[Chapter-delegates] Application to form an ISOC Chapter in Switzerland

[Livingood, Jason]

Great news! I hope we get to see lots of Chapter members from Switzerland
at the Global INET in April, since it is local.  :-)


- Jason Livingood 

On 11/4/11 8:39 AM, "Sabrina Wilmot" <wilmot at isoc.org> wrote:

>Dear Colleagues,
>
>Following a rejuvenation effort that began in 2009, including several
>member meetings and the creation of a transition team, the application
>below for (re-)starting a Chapter of the Internet Society in Switzerland
>has been received. It is being sent to this list for peer comment and
>review. The period allowed for comments is two weeks and the deadline is
>18 November 2011.
>
>Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list with your feedback.
>
>Thanks,
>Sabrina Wilmot
>Manager, Chapter Formation
>Internet Society
>
>-------------------------------
>Chapter Application
>
>A. Proposed name of the Chapter
>
>ISOC (Internet Society) Switzerland Chapter.
>
>B. Community of Interest the Chapter will to serve
>
>Primarily persons residing in Switzerland.
>
>C. Purpose and Scope of Chapter
>
>The Internet Society Switzerland Chapter, primarily a technologically
>oriented body, is dedicated at promoting, researching and developing the
>evolution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in
>Switzerland, is open to multi-stakeholder membership and is abiding by
>open, democratic and consensus based principles
>
>D. Founding Members of the Chapter  (NOTE: we won't share the email
>addresses on the mailing list)
>Vincenzo Pallotta 
>Corine Devanthéry
>Federico Galati 
>Martin Labbé
>Raphaël Dard
>Alexandre Delage 
>Sathya Rao 
>Thomas Ruddy 
>Marcel Schneider 
>Werner Staub
>Bernie Hoeneisen
>Roque Gagliano 
>Marco Huggenberger
>Marc Betting 
>
>E. List of Supporters
>
>SWITCH
>
>F. List of Requirements
>
>The Chapter will be pursuing a not-for-profit status.
>
>G. Additional Information
>
>See http://test.isoc.ch/
>
>a.	How is this Chapter related to other Chapters?
>
>It is not related to another chapter in Switzerland since the previous
>Chapter (the ISOC Geneva Chapter) has been closed in late 2009 by ISOC
>International. The new ISOC Switzerland Chapter is a ³rejuvenated² Swiss
>chapter, this time encompassing all of Switzerland both in its name and
>its charter.
>
>b.	What will this Chapter be doing?
>
>Answer: According to its mission statement the ISOC Switzerland Chapter
>considers itself as part of the international Internet community and
>therefore also commits itself to the global ISOC statement: ³The Internet
>is for everyone².  The Internet Society Switzerland Chapter intends to
>support the evolution of the Internet according to principles of
>openness, transparency, democracy (consensus-based) and by means of
>multi-stakeholder approaches. Further excerpts from our mission statement:
>³It represents its members¹ interest on public policy issues and provides
>technically-grounded advice on the impact of policy on the Internet
>generally.
>The Internet Society Switzerland Chapter also participates in the
>evolution and development of the Internet in a regional and an
>international collaboration context.
>The Internet Society Switzerland Chapter should enable the
>self-organization of its members to contribute personally or via other
>organizations to the future of the Internet by education of its members
>about every aspect of the Internet and enable those to make their voices
>heard in the development of the Internet.²
>
>c.	Are there any issues that we need to be aware of?
>
>No. After some discussions among the transition team members and after
>advice from ISOC International consensus was reached to formally organize
>the Chapter as all or most other chapters in the world, but leave the
>details of the desired organizational form to be sorted out by the board
>and the membership of the new chapter. The most probable outcome of this
>decision will be to form a Swiss association.
>
>H. Your Contact Information
>
>Marcel Schneider, Zurich, Switzerland.
>
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