[Chapter-delegates] Community Grants Programme – info sessions

[Ilda Simao]

I apologize for any cross-posting

Dear colleagues:

The Internet Society will be accepting applications for the June 2012 
round of the Community Grants Programme from 1 March to 30 March 2012, 
(note that applications will close at midnight pacific time). Award 
decisions will be made in mid-June.

To prepare for this application round, we will be holding two 
information sessions via WebEx on 21 February at 1030 and 2000 UTC.More 
information on the Q&A sessions can be found at: 
http://www.internetsociety.org/events/chapter-events?p=1460

If you or one of your Chapter leaders plan to attend, please sign up for 
one of the two meeting times using the doodle poll link below :
http://www.doodle.com/3tbfvagaq2piwnx8

Session notes will be made available on the Chapter Meeting webpage for 
those who are unable to attend.

Programme information is available on the Internet Society website, for 
your review 
at:http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/grants/community-grants 

(note that this page will soon be also available in French and Spanish).

Those participating in a conference call are urged to read over the 
programme webpages in advance of the meeting.

**New to the programme**

In a continuous effort to improve the programme, a new intuitive online 
grant application system has been implemented. As a result, the entire 
grants process will be web-based and online applications will be easier 
to complete.

More information will soon be available in our website.

**Programme Updates **

The Internet Society Strategic Objectives have recently changed: 
http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/mission/strategic-objectives

The current, preferred Focus Areas for project applications remain:

    * IPv6
    * Local content creation (encouraging demand for and use of the
      Internet for a specific community)
    * Encouraging the multi-stakeholder approach to technical and policy
      issues
    * Interconnection and traffic exchange

It is important to note, that the above Focus Areas may provide 
direction in formulating project ideas. These are preferences only, so 
other project topics will be accepted.

Any questions regarding the Community Grants Programme, please send them 
to projects[at]isoc.org.

We look forward to your participation.

Ilda Simao
Grants Coordinator
Internet Society
www.InternetSociety.org

Would you like to share your grants experience and questions with your 
peers?
Send and email to projects at isoc.org <mailto:projects at isoc.org> and 
request membership to the chapter-grants-discuss at elists.isoc.org 
<mailto:chapter-grants-discuss at elists.isoc.org>
Would you like to see what your peers are doing to breaking barriers?
Watch the trailer : 
http://internetsociety.org/breaking-barriers-harlem-internet-computer-access-program#overlay-context=itr 


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