[Chapter-delegates] Fwd: [ISOC] ISOC Member Newsletter - Volume 9 Number 10 - October 2010
Anne Lord
lord at isoc.org
Sun Oct 31 18:58:34 PDT 2010
Dear Colleagues,
Congratulations! The Chapter "News" items in the ISOC monthly
newsletter for October hit an all time record of 14 contributions.
This is really fantastic. A special "thank you" to everyone who
submitted an update on behalf of a Chapter and for all the work being
done on behalf of the Internet Society.
If your Chapter has had an event(s), contributed to local action or
projects in support of the Internet Society, please help us to "share
your success" by writing a short paragraph for the newsletter to share
with all ISOC members worldwide. It would be great to see even more
contributions!
Many thanks,
Anne
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> October 2010
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> Internet Society Member Newsletter
> Volume 9 Number 10 - October 2010
> Full online version: http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?m=201010
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>
> Contents
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>
> Internet Society Updates & General News
> ----------------------------
>
> - Internet Society Helps Convene First LACNOG Meeting
> - Business and Technical Communities Support Renewal of IGF Mandate
> - 23 Emerging Global Leaders Complete Next Generation Leaders
> eLearning Course
> - New Internet Society Chapter in Rwanda
> - Community Grants Programme Project Showcases
> - Call for applications for ICANN GAC Chief Executive Secretary
>
> Chapter News
> ------------
>
> - Armenia
> - Australia
> - Bulgaria
> - Cambodia
> - Chad
> - Ecuador
> - Finland
> - India, Kolkata
> - Israel
> - Liberia
> - Nepal
> - Pacific Islands
> - Pakistan
> - Romania
>
> ===========================================================
> Internet Society Updates & General News
> ===========================================================
>
> Internet Society Helps Convene First Latin American Network
> Operators Group
>
> The first meeting of the Network Operators Group of Latin America
> and the
> Caribbean (LACNOG) took place in Sao Paulo 19 to 22 October 2010.
> The event
> convened technologist and operational experts from leading Internet
> providers,
> equipment manufactures, organizations responsible for Internet
> coordination
> and the academic networking community and will provide a forum for the
> discussion and exchange of information on key operational issues
> impacting the
> Internet in the region.
>
> Christian O' Flaherty, Internet Society Regional Development Manager
> for Latin
> America, commented: "There was a need for a pan-regional network
> operators
> group in Latin America so the Internet Society worked together with
> the
> Internet community in the region to make it happen. We look forward to
> advancing information sharing and the discussions of mutual
> opportunities and
> threats to the industry in the region."
>
> The event for the first time brought together people in the region
> responsible
> for the creation, maintenance and operation of Internet networks and
> provided
> a forum for discussion, coordination, and the exchange of best
> practices
> between networking professionals. The event was co-located with
> related
> events: the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry
> meeting,
> LACNIC XIV, which includes its Public Policy Forum, and the Forum of
> the
> Brazilian Autonomous System Networks (PTT Forum 2010), organized by
> the
> Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br).
>
> The staging of the first LACNOG event and the creation of a pan
> Latin American
> Network Operators community will be further strengthened through
> additional
> meetings and online discussions. For more information, see:
>
> http://www.lacnog.org/
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Business and Technical Communities Support Renewal of IGF Mandate
>
> With the United Nations General Assembly preparing to decide whether
> to renew
> the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a multi-
> stakeholder body
> created by the UN for discussion of Internet policy issues, the IGF
> received a
> strong vote of confidence from the business and technical
> communities. At a
> joint event for UN delegates on 21 October, the International
> Chamber of
> Commerce (ICC) and the Internet Society urged UN member states to
> continue the
> mandate of the IGF, with its founding principles intact, as a unique
> space for
> exchange on important Internet governance policy matters.
>
> "Global business strongly supports continuation of the IGF, viewing
> the
> current IGF model as uniquely flexible and effective in addressing
> challenging
> Internet policy issues," stated Jeff Brueggeman, vice president of
> public
> policy with AT&T, speaking on behalf of ICC and its BASIS (Business
> Action to
> Support the Information Society) initiative. "The IGF allows for
> candid
> discussion on Internet policy and emerging issues among governments,
> business,
> the Internet technical community and civil society, which has
> lasting impact
> on national, regional and global policy decisions. Business is
> committed to
> continued improvement of the IGF process, such as greater
> participation of
> stakeholders from developing economies. As demonstrated at the
> recent IGF
> session in Vilnius, Lithuania, there has been marked improvement in
> active
> participation in this unique forum."
