[Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in Portugal

Tue Sep 7 07:19:28 PDT 2010

Hi Sabrina,

this is welcome news. Pedro Veiga is a long-time leader and a solid, 
credible one. I know some of the other members listed and think highly of 
them and their work.

I wholeheartedly support the formation of an ISOC Chapter in Portugal with 
this application.

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty

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On Tue, 7 Sep 2010, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:

> Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:22:09 +0100
> From: Sabrina Wilmot <wilmot at isoc.org>
> Reply-To: ISOC Chapter Support <chapter-support at isoc.org>
> To: Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in Portugal
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> The following application for a Chapter in Portugal 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 September 
> 22, 2010.
>
> Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.
>
> Thanks,
>
>  Sabrina Wilmot
>  ISOC
>
> ----------------
>
> Chapter Application
>
> A. Proposed name of the Chapter
> ISOC Portugal Chapter
>
> B. Community of Interest the Chapter will to serve
> ISOC Portugal Chapter serves a community composed by Portuguese citizens and 
> non Portuguese citizens who live or work in Portugal, having the Portuguese 
> language as the official language adopted within its activity.
>
> C. Purpose and Scope of Chapter
> ISOC Portugal Chapter is a nonprofit organization founded to promote in 
> Portugal, the harmonious, affordable, open, non discriminatory and safe 
> Internet development, respecting the principles of freedom of speech and of 
> privacy.
>
> D. Founding Members of the Chapter
>
> Name: Pedro Veiga
> Affiliation: FCCN (National Foundation for the Scientific Computing),
> chairman of the board of directors
>
> Name: Marta Dias
> Affiliation: FCCN (National Foundation for the Scientific Computing), Legal 
> adviser
>
> Name: Luisa Gueifão
> Affiliation: FCCN (National Foundation for the Scientific Computing),
> dns.pt director
>
> E. List of Supporters
> Please see Appendix I.
>
> F. List of Requirements
> In Portugal the right to free association is a basic guarantee. Associations 
> must abide by the specific purposes for which they are created and respect 
> all the applicable legislation. The establishment of the ISOC Portugal 
> Chapter as an association operating nationally obliges us to comply with the 
> following legal procedures:
>
> a) Registering the name "ISOC Portugal Chapter" via the Validation 
> Certificate (Certificado de Admissibilidade) issued by the National Registry 
> of Companies (Registo Nacional de Pessoas Colectivas or RNPC). Any proposed 
> name can be checked against a computer database. If the name has not already 
> been taken that name can be registered;
>
> b) Apply for a Validation Certificate (Certificado de Admissibilidade) and 
> for a Provisional Company Identity Card (Cartão Provisorio de Pessoa 
> Collectiva) from the Registo Nacional de Pessoas Colectivas, RNPC ;
>
> c) Sign the bylaws at a notary;
>
> d) Apply for a Start of Activity Declaration (Declaração de Início de 
> Actividade para Efeitos Fiscais) at the Tax Office;
>
> e) Apply for registration of the company at the local Commercial Registry 
> (Conservatórias do Registo Comercial), the registry will then organise the 
> company's publication in the Portuguese Official Journal (Diário da 
> República);
>
> f) A fee is charged.
>
> G. Additional Information
> Pedro Veiga, one of the promoters of this proposal to create the Portuguese 
> Chapter of ISOC, has been deeply involved in Information Society issues and 
> in the creation and development of the Portuguese part of the Internet. He is 
> a pioneer member of ISOC. Some of his most relevant activities in this area 
> are:
> 1980’s – One of the promoters of R&D networking in Portugal, establishing 
> the first connections to the global networks (Eunet, RARE, NSF-Net, …) from 
> INESC - a private not for profit R&D institute that provided services for a 
> large scientific community in Portugal;
> represented Portugal in the COSINE project, one of the first EU wide projects 
> on academic networking;
> 1987 – One of the founders of PUUG (Portuguese UNIX Users Group) that 
> stated a ISP like service for it’s members;
> 1996 to 2000 – Member of the Task-force that prepared the "Green Paper on 
> the Information Society in Portugal";
> From 1997 – Chairman of FCCN, the organization responsible for the planning 
> and management of the Portuguese Research and Education Network; FCCN has 
> been very active in the promotion of the Internet in the Higher Education and 
> Research sector; FCCN has also started to connect all Portuguese schools to 
> the Internet, since 1997 and until recently when the school network has been 
> transferred to a commercial provider;
> From 1997 – Manager of the .PT ccTLD;
> 1998 to 2008 – Portuguese Representative to the GAC (Government Advisory 
> Committee) of ICANN;
> 2000 to 2002 – Manager of the Information Society Program of the Portuguese 
> Government to finance Information Society related projects.
>
> H. Your Contact Information
> Name: Pedro Veiga
> Affiliation: FCCN (National Foundation for the Scientific Computing),
> Chairman of the Board of Directors [...]
>
> APPENDIX I
> 1. Pedro Veiga, FCCN
> 2. Luisa Gueifão, FCCN
> 3. Marta Dias, FCCN
> 4. Assis Guerreiro, FCCN
> 5. Inês Esteves, FCCN
> 6. João Afonso, Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra
> 7. Sónia Veloso, FCCN
> 8. António Miguel Ferreira, APREGI
> 9. Nuno Ramos, Portugal Telecom
> 10. Bruno Carlos, Flesk
> 11. Nuno Matias, Amenworld
> 12. António Campinos, INPI
> 13. Inês Lopes, INPI
> 14. João Damas, Bond Internet Systems
> 15. Sara Monteiro, FCCN
> 16. Eugénio Pinto, Lógica IT
> 17. João Pagaime, FCCN
> 18. Rui Francisco, FCCN
> 19. Paulo Ferreira, FCCN
> 20. João Gomes, FCCN
> 21. Rui Ribeiro, FCCN
> 22. Daniel Gomes, FCCN
> 23. Carlos Baquero, Universidade do Minho
> 24. Lino Santos, FCCN
> 25. Salomé Branco, FCCN
> 26. Pedro Guedes de Oliveira, Universidade do Porto
> 27. João Nuno Ferreira, FCCN
> 28. Luis Magalhães, UMIC
> 29. Jorge Ferraz Oliveira
> 30. Francisco Tomé
> 31. Paula Veiga
> 32. João Barros
>
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