[Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in Jakarta, Indonesia

[Narelle Clark President ISOC-AU]

The Australian Chapter is happy to support this.


Narelle

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Narelle Clark
President
Internet Society of Australia
president at isoc-au.org.au
www.isoc-au.org.au
Twitter: @ISOCAU

On Thu, October 24, 2013 1:37 am, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> The following application for a Chapter in Jakarta, Indonesia, 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 the Internet Society.
> 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 7
> November 2013.
>
> Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.
>
> Thanks,
> Sabrina Wilmot
> Manager, Chapter Formation
> Internet Society
>
> -------------------------------
>
> Chapter Application
>
> A.    Proposed name of the Chapter
>
> The Proposed Name of The Chapter is
> “Internet Society Indonesia – Jakarta Chapter”
>
> B.     Community of Interest the Chapter will to serve
>
> The Chapter wil serve the capital & metropolitan city of Jakarta,
> Indonesia and its surroundings
>
> C.     Purpose and Scope of the Chapter
>
> Introduction – Internet Penetration in Indonesia started in the mid 1990s.
> By end of 1995 27 ISP licenses were issued.  By 1997 indonesian non profit
> ISP association (APJII) has initiated its first Internet Exchange in
> Jakarta. However, the main driving force has been from one specific
> community: Indonesian ISPs. On related important issues, education the
> mass, the closest internet conference around APAC has been APRICOT (Asia
> Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies) where
> APJII had a change also to become a host in 2007.
>
> It is clear that despite a growing number of ISPs in Indonesia (licenses
> registered to over 200+), and some Indonesian government initiatives
> (building more internet exchange in the provincials, delivering so called
> “internet to highshool/villages” program, etc) the fact remains that some
> of the more important issues such as DNSSEC implementation has been
> lagging in Indonesia.
>
> In short,  for the sake of just “catching up with the rest of the region”
> on DNSSEC, Ipv6 etc. a focused community on INTERNET related issues should
> be established. This time, is not just about ISP business (that has been
> the major focus of APJII – the Indonesian ISP association), but the growth
> of the overall INTERNET and real benefit to the end users.
> It is clear that rather than reinventing the wheel, the local community
> should take a look at the Internet Society Chapter and establish one
> chapter in Jakarta where all the stake-holders such Business, Government,
> Private companies, Consultants, NGOs, Universities and end-users are all
> residing in.
>
> The Overall Purpose of the Internet Society Indonesia – Jakarta Chapter is
> as follows:
>
> §  Nurturing Global Collaboration – by actively participating as Indonesia
> representative in the global Internet Society (ISOC) ecosystem and
> strategically position ISOC Indonesia-Jakarta Chapter as the missing piece
> needed to complete/strengthen the local Indonesian IT Community
> Sub-Ecosystems (consisting APJII, PANDI, FTII, Mastel and many others).
> The focus is clear: on Standards, Policy and Education of Internet
> Technologies.
>
> For this specific reason, we decided to start ISOC Indonesia chapter in
> the capital city of  Jakarta. In hoping that this chapter will act as a
> catalyst for others similar interest communities throughout Indonesian
> archipelago to start their own chapters in their respective regions.
>
> §  Assuring continuous Internet Technology adoption – guaranteeing  that
> in the near future Indonesia is at least on the same par with the rest of
> the region on specific Internet technologies adoption. Not for the sake of
> to always implement the newest/latest/greatest Internet technologies
> prescribed by any vendors (“me too” attitude) but those proven/selected
> Internet technologies that will bring demonstrated benefit to the
> end-users. In return, ISOC Indonesia – Jakarta Chapter will give local
> perspective feedback to ISOC. Local ISOC Indonesia – Jakarta Chapter will
> serve as a local trusted resource and partner to government institution,
> business, organization and universities.
>
> D. Founding Members of the Chapter
>
> The Jakarta Chapter has to be initiated as soon as possible.
