[Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in Bogota, Colombia

[Carlos M. Martinez]

We in ISOC Uruguay support this chapter.

On 12/2/10 3:41 PM, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> The following application for a Chapter in Bogota, Colombia, 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.
>
> FYI, we have met some of the applicants in the past year at various
> meetings and have encouraged the members to join the existing
> Colombian Chapter on several occasions. However, they have decided to
> form a Chapter in Bogota, and their ideas are outlined in the
> application below.
>
> 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
> December 15, 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
> Capítulo Bogotá-Colombia de ISOC / Bogotá-Colombia Chapter Of  ISOC.
>
> B. Community of Interest the Chapter will to serve
> The community of Interest of this Chapter will be initially the
> residents of Bogota. Eventually we hope to scale our reach to other
> cities and towns in Colombia.
>
> C. Purpose and Scope of Chapter
> The Bogota-Colombia Chapter of ISOC will be an open organization where
> every individual or institution will be welcome to participate and
> contribute. It will make a special emphasis in a frequently and
> effective communication to coordinate the local efforts with the
> regional and global ISOC organization, and its many chapters, by
> becoming a global reference on how to engage the different actors
> (Government, enterprise, education and civil society), in order to
> leverage best practices for the development of local, regional and
> national public policy becoming an expert in Internet related topics.
>
> The Chapter aims to become a channel for execution of programs of
> Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of Colombian based companies,
> developing activities focused at increasing the “digital inclusion” in
> our target population. With this support and with support from many
> sources, the Chapter will perform activities in the areas of education
> and the promotion of alternative methods of access to internet.
>
> One difference of the chapter is to help forging productive links
> between the electronic game industry and projects involving the use of
> games in education, training, health, and public policy. This will
> help in exploring the competences development by empowering the people
> in the problem solving of the challenges facing the world, identified
> in the Millennium Development (MDG) goals.
>
> D. Founding Members of the Chapter
> Name    Surname  (Profession, Office Company, Email on file)
> Francisco Alcides Ruano Males    
> Mauricio Álvarez Aragón
> Lorenzo Alberto Antamaría Espinosa
> Abelardo Arciniegas
> Diana Carolina     Arias
> Ariel Barbosa
> Martha Patricia Barrera Alfonso   
> Carlos Andrés Barrero Flórez
> Yesid Alejandro Barreto Jiménez
> Jorge Fernando Bejarano Lobo
> Crispín Swedi Bilombele
> Philippe Boland
> Pierre-Alain Branger
> Germán Bustos
> Mario Hamid Cajiao Mejía
> Wilman Alonso Camargo Asesor
> Julián Casasbuenas G.
> Andrés R. Castelblanco Mendoza
> José Manuel Castelblanco Arenas
> Juan Carlos Castellanos
> Mauricio Rafael Castro Abarca
> Carlos Arturo Cely Niño
> Sandra L. Céspedes Umaña
> Francisco José Córdoba
> Jhon Alexander Cuartas Flórez
> José Camilo Daccach T.
> Andrés Gustavo Díaz
> Jairo Alberto Galindo Cuesta
> Francisco Javier Galindo Vázquez
> Fabián Orlando García
> María Andrea Giraldo
> Felipe Alexander González Castillo
> JOSE SAMUEL GONZALEZ CONTRERAS
> José Samuel González Contreras
> José Adelmo González R.
> Carlos    Gutiérrez Cuevas
> Yair José Guzmán Brieva
> Alejandro Hernández
> José Luis Hernández Bautista
> Carolina Herrera De Castellanos
> Luis Alberto Lesmes Sáenz
> Carlos     Linares Valentín
> Maricela Londoño
> Edwin Orlando López
> Jefferson Camilo López Barrero