>
> The Internet Society echoed these sentiments: "The Internet Society
> and its
> membership believe that the IGF is one of the most effective and
> successful
> outcomes from the UN's World Summit on Information Society (WSIS),"
> commented
> Constance Bommelaer, Senior Manager, Strategic Global Engagement,
> "The IGF
> inspires people to work effectively in support of multi-stakeholder
> and
> people-centered development of the Internet – a key goal of the
> WSIS. It
> promotes and supports work in communities, in countries, in all
> regions and at
> the global level. The IGF provides an opportunity for governments,
> business,
> civil society and the Internet community to share experiences and best
> practices that can inform decision making in their home communities
> to address
> the issues of economic and social growth and development that are
> essential to
> achieving the Millennium Development Goals."
>
> The event, organized with the support of the French government,
> focused on the
> IGF's benefits from the perspectives of different stakeholder groups
> and
> underscored the importance of "enhanced cooperation" in matters of
> Internet
> governance.
>
> For more information about the workshop organized by ISOC and ICC,
> see:
>
> http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/wsis/IGF.shtml
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> 23 Emerging Global Leaders Complete Next Generation Leaders
> eLearning Course
>
> The Internet Society is proud to announce that 23 emerging global
> leaders have
> successfully completed the inaugural eLearning online course, a
> central
> component of the Internet Society's Next Generation Leaders (NGL)
> programme.
>
> The Internet Society's Next Generation Leaders programme blends
> coursework,
> practical experience and mentorship to help prepare young
> professionals from
> around the world to become the next generation of Internet
> technology, policy,
> and business leaders.
>
> During twenty four intensive weeks, our students learned the
> essential topics
> required for effective interactions and relationships within the
> Internet
> ecosystem, as well as key concepts and emerging issues in Internet
> governance.
>
> 2011 will see an expansion of the eLearning offerings: one class in
> English
> and a concurrent class in French. We intend to translate the course
> material
> into other official UN languages. With the overwhelming response to
> the
> inaugural class (over 200 applications were received), the Internet
> Society
> expects to receive many more expressions of interest in the upcoming
> application round, slated to open in the first quarter of 2011.
>
> The 2010 eLearning students join an ever-expanding pool of NGL
> talents that
> have already, or will, take the opportunity to apply their
> leadership skills
> through participating in the Internet Society's Next Generation
> Leaders
> representation programmes, including fellowships to the Internet
> Governance
> Forum, Internet Engineering Task Force, World Bank, and Organisation
> for
> Economic Co-operation & Development.
>
> The NGL programme is sponsored by organizations including: Nominet
> Trust and
> the Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération
> (AFNIC) and
> the European Commission. Additional support has been provided by
> Microsoft,
> Intel, Afilias, and Google for the NGL's Internet Society Fellowship
> to the
> IETF component.
>
> Full details of the Next Generation Leaders programme and its other
> opportunities are available at:
>
> http://www.InternetSociety.org/leaders/
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> New Internet Society Chapter in Rwanda
>
> A new Internet Society Chapter has been formed in Rwanda led by
> Marie Paule
> Uwase and Chris Mulola. Information about the ISOC Rwanda Chapter is
> available
> at:
>
> http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/list/?id=279&status=A&view=details#279
>
> A formal resolution to allow the Board to formally welcome the new
> Chapter
> will be available for the next meeting of the Board of Trustees.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Community Grants Programme Project Showcase: Dili Village Telco
>
> - Contributed by David Rowe
>
> Dili is the largest city in Timor Leste, and one of the poorest
> countries in
> Asia. Like many countries, mobile and fixed phone service is
> available but
> simply too expensive for the average Timorese. The Dili Village
> Telco project
> is building a 100 node mesh telephone network to provide low cost
> local calls.
>
> A Village Telco is built from low cost, rugged Wifi telephony
> devices (the
> Mesh Potato). Each Mesh Potato provides a single telephone land-line
> to the
> end user, and is connected to other Mesh Potatoes via a mesh Wifi
> network. So
> far 71 Mesh Potatoes have been deployed, and the project has been
> extended to
> the rural areas of Baucau and Ermera. The Dili networks links local
> NGOs,
> enable them to communicate free of charge. In Ermera there is no
> telephone
> network, so our network allows people across rugged terrain to
> communicate,
> saving hours of travel.
>
> There are still some problems with setting up reliable Wifi links
> when there
> is interference and line of sight problems due to tall trees. One
> fantastic
> outcome is that local Timorese are now training other local Timorese
> how to
> set up Village Telco networks. This means it is possible to set up
> and grow
> Village Telco networks without expensive 1st world consultants.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Community Grants Programme Project Showcase: Creation of an Up-to-Date
> Regional Community Internet Center
>
> - Contributed by Margarita Solomonyan
>
> In order to develop the Internet in the Lori Region, the NGO "Business
> Development & Support Center" from the mid 90's carried out several
> projects
> (Internet access, training, website development, network
> maintenance, etc.).
