[Chapter-delegates] Gentle Reminder: Your Chapter contributions for ISOC July 2012 Newsletter

Thu Jul 26 01:24:31 PDT 2012

Hi Igor, 

many thanks for this update - it sounds great and it is fantastic to hear of such activities.

Since this is my very first posting in this list, I would like to briefly introduce myself. I am Konstantinos Komaitis and I have been with ISOC for just a month as a policy advisor on issues of digital content and intellectual property. 

In light of your update, I thought it would be fitting to you give you a further update on on what's taking place within WIPO on the visually impaired persons (VIP) and persons with print disabilities front.

For the past 10 days, WIPO had its scheduled SCCR 24th meeting - Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights - and the issue of VIPs was part of its agenda - actually it was one of the most important issues. This issue has been on WIPO's agenda for many years now and the VIP community has been working very hard to see WIPO calling for a diplomatic conference on this issue in 2013. However, yesterday and after very long and hard negotiations the following was decided:

The Committee did some text-based work on the 'Working document on an international instrument on limitations and exception for visually impaired persons/persons with print disabilities" and adopted a revised version SCCR/24/9 (available here: http://keionline.org/node/1495)

The Committee said that more substantive work needs to be done but committed for that work to be concluded in its next session (in November).

Since the committee couldn't reach a decision on this issue and thus it cannot go to the General Assembly in October, a - what they call - 'extraordinary session' of the General Assembly will take place in December to decide wether to convene a Diplomatic Conference. (In WIPO terminology, a Diplomatic Conference means a Treaty)

So this is where this issue stands for the time being. 

I hope this information will help inform the discussions in Armenia on this issue. If you require more information please do not hesitate to contact me. 

BTW: I am always interested to hear views on ACTA, SOPA, PIPA and any other issue concerning intellectual property and digital content.

Many thanks.

With best wishes

Konstantinos

Konstantinos Komaitis
Policy Advisor, ISOC
komaitis at isoc.org
tel: +41 22 807 1453

On Jul 26, 2012, at 9:29 AM, Igor Mkrtumyan wrote:

