[Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in Bolivia
S.M.Raza
raza at raza.pk
Thu Aug 12 10:51:31 PDT 2010
ISOC Pakistan fully support this new chapter
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Sabrina Wilmot <wilmot at isoc.org> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> The following application for a Chapter in Bolivia 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 two weeks and the deadline is August 31,
> 2010.
>
> Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sabrina Wilmot
> ISOC
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *Chapter Application*
>
> A. Proposed name of the Chapter
>
> The name for the chapter should be ISOC Bolivia Chapter.
>
> B. Community of Interest the Chapter will to serve
>
> This Chapter will serve persons who live or work in Bolivia.
>
> C. Purpose and Scope of Chapter
>
> We intend to promote the development and the use of Internet in Bolivia, by
> trying to influence every segment of our society (government, private sector
> and civil society) through the awareness of seeking polices in this matter.
> This, task should be better achieve if we have the backup of ISOC and also
> if we can generate better relations with other international organizations
> such as ICANN, IGF, LACNIC, LACTLD and eLAC2010, among others.
>
> At 2009 Bolivia has only a 4% of Internet penetration and according to the
> Digital Opportunity Index (DOI), made by ITU in 2007; Bolivia occupies the
> 31 position of 35 countries in North, Central and South America. This
> indicators show the internal and external digital gap of our country and
> demostrates the importance for generate significant actions in order to
> improve the use of Internet in Bolivia.
>
> As an ISOC Chapter we will try to generate better understanding of
> technical, legal and social aspects of Internet trough congresses, courses,
> symposiums, and others types of training in these area, we also be offering
> documentation and information concerning the Internet and we will try to
> facilitate any technical and legal advice necessary for the better
> development of the net. We also are interested in the development of
> relationships with ISOC member communities of other countries.
>
> D. Founding Members of the Chapter
>
> Rodrigo Saucedo Linares,
> Jorge Patiño
>
> E. List of Supporters
> Organizational supporter.
> Agencia para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información en Bolivia:
> www.adsib.gob.bo
>
> Fundación Redes para el Desarrollo Sostenible: www.fundacionredes.org
>
> Individual supporters:
> Jorge Patiño
> Eduardo Rojas
> Amparo Subieta
> Victor Bazbazat
> Diego Loayza
> Julio Quintanilla
> Diego Pardovalle
> Mauricio Ibáñez
> Enrique del Rio
> Moira Handal
> Gonzalo del Villar
> Gustavo Bonifaz
> Alejandro Saucedo
> Álvaro Coloma
> Valeria Castellanos
> Viviane Vogels
> Rodrigo Arce
> Bernardo Peña
> Hidaya Handal
> Daniel Gottschalck
> Carmen Romero
> Roberto Baya
> Marcelo Llorente
> Andrés Bedregal
>
> F. List of Requirements
>
> There is no specific law or regulations that a non-profit, civil
> organization that is seeking to promote the development and the use of
> Internet is needed to fur fill in order to be able to do so in Bolivia, just
> have to follow the civil law to form a non-profit organization in our
> country.
>
> G. Additional Information
>
> We have the support of "National Agency for the Development of the
> Information Society in Bolivia" (ADSIB), this government agency works under
> the mandate of the Vice-presidency of the Republic with the promotion of ICT
> policies and implementation of projects in areas such as e-education,
> e-commerce and e-government and also manages the Country Code Top Level
> Domain ".bo" (ccTLD.bo).
>
> H. Your Contact Information
> Rodrigo Saucedo Linares
> La Paz - Bolivia
>
>
> More information:
>
> 1. How is this Chapter related to other Chapters?
> We will try to promote and facilitate the development of relationships with
> ISOC member communities of other countries, particularly with those of the
> region of Latin and Central America.
>
> 2. What will this Chapter be doing?
> In general our objectives of "ISOC Bolivia Chapter" shall be as follows:
> a) To promote the development and the use of Internet in Bolivia.
> b) To act as a local reference point for technical, social and
> educational matters concerning the Internet.
> c) To promote the open development and evolution of the Internet, its
> services and contents.
> d) To locally promote the values and goals of the Internet Society
> (hereinafter ISOC).
> e) To organize congresses, courses, symposiums, and/or debates seeking
> to inform about matters concerning the Internet.
> f) To facilitate and promote the development of the means necessary
> for offering documentation and/or information concerning the Internet.
> g) To establish close communication and contact between ISOC members
> residing in Bolivia.
> h) To offer any general, technical, and legal advice necessary for the
> better development of the Internet community.
> i) To promote investigation concerning the Internet.
> j) To promote and facilitate the development of relationships with
> ISOC member communities of other countries, particularly with those of the
> region of Latin and Central America.
>
> 3. Are there any issues that we need to be aware of?
> There is no specific law or regulations that a non-profit, civil
> organization that is seeking to promote the development and the use of
> Internet is needed to fur fill in order to be able to do so in Bolivia.
>
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S.M.Raza.
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