>
> The idea to take pupils during summer vacation became the basis for
> the
> creation of the Summer Computer Club (2005), which in a short time
> turned into
> a permanent Regional Internet Centre (RIC), which was used not only by
> students but also teachers, representatives of the community, and
> businessmen.
> The distinguishing feature of the Centre was that it was, and
> continues to be,
> used by many different members of the community: the heads of schools,
> representatives of local and regional administrations, the business
> community
> (Chamber of commerce and industry of Lori Region, "SIM Tpagratun"
> Ltd.,
> "Vanadzor shue factory" OJSC, "Arminco" Ltd., "Beeline" CJSC, WB
> Armenia,
> etc.) who have contributed to its development.
>
> They have provided space, facilities, equipment and additional means
> of
> communication. Constant attention from the Internet Society Armenia
> Chapter
> (since 2007 http://www.isoc.am/events/vanadzor_ss.htm,
> http://www.isoc.am/events/vanadzor_april2007.htm) and support from the
> Internet Society Community Grants Programme provided for the
> expansion of the
> Internet Centre and for more recent programs to become traditional
> events:
>
> - Training (basic skills, programming, TOT, accounting, foreign
> languages,
> etc.)
> - Contests Programming
> - Organization of forums, videoconferencing
> - Presentations
>
> Positive results of the RIP in Vanadzor is expected to translate to
> other
> cities in the Lori Region to spread and create a network of similar
> local
> centers.
>
> [Russian]
>
> С целью развития Интернета в
> Лорийском регионе Армении НПО "Центр
> развития и
> содействия предпринимательству"
> начиная с середины 90-х годов
> осуществила ряд
> проектов (Интернет-провайд, обучение,
> создание сайтов, обслуживание сетей и
> др.).
>
> Идея занять школьников во время
> летних каникул стала основой для
> создания
> Летнего Компьютерного Клуба (2005г.),
> который за короткое время
> превратился в
> постоянно действующий Региональный
> Интернет Центр (РИЦ), которым
> пользовались
> не только школьники, но и студенты,
> предприниматели. Отличительной
> чертой
> стало то, что в результатах работы
> этого Центра были заинтересованы
> многие
> структуры: руководители школ,
> представители местной и региональной
> администрации, бизнес-сообщество
> (Торгово-промышленная палата
> Лорийского
> региона, ООО "СИМ Тпагратун", АООТ
> "Ванадзорская обувная фабрика", ООО
> "Арминко", АОЗТ "Билайн", ВБ Армения и
> др.), которые содействовали его
> развитию: предоставили помещение,
> технику, связь. Постоянное внимание со
> стороны ISOC Armenia (с 2007г. http://www.isoc.am/events/vanadz
> or_ss.htm,
> http://www.isoc.am/events/vanadzor_april2007.htm) и ISOC (2009г.)
> позволило
> расширить возможности Интернет
> Центра и осуществить за последние
> годы ставшие
> традиционными мероприятия:
>
> Ø обучение (базовые навыки,
> программирование, ТОТ, бухучет,
> иностранные
> языки и др.)
> Ø организация конкурсов по
> программированию
> Ø организация форумов,
> видеоконференций
> Ø организация презентаций
>
> Положительные результаты работы РИЦ
> в г.Ванадзоре предполагается
> представить и
> в других городах Лорийского региона с
> целью распространеня и создания сети
> аналогичных локальных Центров.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Call for applications for ICANN GAC Chief Executive Secretary
>
> ICANN recently published call for applications for the position of
> Chief
> Executive Secretary for the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC).
> The Chief
> Executive Secretary (CES) will manage a GAC Secretariat comprised of
> the CES,
> as well a Senior Advisor and an Office Manager, to ensure continuity
> of
> support and knowledge development of the GAC. This team will work
> closely with
> ICANN who will continue its general support to the GAC. The Chief
> Executive
> Secretary will work closely with the GAC chair in progressing the
> GAC's work
> program.
>
> The Secretariat will be located in the Netherlands, and a start is
> foreseen
> between the 1st of January 2011 and the 41st ICANN/GAC meeting in San
> Francisco in June 2011, for which the team is expected to
> participate in its
> functioning capacity. Additional information may be found on the GAC
> website
> at:
> http://www.gac.icann.org/press-release/call-applications-gac-ces-
> chief-
> executive-secretary-position
>
> ===========================================================
> Chapter News
> ===========================================================
>
> Armenia
>
> Contributed by: Igor Mkrtumyan
>
> The annual General Assembly (GA) of the ISOC Armenia Chapter took
> place with
> more than 70 members present. The agenda included a report from the
> President
> of the Chapter, I. Mkrtumyan, on Chapter's 2009 activity and future
> plans.