> In early 2012 a representative of ISPs, Domain Registrations, NGOs,
> Academician, and IT consultants  got together and formed an non profit
> organization called: MAPI (Masyarakat Pemanfaat Internet) – loosely
> translated into a society of Internet users.
>
> In 2013, out of a handful of MAPI members, we picked four representatives
> from 4 different backgrounds: IT/Internet Consultant, University Lecturer,
> NGO professional and ISP owner to set up ISOC Indonesia– Jakarta Chapter
> and to position as  founding members of ISOC – Jakarta Chapter. The
> founding members are:
>
> GARIN GANIS – MAPI chairman; Global ISOC Member
>  YUDHO GIRI SUCAHYO – MAPI co-chairman
> YLB SUMARYO HADI – MAPI – General Secretary
> IRVAN NASRUN – MAPI - member
>
> A Quick CV/Biography of the founding members:
>
> Garin Ganis graduated from Polytechnic Institute of New York, Brooklyn
> Campus (now: NYU Polytech) in 1988. He has over 20+ years experiences in
> Network Analysis on Enterprise as well as Internet Service Providers. Some
> highlights (on Internet & general issues):
> ·       1995 – He established among the early adopters of ISPs: Pacific
> Internet Indonesia ISP & participated in the early implementation of APJII
> Internet Exchange (1997)
> ·       1999 – He supervised successfully Nationwide IT Infrastructure ( a
> mixture of SNA & TCP/IP) to support the 1st Information Technology-based
> Indonesian Election (KPU 1999)
> ·       2002 - He received a scholarship from USTTI on ISP design &
> Backbone protocols (completed sessions in Washington D.C & San Jose, USA)
> ·       2005 – He represented APJII in Kyoto to win & to host APRICOT
> (Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies)
> 2007 in Bali
> ·       2009-2010 He was invited by ITU (International Telecommunication
> Union) as Internet expert for their various assigments in the region, such
> as to survey, design & train Afghanistan people to implement National
> Internet Exchange in Kabul, Afghanistan, and subsequently various speaking
> engagements on internet technologies in Vietnam and Thailand
> ·       He & his team have optimized many corporate network
> infrastructures including from  top 20 listing of Lion Share State Owned
> Enterprise in Indonesia (such as PT Pertamina, PT Semen Indonesia, PT
> Telkom –RisTI, PT PLN-ICON+ )
> ·       He has held various corporate positions throughout his IT career
> from Network Engineer, Network Analyst, Manager, General Manager, Director
> to CEO; his current position: Principle Consultant for a small Network
> Performance Consulting firm: Chief Kreasindo
>
> Some Personal Contacts /References: please check LinkedIN:
> USA – Net-Analysts: Bill Alderson (ex PMG) , Laura Chappell (Wireshark
> University), Scott Haughdahl (Architect @Blue Cross), Betty Dubois
> (Wireshark Instructor), Annette Clewett (Author: Network Resource
> Planning), Barry Banner (Indep. Netanalyst from Texas), Neal Alen (Gigamon
> Senior Net-analyst)
> APAC – Phillip Smith (APNIC/APIA), Sanjaya (APNIC), Ole Jacobsen
> (APRICOT/Editor IP Journal)
> INDONESIA – Bobby Nazief (Indep. Consultant), Silvya Sumarlin (FTII),
> Theodor Sukardi (PANDI), Riskan Chandra (PT Telkom), Budi Rahardjo
> (ID-CERT)
>
>
> E. List of Supporters
>
> PANDI (Indonesian Domain Name Registry)
> ANDI BUDIMANSYAH – Chairman PANDI
>
> PANDI has offered one room at their office as ISOC – Jakarta Chapter
> secretarial office and a place to hold ISOC related regular meeting.
>
> APJII (Indonesian Non Profit ISP organization)
> FREDY PINONTOAN
>
> FTII (Indonesian Federation of IT )
> SE WYDIANTARI SUMARLIN – Chairman FTII
>
> During ISOC meeting held within APRICOT 2013 Conference in Singapore,
> APJII and PANDI financed MAPI members to attend.
>
> F.     List of Requirements
>
> This is a non profit international affiliated organization and under
> Indonesian law has to be registered – as such, we have created a local non
> profit organization that will serve as a local organization called MAPI
> (Masyarakat Pemanfaat Internet) – or Indonesian Society of INTERNET users.
>
> G.    Additional Information
>
> The idea was to setup ISOC Indonesia – Jakarta Chapter with few founding
> members and quickly roll out the chapter. In addition under MAPI we have
> gathered around 20 participants that are either already joined ISOC as
> global member or in the process/commitment to join.
>
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