> Dear all,
> Here is ISOC AM Chapter contribution for ISOC July 2012 Newsletter.
> Regards
> Igor Mkrtumyan
> ISOC AM Chapter
> 
> 
> 1. ISOC Armenia Chapter organized a workshop supported by the Event Funding
> Programme of the ISOC. The main topics of the workshop were:
> -  Presentation on Armenian edition of Jovan Kurbalija’s book “Internet
> Governance” 
> -  ISOC position on ACTA, PIPA and SOPA
> The presentations were warmly accepted by the local community and the
> importance of the similar events were stressed. The book was distributed in
> Ministries of the RA, government offices, mass media and schools. 
> 
> 2. ISOC.AM prepared recommendations based on the last version of ISOC ITR
> matrix and submitted them to the Ministry of Transport and Communications
> (MTC). MTC distributed recommendations among governmental agencies and main
> telecom operators. ISOC AM vice-president, G. Saghyan made a press -
> conference to mass media on ITR new proposals. There have also been several
> meetings with high level representatives of governmental agencies, where
> ITRs were discussed. The goal is to work with the MTC to develop an official
> position on new ITRs that incorporates the ISOC AM Chapter.
> 
> 3. On June 6, 2012 ISOC Armenia Chapter together with National Academy of
> Sciences and ASNET-AM organized an IPv6 day in Armenia. I. Mkrtumyan made a
> presentation on the state of IPv6 deployment in Armenia. It was stated that
> although Armenia is ranked high in Ripeness (2nd after Slovenia) it was
> mostly because LIRs (ISPs) are quite advanced and well informed. At the same
> time they don’t care much about bringing IPv6 to end users leaving it for
> future demands. A. Petrosyan made a presentation on the state of IPv6
> deployment in Armenia academic and research network (ASNET-AM). ASNET-AM is
> the most advanced network in Armenia in IPv6 due to the ISOC Community grant
> “Upgrade of Armenia academic (research) network to IPv6 readiness”. The
> event was widely commented in press and TV.
> 
> 4. ISOC Armenia Chapter had started the implementation of the ISOC Community
> grant “Creation of Internet Availability Center at the Cultural Center of
> the Armenian Society of Blind and Visually Impaired People”.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org
> [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Jacek
> Gajewski
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 11:41 AM
> To: Jacek Gajewski
> Cc: Chapter Delegates; ISOC Chapter Support
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Gentle Reminder: Your Chapter contributions for
> ISOC July 2012 Newsletter
> 
> 
> On Jul 7, 2012, at 6:19 PM, Jacek Gajewski wrote:
> 
>> 
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>> VERSION FRANCAISE CI-DESSOUS  // VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA ABAJO // DEUTSCHE
> VERSION UNTEN
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>> 
>> Dear colleagues, 
>> 
>> We would like to hear from your Chapter! Please share your news and
> activities with other Internet Society members and Chapters by sending in
> your contributions for the next Internet Society Newsletter (see
> http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/). You will see the articles on the Internet
> Society's blog site [1] throughout the month, as well as a monthly round up
> of all articles via email.
>> 
>> You may include a short description (100-140 words) of your Chapter's
> activities with links to your website or the Chapter wiki [2] for additional
> information. Please also include any information about future scheduled
> events.
>> 
>> I would appreciate receiving your contributions for this month's issue by
> 26 July 2012 at chapter-support[at]isoc.org .
>> 
>> Thank You!
>> 
>> ************************************************************************
>> 
>> FRANCAIS
>> 
>> L'actualité de votre chapitre nous intéresse! Informez les autres membres
> et Chapitres - envoyez-nous vos contributions pour la prochaine édition de
> l'ISOC Newsletter (voir:http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/). Les articles seront
> publiés au fur et à mesure sur le blog d'ISOC [1]. A la fin de chaque mois,
> vous recevrez un courriel avec l'ensemble des articles.
>> 
>> Votre contribution peut presenter les activités (environ 100-140 mots) au
> sein de votre Chapitre, complétée par des liens vers le "Chapter Wiki" [2]
> ou votre site Internet. Nous vous invitons également d'ajouter les
> événements prévus dans votre agenda.
>> 
>> Pour l'édition de ce mois, nous vous prions de nous faire parvenir vos
> contribution jusqu'au 26 Juillet 2012 à chapter-support[at]isoc.org .
>> 
>> Merci d'avance!
>> 
>> ************************************************************************
>> 
>> ESPAÑOL
>> 
>> ¡Nos gustaría oir de tu Capítulo! Por favor, comparte tus novedadesy
> actividades con otros miembros y Capítulos de ISOC enviando tus
> contribuciones para el próximo newsletter de ISOC
> (http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/). Verás los artículos publicados en el blog
> de ISOC [1] todo el mes, así como un resumen mensual via correo electrónico.
>> 
>> Puedes incluir una descripción corta (100-140 palabras) de las actividades
> de tu Capítulo con enlaces al wiki de Capítulos [2] o a tu sitio web para
> información adicional. Por favor, también incluye información sobre eventos
> futuros.
>> 
>> Agredecería recibir tus contribuciones para la edición de este mes antes
> del 26 de julio de 2012, envía por favor a chapter-support[at]isoc.org .
>> 
>> ¡Muchas gracias!
>> 
>> ************************************************************************
>> 
>> DEUTSCH
>> 
>> Informieren Sie weltweit ISOC Mitglieder und Chapter über die aktuellen
> Themen aus Ihrem Verein (Chapter). Bitte senden Sie uns einen Beitrag mit
> Neuigkeiten und Aktivitäten Ihres Chapters für die nächste Ausgabe des ISOC
> Newsletter (siehehttp://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/). Die Beitrage werden
> während des Monats auf ISOC's Blogseite [1] veröffentlicht und am Ende des
> Monats zusammengefasst als Email veschickt.
>> 
>> Sie können eine kurze Beschreibung (100-140 Wörter) der wichtigsten
> Aktivitäten Ihres Chapters mit Links zum Chapter Wiki [2] oder zu Ihrer
> Webseite sowie Einzelheiten über kommende Veranstaltungen einfügen.
>> 
>> Alle Beiträge für diesen Monat sollten bis zum 26. Juli 2012 bei uns
> vorliegen, E-mails bitte an chapter-support[at]isoc.org .
>> 
>> Vielen Dank!
>> 
>> ************************************************************************
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Jacek Gajewski
>> 
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> Internet Society (ISOC)
>> Jacek Gajewski
>> Manager, Chapter Development
>> Website: www.InternetSociety.org
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> 
>> [1] Link to ISOC Newsletter Blog:
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>> 
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