>
> I.Mkrtumyan analyzed the Internet development in Armenia
> highlighting the
> following figures:
>
> - Internet penetration: 7% (ITU estimate), 20% (government estimate).
> - Number of registered domains: 12,000 (end of 2009)
> - Low Internet penetration in Armenia was explained by comparatively
> high
> Internet connection prices and low incomes.
>
> It was pointed out that the Internet penetration increase is mostly
> due to
> social networks and mobile phones. Nearly all young people are
> currently
> socializing through networks. There are also many Internet cafes and
> clubs
> with acceptable prices. Mobile phones are also contributing to the
> increase of
> Internet penetration; according to figures of the leading mobile
> operator of
> Armenia, Vivacell, out of 2.4 mln.users, 600,000 are Internet
> connected.
>
> A Regional Internet Community Center has been established in Vanadzor.
> M.Solomonyan, Internet Society Armenia member, led the project and
> achieved
> tangible results. The role of the Internet Society and the Community
> Grants
> Program in the development of Internet in developing countries was
> highly
> appreciated.
>
> The Internet Society Armenia Chapter's Freenet portal (www.freenet.am)
> providing free dial-up access, e-mail, and WebPages for low income
> people was
> redesigned and is currently re-registering all users. The GA
> supported a
> proposal that Freenet.am which formerly provided web access to the
> Armenian
> Internet only should start to make available world-wide Internet
> access with a
> bandwidth that Internet Society Armenia Chapter can pay for.
>
> A joint initiative is being undertaken by the Union of IT
> enterprises of
> Armenia (UITE) and the Internet Society Armenia Chapter to establish
> an
> Internet Exchange (ARMIX) foundation and collaborate with the
> Armenian Media
> Education Center in another project called Safer Internet
> (www.safe.am). The
> activity of CERT Armenia working within the Internet Society Armenia
> Chapter
> was reported mentioning the CSIRT 2009 Security Workshop organized
> together
> with the National Academy of Sciences.
>
> The Concept of Internet Development in Armenia based on Sharm El
> Sheikh IGF
> decisions (http://www.isoc.am/publ/concept.pdf) was presented for
> consideration to the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The
> Internet
> Society Armenia Chapter's work in governing critical Internet
> resources in
> Armenia, namely IPv6 was reported. Internet Society Armenia Chapter
> representatives participated in the IPv6 training in Tbilisi and RIPE
> meetings. Country DNS will be IPv6 ready by the end of 2010.
>
>
> Measures taken by the Internet Society Armenia Chapter in
> collaboration with
> AM TLD Registry to ensure the security, stability and resiliency of
> country
> DNS, among them timely introducing of DNSSEC (by the end of 2010) were
> reported. The GA was informed about a Community DNS anycast server
> installed
> at AMNIC and a plan to install another AM anycast server in Greece.
> It will
> improve the country DNS resilience to attacks.
>
> For the complete Internet Society Armenia Chapter update, see:
>
> http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=2386
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Australia
> - Contributed by Holly Raiche
>
> The main news item is our very successful 2-day IPv6 Summit, held in
> Melbourne. We had a good mix of national and international speakers
> (and were
> happy to see Phil Roberts from ISOC there). All the speakers bios and
> presentations are available on:
>
> http://www.ipv6.org.au/summit/abstracts.php
>
> We also held our AGM to coincide with the summit. We have two new
> directors,
> Skeeve Stevens, CEO of eintelligo, a Sydney based company that
> builds and
> manages ISP and other networks, and Roger Clarke, academic at the
> Australian
> National University, who has his own consultancy as well. He has
> years of
> experience in Internet issues, with a particular interest and
> concern with
> privacy. Our other major event this quarter was the completion of a
> 'Broadband
> Primer' for the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network
> (ACCAN), the
> peak telecommunications body, setting out in simple terms the issues
> for
> consumers raised by our planned National Broadband Network.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Bulgaria
>
> - Contributed by Julia Velkova
>
> Report on the Socioeconomic Benefits of Bulgarian Fiber Broadband –
> a survey
> by the Yankee group in cooperation with Stratix Consulting and the
> Internet
> Society Bulgaria Chapter.
>
> In September 2009, the Fiber to the Home Council Europe commissioned
> a study
> of the Bulgarian fiber market to evaluate the impact of the FTTB
> offerings in
> Bulgaria. The qualitative and quantitative study was undertaken by
> Yankee
> Group, in cooperation with Stratix Consulting and the Internet Society
> Bulgaria Chapter, between September and December 2009. The document
> describes
> the main results and examines in particular the socioeconomic
> impacts of FTTB
> on Bulgarian broadband users. The results of the study are now
> publicly
> available. We believe that the study may be of interest for a wide
> number of
> people from the worldwide Internet community.