> Alfredo    López Hernández    Educación
> Bell Manrique Mejía
> Iván Darío Marrugo Jiménez
> Daniel     Mejía Maldonado
> Carlos A. Merchán
> Carolina Morales Prado
> Ana María Moreno Ballesteros
> Alberto Moreno Quiñones
> Freddy Alberto Mosquera
> Liliana Andrea Murillo Pardo
> Yeisson    Navarrete Martínez
> Carlos    Neira
> Fabio Cesar Olaya Fernández
> Jairo Ortiz
> Luis Farley Ortiz Forero
> Diane Yissel Osorio Herrera
> Andrés Guillermo Otálora
> Arilog Regina Pavón Ángel
> Julio    Páez
> Carlos Huber Pinilla Buitrago
> Yesid Polania
> Eugenia Ramírez Isaza
> Cindy Restrepo
> Erick Rincón Cárdenas
> Freddy Javier Robayo Vargas
> Gilberto Rodríguez
> Gabriel Rodríguez Escandón
> Francisco Javier Roldán
> Andrés E. Roldan Martínez   
> Luz Nelly Romero Agúdelo
> Gonzalo Alfredo    Romero Borda
> Nelson Alberto Ruan Ceballos
> Mónica     Rubiano
> Luis Guillermo Rubiano Orjuela
> Tatiana Salamanca Abogada
> Félix Eduardo Salcedo
> Cesar Augusto Salinas Bermúdez
> Carlos    Sanabria Periodismo
> Eduardo Santoyo
> Gabriel Mauricio Sarmiento
> Idier Socha Prieto
> Carlos Eugenio Thompson Pinzón
> María Lucía Urrego
> Iván Vargas Chaves
> Ana Erlinda Veloza Cerón
> Omar Villota Hurtado
> Alicia Inés Zanfrillo
> Ramiro Zarate Angulo
>
> E. List of Supporters
> Organization    Name    Role    (Contact mail on file)
> 1. Colnodo - Julián Casasbuenas, Director
> 2. .co internet sas - Eduardo Santoyo, VP, Asuntos Corporativos e
> Institucionales,
> 3. enREDo - Ana María Moreno Ballesteros, President   
>
> F. List of Requirements
> None  requirements.
>
> G. Additional Information
> Our communication strategy has been successful, and with the creation
> of a site: http://colombia.isoc.pro/ as part of an effort of
> transparence in all the processes, so each member and person
> interested can consult the history of the creation of the chapter.
>
> H. Your Contact Information
> Philippe Boland
> enREDo
> Bogotá Colombia
> (details on file)
>
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> RE: Application of Colombian Chapter of the Internet Society - ISOC -
> COLOMBIA
>
> We are writing in behalf of all the people interested in creating the
> Bogotá-Colombia chapter and be one of the official chapters of ISOC.
>
> In the ISOC Business plan 2010-2012, the next 24 months will be
> crucial for the future of this great organization, and the “lift the
> game” strategy to reduce semi active chapters will rejuvenate the
> presence of ISOC in the world, for that reason we want to be an
> official chapter because we are focused in be the most active chapter
> in Latin America and further in the world.
>
> We know the importance of ISOC in the world, and for that reason, we
> have been preparing the creation of the chapter for many months in
> order to have the entire crucial axis in place. We have made 6
> preparations meetings by one of our supporting organizations (enREDo-
> Red Internacional de Diseño through its Club Networking TIC),
> gathering more than 75 people and designing strategies to maintain the
> connected with ISOC Bogota-Colombia.
>
> Our communication strategy has been successful, and with the creation
> of a site: http://colombia.isoc.pro/ as part of an effort of
> transparence in all the processes, so each member and person
> interested can consult the history of the creation of the chapter.
>
> Another strategy has been the mailing list (now with 3.000 people)
> receiving the updates of this great process.
>
> Many of our members, such as Patricia Cespedes (an IEFT scholar and
> member of ISOC for many years) are supporting the chapter creation
> from their actual location (in this case Canada).
>
> We look forward to receive a positive and fast answer of this great
> effort we are engaged.
>
> Respectfully submitted,
> Maricela Londoño C.
>
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