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

[Roque Gagliano]

Hi Gabriel,

I believe you have raised a very important issue. I was just discussing
this point in private emails with ISOC staff.

My question to them was: is there a clear directive from the leadership on
when chapters needs to involved in ISOC global initiative? The answer I got
was NO.

Personally, I believe that when the initiative start involving individual
countries, the local chapters needs to be involved. So, if you are inviting
a gov officer to the IETF or you are giving a talk on a country IGF
preparation meeting, the local chapters needs to be involved.

Until there is no guidance from the ISOC leadership, you will depend on the
good will of the staff person involved and on the relationship you build
with them.

Roque




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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