>
> View the executive summary of the report at:
> http://isocbg.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/ftth/
>
> Download the full document at:
> http://blog.veni.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Socioeconomic-Benefits-of-
> Bulgarian-Fiber-Broadband.pdf
>
> On the 17th September in Sofia, Bulgaria, the Internet Society
> Bulgaria
> Chapter organized an international seminar to discuss: "Business on
> the
> Internet: risks and management". The seminar was organized in
> partnership with
> the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and the EU consortium Pandora and
> was
> co-funded by the Internet Society. The event attracted more than 80
> representatives of SMEs from Bulgaria and Europe and was evaluated
> extremely
> positively by the participants.
>
> The event was an opportunity to present the goals and activities of
> both
> Internet Society and Internet Society Bulgaria Chapter, address a
> new target
> group and recruit new members from the Bulgarian SMEs active in
> sectors other
> than IT. The seminar also addressed in detail the topic of risk
> management in
> collaboration with the EU project consortium Pandora (www.pandora-project.eu
> )
> and presented an online platform for self-training on risk
> management targeted
> at the management of SMEs. The platform is localized to Bulgarian
> and tested
> by the Internet Society Bulgaria Chapter.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Cambodia
>
> - Contributed by Norbert Klein
>
> After a long period of preparation, the Internet Society Cambodia
> Chapter held
> its first membership meeting on 11 September 2010 with an initial
> registered
> membership of over 40 persons. Since that time the number of
> registered
> members has already reached 60. Members represent a cross-section of
> Cambodian
> society, a majority of them students – but also including
> journalists, ISP
> staff members, representatives from other computer related
> businesses and
> government agencies. In addition, the Director of the Center for
> Livestock and
> Agriculture Development – CeLAgriD – also become a member. He was
> the first
> person in Cambodia to have an Internet connection and he is now a
> key person
> to promote renewable tropical agriculture in Cambodia.
>
> The meeting was held in two parts – during the first, the President
> of the
> Chapter, who has accompanied the Internet in Cambodia from the
> beginning,
> spoke about the Internet Society in general, and during the second the
> Secretary of the Chapter, a senior officer of an ISP, engaged in a
> discussion
> to find out major concerns of the membership, and how to respond to
> them.
>
> While the creation of an Advisory Board is still under
> consideration, the
> first service to be offered to the community is one – or several
> – workshops
> on installing and using the UNICODE writing system for the Khmer
> language. A
> lot of Cambodian bloggers write in English, but many add also
> Cambodian
> sentences in Roman letter transliteration. The Chapter will try to
> help
> overcome related problems.
>
> Since 1994, the Cambodian Internet community has seen a lot of
> progress – not
> only on the level of available technologies – we now have
> everything others
> also have, though mostly at higher prices. But by now three BarCamp
> meetings
> have been held in 2008, 2009, and 2010 after a first Blogger Summit
> in 2007.
> Not only technology, but the promotion of its creative and society
> related use
> will be among the main concerns of the Internet Society Cambodia
> Chapter.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Chad
>
> - Contributed by Abdarahim Youssouf
>
> From 2 to 4 October 2010, some members of the Internet Society Chad
> Chapter
> attended a global scientific conference on democracy, peace and
> development in
> Chad endorsed by His Excellency Idriss Déby, President of the
> Republic.
>
> The conference participants addressed development projects and
> programmes in
> various cultural, economic, and technological areas.
>
> More than 50 countries from Asia, Europe and Africa participated in
> the
> scientific conference and more than 90 research papers were presented.
>
> Some members of the Internet Society Chad Chapter participated
> remotely in
> this conference, via video conferencing or other electronic means.
>
> في الثاني إلى الرابع من أكتوبر 2010م حضر
> بعض من أعضاء جمعية
>
> الانترنتالتشادية مؤتمر علمي عالمي
> حول الديمقراطية السلام والتنمية في
>
> تشاد في عهد الرئيس إدريس ديبي اتنو ..
> حيث نظم المؤتمر تحت رعاية فخامة
>
> رئيس الجمهورية.
>
> تناول المؤتمرون جميع المشاريع
> والبرامج التنموية في شتى المجالات
>
> الثقافية، الاقتصادية، والتكنولوجيا..
>
> وشارك في هذا المؤتمر العلمي العالمي
> أكثر من 50 دولة من كل من آسيا،
>
> وأوربا وإفريقيا، كما عرض في هذا
> المؤتمر أكثر من 90 ورقة بحثية.
