[Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in the Greater Washington DC region (U.S.)

[Sabrina Wilmot]

Dear Colleagues,

The following application for the restart of a Chapter in the Greater 
Washington DC region (U.S.) has been received. It is being sent to this 
list for peer comment and review.

Please note that this is a rejuvenation effort, the Chapter has not 
officially been recognised by ISOC yet. More information about the 
recent activities of this Chapter in formation can be found at: 
http://www.isoc-dc.org/

The period allowed for comments is two weeks and the deadline is October 
7th, 2009.

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

Best regards,
Sabrina Wilmot
ISOC

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Chapter Application

A. Proposed name of the Chapter

The Chapter name will be "The Greater Washington DC Chapter of the 
Internet Society"; the additional phrase "Serving the DC-MD-VA Region" 
to be added where appropriate in order to indicate the geographical scope.

B. Community of Interest the Chapter will to serve

The Chapter will serve individuals and organizations living or working 
in the Greater Washington DC region encompassing the District of 
Columbia, the State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia in the 
United States of America.

C. Purpose and Scope of Chapter

The general purpose of the Chapter shall be to advance and promote the 
General Purpose and Guiding Principles of the Society by serving the 
interests of the local, national and global Internet community through a 
local presence.

The Chapter will carry out activities designed:

     * To facilitate and support the technical evolution of the Internet 
as a research and education infrastructure, and to stimulate the 
involvement of the scientific and engineering communities, industry, 
government and others in the evolution of the Internet;

     * To educate industry, government, academia, non-governmental 
organizations, and the public at large concerning the technology, use 
and application of the Internet;

     * To promote educational applications of Internet technology for 
the benefit of government, colleges and universities, industry, and the 
public at large; and

     * To provide a forum for exploration of new Internet applications, 
and stimulate collaboration among organizations in their operational use 
of the global Internet.

D. Founding Members of the Chapter

See attached Exhibit 1 "Founding Members".

E. List of Supporters

Several organizations in our area have indicated an interest in becoming 
sponsors, but no formal relationships have been established as of the 
time of this Application. They are Verizon, Afilias, Verisign, High 
Performance Technologies, Neustar, Georgetown University, and George 
Mason University.

F. List of Requirements

The Chapter intends to incorporate in the District of Columbia as a 
nonprofit corporation and to obtain Section 501(c)(3) charitable status 
from the IRS, either by application or by making use of ISOC’s group 
exemption, if available. A copy of the proposed Bylaws will be submitted 
for the required review and approval by ISOC.

G. Additional Information

This application is to restart the Washington DC chapter of the Internet 
Society, previously a large and vigorous chapter of ISOC for a number of 
years. The restarted Chapter intends to have new, active leadership, 
while benefitting from the expertise of those previously involved in the 
DC Chapter.  The proposed Chapter has already had several organizational 
meetings, breakfast discussion meetings in the District, Maryland and 
Virginia, and on-line discussions that have generated a high degree of 
interest and suggestions for programs and issues.  The strong support 
for a reinvigorated ISOC Chapter in the Greater Washington area can be 
seen in the many ISOC members that have signed on as co-founders and 
organizations that have indicated their interest in being chapter sponsors.

H. Your Contact Information

Prof. Michael R. Nelson
Acting President

John H. More
Acting Treasurer


Exhibit A

The following Internet Society members have signified, either by their 
physical signature or by an email with their name and email address, 
their desire to support the reactivation of the Washington DC Chapter of 
ISOC as a founding member of the chapter.

[Note by ISOC: The list with ca. 180 names and email addresses of 
founding members has been received by ISOC.]