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

Thu Apr 5 06:54:13 PDT 2012

Dear Colleagues,

The following application for a Chapter in Kenya 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 20 April 2012.

Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.

Thanks,
Sabrina Wilmot
Manager, Chapter Formation
Internet Society

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Chapter Application

A. Proposed name of the Chapter

Internet Society Kenya Chapter

B. Community of Interest the Chapter will serve

The Kenyan Chapter will initially serve the entire Country which is made up of 8 provinces currently transitioning into counties. The chapter will bring together all stakeholders under the theme building the future of the Internet in Kenya together.

C. Purpose and scope of Chapter

Act as a focal point for all institutions and individuals involved in management and growth of the Internet in Kenya. The Internet society Kenya Chapter will support all its members that is Institutional members and individual members achieve their respective goals through Capacity Building and providing fora for knowledge exchange.

D. Outline of key priorities for the first year of Chapter

·       Create awareness on the goals and objectives of the Internet Society on a global, regional and local perspective.
·       An assesment of the local Internet community with a view to finding our niche.
·       Identifying gaps in the local Internet community that can be filled by the Internet Society.
·       IP V 6 awareness and training

E. Founding members of the Chapter

Attached below.

F. List of supporters and partner organizations

Kenya Network Information Centre, 
CCK Centre, Opposite Kianda School,
P.O Box 1461 - 00606, 
Nairobi - Kenya
Airtel: 254 733 79 00 73
Safaricom: 254 715 275 483
Tel:254 20-445-0057/8
Fax: 020-445-0087
Email: info[at]kenic.or.ke

The iHUB
http://www.ihub.co.ke/pages/about.php

G. Membership

We will communicate to our members through a mailing list ISOC_Ke and our Facebook page  ISOC Kenya which have  more than 100 and 44 registered members respectively. We have an online register on google docs to capture the details of new members. In addition we have monthly membership meetings every third Saturday of the month hosted by one of our Corporate members at Q NET viewpark towers 10th Floor in Nairobi City. The Venue can host 200 members  and has wireless connectivity. So far attendance has been averaging 10 to 15 members excluding online participation.

H. List of requirements

The government of Kenya expects all societies to be registered. We are in the process of submitting our application to the registrar of societies which should take us one month

I.               Additional information

We have been meeting informally for the last eight months. We have made efforts to reach out to all stakeholders in the local intertnet community with success. Members have mandated the Interim steering commitee of which i am the leader to complete the registration process so that the Chapter can focus on addressing the gaps that have not been filled by the numerous associations that do the Kenyan Internet community. We have also developed an Ipv6 training program that will be launched in June during the Ipv6 week

J. Your contact information

Barrack Ongondo Otieno
Administrative Manager
Africa Top Level Domains Organisation
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Founding members of the Chapter:

Paul Muchene	iHub	Nairobi
Grace Mutung'u	KM Advocates	Kajiado
Barrack Otieno	www.projectdiscovery.or.ke	Nairobi
Ronald Ojino	 	Kisumu
Judy Okite	www.fossfa.net	Nairobi
Milka Omukuba	BTL Consulting Ltd	Nairobi
Mwendwa Kivuva	University of Nairobi	Nairobi
Paul Museeh J	KeNIC	Nairobi
Brenda Nyangweso	KeNIC	Nairobi
Philip Adar	Strathmore University	Nairobi
Davis Onsakia	OSL	Nairobi
James Njoroge Gitau	KASWESHA Community  Resource Center	Nairobi
Christian Juma	 	Nairobi
Lilian Wangui	www.majidata.go.ke	Nairobi
John Census Messa	Wananchi Group	Nairobi
Alex Ngatia	Emerging Markets Communications	Nairobi
Nelson Barasa	Kisii University College	Nairobi
Charles O. Oloo	KEFRI www.kefri.org	Nairobi
Stephen Muchai	Ericsson	Nairobi
Josiah Mugambi	 	Nairobi
Frankine George Okello	Cybernet Solutions	Nairobi
Tom Oketch	La Vie Foundation	Nairobi
Nancy Saruni	University of Nairobi	Kajiado
Mark Misiko	Strathmore University	Nairobi
Phoebe Mutua	World Vision - Kenya	Nairobi
Gregory Greafers Okoth	AccessKenya Group	Nairobi
Kui Kinyanjui	IBM East Africa	Nairobi
Kui Kinyanjui	IBM	Nairobi
Victor Kapiyo	ILEG	Nairobi
Bernard Ochieng Oluma	Seeds of Peace Africa International	Nairobi
Daniel O. Omondi	 Dotto Computer Agency	Siaya
Brian Ngure	 	Nairobi
Sylvia Kariuki	UNEP - ROA	Nairobi
Elizabeth Orembo	University of Nairobi	Nairobi
Rapudo Hawi	Usalama Forum	Nairobi
Antony Karanja	ChildFund	Nairobi
Seth Orlale	http://facebook.com/betterlivinginternational	Nairobi
Peter Mbugwa	Area254 Ltd	Nairobi
Mary ODHIAMBO	Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization Kenya	Nyando
Dorcas Metoyu	Ramogi Tours & Travel	Nairobi
Timothy M. McGinnis	McTim	Nairobi
George Okore	SAID	Nairobi
Francis G.Anyona	Bumala Online Technologies Ltd	Busia
Benson Kamau	 	Nairobi
Samuel Ochanji	http://www.dotconnectafrica.org	Nairobi
Njogu Alex	 	Nairobi
Michael Musya	www.afriregister.com	Nairobi
Richard Omolo	Egerton University	Nakuru
Esther Wanjau	 	Nairobi
kelvin Githira	tradewinds world-wide	Nairobi
Wycliff Ochieng	Catalyst Chemicals Ltd	nairobi
Harry Delano	 	Nairobi
Phares Kaboro Kariuki	Westcon Africa	Nairobi
Warren Lekaram	Kisii University College	Kisii
Denis Kimani	iCorplex Technologies	Nairobi
Peter Owino	Alliance Girls High School	Kikuyu
Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau	Ovid Afrika Media	Nairobi
John Walubengo	Multimedia University College	Nairobi
Gibran Mwadime	Multimedia University Colleve of Kenya	Nairobi
George Okore	News From Africa	Kisumu
Ali Hussein	Telemedia Africa Ltd	Nairobi
Brian Longwe	 	Nairobi

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