>
> كما ساهم بعض أعضاء جمعية الانترنت في
> الربط الالكتروني (فيديو المؤتمر
> وغيرها)
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Ecuador
>
> - Contributed by Carlos Vera
>
> ISOC Ecuador Capítulo participa en la elaboracion de los principios
> de
> relacion de ISOC con los capítulos.
>
> A partir del requerimiento de ISOC para aportar con comentarios al
> contenido
> del borrador de acuerdo de afiliacíon para el intercambio de valor
> entre ISOC
> HQ y los capítulos, ISOC Ecuador Capítulo ha realizado la consulta
> interna y
> remitido los respectivos aportes que seran posteriormente incluidos
> en el
> resumen de aportes para su discussion posterior.
>
> En ISOC Ecuador Capítulo consideramos importante la existencia de un
> marco de
> trabajo y de estandares para ser considerados un capitulo activo de
> ISOC, y en
> esta linea hemos realizado propuestas que estaran a discussion
> proximamente
> por los canales respectivos.
>
> Para los interesados en aportar al desarrollo del acuerdo de
> afiliacion, el
> material en español puede accederse desde:
>
> http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-index.php?page=Spanish+version&bl=y
>
> El trabajo de ISOC es la suma de los trabajos de cada uno de los
> actores que
> integramos esta comunidad y la suma de los valores que podemos
> aportar al
> mismo.
>
> ISOC Ecuador Capítulo http://www.isoc.org.ec
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Finland
>
> - Contributed by Tommi Karttaavi
>
> The Finnish Internet Forum, organised September 20 – 21, 2010 in
> Helsinki, was
> the first national Internet Governance meeting in Finland. It took
> place
> immediately following the 5th international Internet Governance
> Forum (IGF) in
> Vilnius, and many participants of the latter also attended the
> Finnish forum.
> The main organizers of the Finnish Internet Forum are; the Committee
> of the
> Future and the Information Society Group of the Parliament, the
> Ministry for
> Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the
> Internet
> Society Finland Chapter and the Finnish Information Society
> Development Centre
> (TIEKE). The event was held in the Auditorium of the "Little
> Parliament", the
> new Parliament building annex.
>
> The event was webcaste live. The recording of the webcast can be
> watched at:
>
> http://internetforum.fi/
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> India, Kolkata
>
> - Contributed by Niel Hirjee
>
> 1. Internet Society India Kolkata Chapter held a members meet on the
> very
> binary Sunday of October 10 (10.10.10) at CSC with fifteen members in
> attendance. Recent events and activities of the chapter were
> discussed and new
> initiatives were strategised upon.
>
> 2. Subsequent to the discussions at the monthly meeting and thanks
> to the
> introduction from Amitabh Choudhury, Chapter Chair Anupam Agarwal met
> Kamanashish Roy of webprachar.in to discuss how the Internet Society
> India
> Kolkata Chapter OWD2011 Blogging Contest could be promoted amongst the
> students of schools in the districts of West Bengal. WebPrachar has
> agreed to
> assist with this.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Israel
>
> - Contributed by Rimon Levy
>
> The ISOC Israel Chapter (Israel Internet Association) has launched a
> television campaign in conjunction with the Israeli Children’s
> Channel, which
> is highly popular among children, it aims to provide children with
> tools and
> information for safe, secure and responsible Internet experience, as
> well as
> provide guidance in case of abuse.
>
> The message conveyed by the ISOC-IL campaign is that while the
> internet
> provides children and youth with the means to develop social
> relationships
> across the universe and widen their horizons, judgment calls are
> constantly
> required by the children and parents to keep this virtual world
> under control.
>
> The campaign introduces guidelines for safe and secure use of the
> Internet;
> the prohibition on disclosure of personal information or passwords;
> of making
> actual meeting with net friends or acquaintances; for netiquette
> such as
> inappropriate uploading of photos that can offend friends; these
> are just a
> few examples. The tips and guidelines are presented by showing video
> clips
> featured by the most popular Children’s Channel presenters.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Liberia
>
> - Contributed by Charles Gaye
>
> Internet Society Liberia Chapter Rejuvenation Project
>
> Event Title: "Get Connected"
>
> Event Dates: 28-29 August 2010
>
> Goals and Purpose of the Event: Bring members together, recruit new
> members
> and increase awareness.
> Organizers: The Liberia Chapter of the Internet Society
> Partners: WEN Inc. and three other Internet Service Providers.
> Sponsors: The Global Internet Society and WEN Inc.
> Venue: We hired four Cyber cafes for two days each (August 28-29), @
> $150.00
> for each Cyber café per day.
