needs Chapter and ICDRI was in Belgrade,
Serbia last year providing training and technical assistance alongside the
Linux Center.  We can especially vouch for Vedran Vucic.

Best regards,
Cynthia Waddell

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-----Original Message-----
From: chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org
[mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Sabrina
Wilmot
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 4:29 AM
To: Chapter Delegates
Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in
Belgrade,Serbia

Dear Colleagues,

The following application for a Chapter in Belgrade, Serbia, has been 
received. It is being sent to this list for peer comment and review.

Please note that the Chapter is not yet formed and has not officially
been recognised by ISOC.

If there are people on this list that know the individuals proposing to
establish the Chapter, feedback is especially welcome.

The period allowed for comments is 2 weeks and the deadline is 1st April 
2008.

Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.

Best regards,
Sabrina Wilmot
ISOC
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Chapter Application for ISOC Chapter Belgrade

A. Name of chapter
Internet Society of Belgrade, Serbia, Chapter of the Internet Society.

B. Geographic area that chapter serves
Belgrade
The Belgrade Chapter of Internet Society will be based in Belgrade, the 
capital of Serbia. It will serve the local Internet community in 
Belgrade, as well as it may from time to time serve the wider Internet 
community in Serbia and in South Eastern Europe, if the purpose and 
scope of the Chapter differs from the existing chapters in the area.
The ISOC Chapter Belgrade welcomes an opportunity to work jointly on 
projects with other ISOC Chapters in Southeastern Europe and it 
encourages other ISOC Chapters to form freely in other parts of the 
country as of when and if such need arises.

Belgrade (Serbian: Београд, Beograd) is the capital and largest city of 
Serbia. The city lies at the confluence of the Sava and Danube Rivers in 
north central Serbia, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkan 
Peninsula. With an official population of 1,282,801 (city) and 1,576,124 
(metropolitan area)(2002), Belgrade is the largest city in the territory 
of the former Yugoslavia, and the fourth largest in Southeastern Europe, 
behind Istanbul, Athens and Bucharest. Belgrade has the status of a 
separate territorial unit in Serbia, with its own autonomous city 
government. Its territory is divided into 17 municipalities, each having 
its own local council. It covers 3.6% of the territory of Serbia, and 
21% of the Serbian population lives in the city. Belgrade is the central
economic hub of Serbia, and the capital of Serbian culture, education 
and science.

Serbia borders Hungary to the north; Romania and Bulgaria to the east; 
Albania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the south; and 
Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west. Serbia 
covers the area of 88,361 km2 and has the estimated population of 
9,778,991 citizens (approximation form 2006.).

C. Purpose and Scope of Chapter
The purpose and the scope of the chapter is:
* to promote ISOC goals mission and principles described herewith:
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/mission/principles/
* to support and promote adoption and development of open standards and 
open protocols
* to enable programs and improve Internet access for disabled users
* to keep the members and public informed with regards to the latest
developments, activities and initiatives in the sphere of the Internet 
and Internet regulation locally and internationally
* to help implementation of ICT projects (those that relate to the 
Internet)
* to organise consultations with Internet users and hands-on training 
activities
* to reach out, co-ordinate and co-operate with other national and 
international organisations, professional institutions and individuals 
of similar aims and goals and contribute to the exchange of information 
and best practices and improve standards of IT services
* to co-ordinate society activities and secure financial stability 
necessary for day-to-day operation
* to provide a forum for discussion of issues that affect Internet evolution
* in accordance with its findings, to make recommendations and inform 
relevant ministries as well as other state actors on how to develop and 
improve the state of Internet in the country
* foster more opportunities for Internet professionals in Serbia to 
participate in local and International community activities

D. List of founding members of Internet Society Chapter of Serbia
1. Vedran Vucic, Chairman, Linux Centar
    Belgrade
2. Slobodan Djinovic, President, MediaWorks
    Belgrade
3. Desiree Zeljka Miloshevic, ISOC Board Trustee (Serbia/UK)
    Belgrade/London
4. Zarko Paunovic, Faculty of Political Sciences
    Belgrade
5. Aleksandar Markovic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Belgrade
6. Dr Olivera Vukicevic-Radic, Institute for Biological Research
    Belgrade
7. Dusan Jovanovic, Dipl Arch
    Belgrade
8. Ivan Jelic, President, Free Software Network Serbia
    Belgrade/Kraljevo
9. Tijana Mahieu,
    Belgrade
10. Srdjan B Stakic, Dipl Eng
     ISOC Belgrade Chapter application
     Belgrade
11. Nebojsa D. Skrbic, Vinca, Institute of Nuclear Sciences
     Belgrade
12. Zoran Pantelic, Dipl Arch
     Belgrade
13. Milena Milivojev,
     Belgrade
14. Marija Knezevic
     Belgrade
15. Tihomir Trivunac,
     Belgrade
16. Zivko Milosevic, Parallel d.o.
     Belgrade
17. Vladimir Radunovic, DiploFoundation
     Belgrade
18. Nikola Bozic, DiploFoundation
     Belgrade
19. Nikola Kepcija
     Belgrade
20. Milan Kovacevic
     Belgrade
21. Slobodan Markovic, CENTAR za Razvoj Interneta
     Belgrade
22. Goran Dimitrijevic, PC World Micro
     Belgrade
23. Gogana Modusan
     Belgrade
24. Sanja Ralevic
     Belgrade
25. Majda Kozelj
     Belgrade

E. list of supporters
Societies:
1. Linux Centar, Belgrade
2. NetCentar - Center for Internet Development
3. FSN Serbia - Free Software Network Serbia
Individual supporters:
Drazen Pantic, Co-founder of OpenNet, Internet Department of B92 Radio 
Station, http://www.location1.org/drazen_pantic.html/

F. Government requirements for forming a chapter group (fees,
documentation, or any other requirements that are necessary)
* Ministry's approval of ISOC Serbia (Belgrade) incorporation
* Registry Fees
* ISOC Serbia (Belgrade) Bylaws

G. Additional Information
Members of ISOC Serbia Belgrade met over the last two years in Belgrade 
and since then have been working on several Internet related projects 
together. When seeking legal assistance to establish a non-for-profit 
company in Serbia under the name of "Internet Drustvo Srbija", our legal 
adviser recommended to wait until the referendum in Montenegro takes 
place (May 2006). Only after the referendum, the society formally 
decided on the organisation's name and incorporated as the 
non-for-profit company under the name of: Internet Society of Serbia, in 
translation, Internet Drustvo Srbija (Belgrade) last year 2006.
However, since there is an existing ISOC chapter of Serbia, and since 
our scope and focus of work is different, we are happy to send in 
application and be known as ISOC Chapter Belgrade, although our official 
non-for-profit company registration is in the name of ISOC Serbia. 
Bylaws and registration documents with company's seal are attached.

H. Address or contact information Internet Society of Belgrade, Serbia - 
Internet Drustvo Beograd, Srbija
Vukice Mitrovic 42
11 000 Belgrade
Serbia
Phone: +381637822692

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