[Chapter-delegates] [Durban-workshop-2013] I root server copy in Kigali, Rwanda .. ongoing installation

[m i]

Spot on Mr Mulola and others. Now let us hear from the gurus and others at
the AU in Addis  ....

Mohamed
Mogadishu / isoc.so


On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 8:42 PM, GABRIEL LATJOR NDOW <md at gambian.com> wrote:

> Chris,
>
> How can we ask Government to involve ISOC chapters in internet related
> issues in their respective countries if ISOC Global does not always involve
> those very chapters in the works that it is doing with those governments.
>
>
> I fully concur with your astute observation! I have raised the same issue
> with the Africa Bureau on every occasion I have met with staff members. For
> instance, I learnt about the IXP project in my country a few days before a
> workshop was held in conjunction with the ministry of communications, ISOC
> Global (Jane Coffin, Dir. Int'l Strategy ISOC Global was in town) and the
> AU.
>
> I have also wondered why ISOC spends a great deal of time proselytizing on
> the multistakeholder model, and an open, unencumbered internet when some of
> the governments ISOC Global is cooperating with have no intention of
> adopting any of these core principles.  The local chapters can have a
> strong influence in helping our governments and other stakeholders (ISPs
> etc...) adopt best practices (policies, technical,...) and values eschewed
> by ISOC, if they are empowered accordingly. This only makes sense for after
> all, we are on our home soil and understand better than any outsider the
> real issues on the ground.
>
> Hopefully, this will be considered going forward.
>
> Latjor
> Gambia
>
>
>
> On Aug 1, 2013, at 4:12 PM, Chris Mulola wrote:
>
>
> Hi Michuki,
>
> Could you possibly probably give me an update on the I root server
> installation progress here in Rwanda, I got this info from Patrick
> Fältström (paf at frobbit.se)  and thought that this could be a good thing
> for the chapter if you could at least involve us in this project.
>
> This is one of the things that keep governments away from chapters as they
> always realize that they can get every support from ISOC Global without
> going or having any interaction whatsoever from ISOC chapters, and that is
> where they say: what is the use of these chapters anyway?
>
> I understand these might be contracts that ISOC wins on a global scale
> however by us chapters learning from an outsider that there is an ISOC
> project going on within our country makes us look like the least
> unprofessional team ever in our local internet community...sort of the last
> ones to be informed.
>
> How can we ask Government to involve ISOC chapters in internet related
> issues in their respective countries if ISOC Global does not always involve
> those very chapters in the works that it is doing with those governments.
>
> Please let me for any comments, thanks.
>
>  .--
> Best regards,
>
> Chris Mulola, President
> ISOC Rwanda
>
>
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> until it is faced. *(James Baldwin)*
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