> Short terms of reference for the instructors/speaker for the event
> were as
> follows:
>
> Serve as chief facilitators for the event; Make sure the goal of the
> event is
> met, keeping in line with the Internet Society's mission and
> objective; Help
> foster a friendly atmosphere that promotes organizational and team
> spirit
> amongst the Internet Society Liberia Chapter members and incoming
> members; We
> made the event friendly, had fun, created new e-mail addresses for
> first time
> users, provided meals for participants and encouraged them to start
> their own
> personal networks by linking to each other.
>
> Participant numbers: We expected 300 participants but were delighted
> to
> welcome 564.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Nepal
>
> - Contributed by Eswari Pd. Sharma
>
> Professionals speak out against Internet Regulation in Nepal
>
> The Internet Society Nepal Chapter (ISOC Nepal) and Information
> First jointly
> organized an open discussion program on "Freedom of Expression and
> Internet
> Regulation in Nepal" on 12th September 2010 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The
> discussion focused on the controversial amendment proposal* of license
> agreement forwarded by the Nepal Telecommunication Authority (NTA)
> to Internet
> Service Providers on 27 August 2010.
>
> Presenting their paper on "Freedom of Expression and Internet
> Regulation in
> Nepal" Advocate Baburam Aryal and Advocate Santosh Sigdel
> highlighted the
> legality, issues and consequences of the new amendments. They were
> concerned
> that any restriction on exercise of freedom of expression over
> cyberspace and
> access to Internet without clear legislative provision shall defeat
> the
> constitutional guarantee of the freedom of expression.
>
> Speaking at the discussion, Vinay Kumar Kaszoo, Chief Commissioner
> of National
> Information Commission said, the internet should be neutral which
> has played a
> significant role in making success and stability of democracy. He
> further
> added: "Delegating responsibility to ISPs to control and policing
> the content
> in the name of controlling cyber crime is severe issue and it violates
> fundamental rights of people and press freedom"
>
> Binaya Bohora, President of the Internet Service Provider
> Association of Nepal
> [ISPAN] said, "The new amendments of NTA are controversial in every
> aspect as
> using filter software are very expensive and there are around 40 ISPs
> operational in Nepal where the cost factor is a big hindrance. It is
> indeed a
> good step toward making policy firm but with the limited resources
> and lack of
> definition of obscenity and proper mechanism, it certainly holds
> controversies".
>
> Pratik Pradhan, editor of first economic daily news paper Karobar,
> Suresh
> Acharya, Former President of Federation of Nepali Journalists,
> Bishnu Nisturi,
> President of Asia Journalist Association Nepal Chapter, Mahendra
> Bista,
> Chairperson of Minimum wage fixation Committee, Gaurab Upadhaya ,
> executive
> member of ISOC Nepal and Computer Association Nepal , Pravesh
> Subedi, general
> secretary of Online Journalist Association(OJAN), Dharma Raj
> Bhushal, General
> Secretary of Online Media Association (OMAN) and Basanta Ban,
> President of
> Forum for Digital Equality voiced their points against the
> amendments as it
> directly affects the "Freedom of Expression" and gives an
> opportunity to the
> ISPs to regulate the websites according to their will and there is a
> need of
> certain regulation under proper law.
>
> Different professionals said the scrutiny of web sites should be
> brought in
> for broad discussion before taking steps to filter it. Apart from
> that in
> today's world when the concept of multi stakeholder is gaining
> popularity in
> such scenario, the act of NTA to issue proposal of amendment in such
> a way
> without addressing the different stakeholders certainly raises
> question
> against its intentions and values.
>
> Note :
>
> * The amendment proposal of license agreement forwarded by Nepal
> Telecommunications Authority [NTA] to ISPs which includes following
> points :
>
> The Service Provider shall install Filtering Software; make other
> arrangements
> and work towards stopping access to its subscriber over the content
> that is
> punishable under section 47 of Electronic Transaction Act, 2007.
> The Service Provider shall make arrangement to deny publication,
> distribution,
> transmission, commercial exchange (sale) and consumption (use) of
> content
> which is horror, highly violent, or content which is against national
> interest.
> The service providers shall enter into such a contract with its
> subscriber
> that compels its subscriber to abide by aforementioned terms of this
> license
> agreement.
> ISPs shall inform NTA about blocking of website which is ordered by
> Nepal
> Government and NTA in writing to block the website.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Pacific Islands
>
> - Contributed by Maureen Hilyard
>
> A wide range of voices and expertise on Internet issues in the
> Pacific Islands
> region came together to share at PacINET 2010, the Pacific Islands
> Chapter
> annual conference held in Port Vila, Vanuatu from 13-17th September
> 2010. It
> was opened by the Prime Minister of Vanuatu who spoke about the
> value of
> cooperation as a foundation of the Internet. He expressed his hopes
> for the
> benefits that ICTs can bring to Vanuatu and the Pacific region. The
> Ministry
> of Education funded over 20 Principals and teachers from all over
> Vanuatu to
> attend PacINET and their first national ICT in Education conference.
> The
> involvement of 12 virtual participants offering global perspectives
> on IPV6
> was a highlight. Presentations and photographs can be found at:
> http://pacinet-2010.org/.
>
> The Board of the Internet Society Pacific Islands Chapter would like
> to thank
> retired Board members Franck Martin, Les Allinson, and Anju Mangal
> for the
> many years of work they contributed to the Chapter.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Pakistan
>
> - Contributed by Naveed-ul-Haq
>
> Keeping in view the dire need of Internet Governance issues
> understanding and
> capacity building among our youth and Internet professionals, NUST
> SEECS in
> collaboration with the Internet Society Pakistan Chapter,
> established a remote
> participation hub for the fifth annual IGF Meeting at the NUST
> School of
> Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Sector H-12, Islamabad.
>
> Overall the remote hub was a real success, the participants were
> excited to
> attend various workshops covering Internet Governance themes. The
> most
> encouraging part was the participation of young students who were
> particularly
> interested in youth participation in Internet governance debates.
>
> The most successful workshops were: "IPv6 around the world;
> surveying the
> current and future deployment" and "Cyber Crime Common Standards
> and Joint
> Action". The IPv6 workshop was attended by a number of
> representatives from
> Internet service providers. The panelists were asked several questions
> relating to IPv6 and International connectivity providers.
> Participants were
> of the view that one of the major hurdles for IPv6 development in
> developing
> countries is the lack of availability of IPv6 connectivity from the
> international Internet bandwidth providers. The technical attendees
> also gave
> a short IPV6 basics demonstration.
>
> The workshop on cyber crime was attended by several legal
> representatives from
> the country's telecommunication regulator and the Ministry of
> Information
> Technology. The participants focussed on clarifying their
> understanding of the
> Budapest convention. The panel was questioned regarding the
> liklihood of
> Pakistan and other countries signing the convention
>
> This was the first experiences of a remote hub in Islamabad. The
> participants
> appreciated such great organization by Internet Governance remote
> participation group. Participants said that they felt no difference
> between
> participating remotely and actually attending the workshop or main
> session in
> Vilnius.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Romania
>
> - Contributed by Eduard Tric
>
> 1. eDiploma
>
> An Internet Society-funded eDiploma project was selected among six
> finalists
> of 'Startup Challenge', the biggest venture capital and business
> event in
> Eastern Europe. We will present the project in Bucharest on the 3rd of
> November in front of of 500 VCs and business representatives.
> http://www.how-to-web.net/ http://blog.how-to-web.net/
> http://isoc.ro/ediploma.html
>
> After sending the mid-term report to the Internet Society, eDiploma
> is ready
> for expansion in the countries that agreed to participate via the
> community
> grant programe (Internet Society Chapters in Pakistan, Slovenia and
> Colorado).
>
> 2. Net Neutrality and Pax Digitalis
>
> 101010 Industiral era ends. 111111 Digital era begins
>
> The Internet Society Future scenarios were presented to the European
> Commision, alongside a very personal vision of Internet of the
> future. A
> possible fp7 project idea was presented : Virtual Pantheon
>
> http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/fnc6/item-display.cfm?id=
> 5027
>
> Internet Society and Internet Society's-ecc position on Net
> Neutrality:
>
> http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/fnc6/document.cfm?doc_id=
> 15120
>
> Virtual Pantheon project presentation :
>
> From web of objects to directories of the future
>
> http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/cf/fnc6/document.cfm?doc_id=
> 15118
>
> Internet SocietyFuture Scenarios :
>
> http://www.isoc.org/internetfuture
>
> 3. INET Bucarest edition 11/11/2011
>
> 111111 .Industrial era ends. Digital era begins.
>
> We will put all our energy and drive into staging a "grand cru"
> INET, with a
> target of 500 delegates.
>
> We started the request for approval of a giant Jean-Michel Jarre or
> Massive
> Attack concert to be held immediately after the event, a concert
> that will
> mark the official entry into the Digital era.
>
> There will possibly be also a Ubuntu distribution 111111,
> celebrating also the
> Agence pour la Francophonie's 50th anniversary and many other side-
> events
> (TEDx, Digital Renaissance, etc ). We have one more year to organise
> the event
> so please mark 111111 in your agenda if you want to attend.
>
> http://isoc.ro/111111
>
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