[Chapter-delegates] Application to form Internet Society India Trivandrum Chapter

[Sohaib Saleem]

I am also in full support of chapter formulation in Trivandrum and I am
very pleased to see the a number of 48 as founding members :).



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Best Regards,
*Sohaib Saleem*
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http://pk.linkedin.com/in/sohaibsaleem
Skype ID: chsohaib

On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Naveed Haq <haq at isoc.org> wrote:

>  Dear Chapter Leaders,
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> The following application for Internet Society India Trivandrum Chapter
> has been received. It is being sent to this list for peer comment and
> review. If there are people on this list that know the individuals
> proposing to establish the chapter, feedback is especially welcome.
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> The period allowed for comments is two weeks and the deadline is 15
> December, 2014.
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> Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.
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> Thank you.
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> Best regards,
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> Naveed Haq
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> Chapter Development Manager, Asia-Pacific
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> Internet Society
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> www.isoc.org
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> Skype: naveed.haq79
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> http://internetsociety.org/blog/asia-pacific-bureau
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> Chapter Application
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> A.    Proposed name of the Chapter
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> The Proposed Name of The Chapter is “Internet Society Trivandrum”
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> B.     Community of Interest the Chapter will to serve
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> ISOC Trivandrum will cover the geographic territory of the city of
> Trivandrum and its adjoining areas within the State of Kerala in southern
> India. However, membership in ISOC Trivandrum will be open to members from
> other parts of Kerala as well.
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> C.     Purpose and Scope of the Chapter
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> ISOC Trivandrum chapter will enable a cross-section of communities
> including end-users, students, NGOs, technical & research institutions,
> Government and the Industry, organized through the multi-stakeholder model,
> to participate in the governance of the Internet and in related areas,
> through several activities such as providing background information;
> linking members with global organizations and processes; getting resource
> persons to provide guidance; and taking up projects of relevance to local
> communities in the realm of Internet Governance. A chapter of ISOC is the
> best vehicle available for achieving these set of objectives.
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> D.     Outline of the key priorities for the first year of Chapter
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> The activities of the first year of ISOC Trivandrum will include, but not
> be limited to, the following:
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> • Three Background seminars on Internet Governance and current IG issues
> at Trivandrum as well as in other parts of Kerala
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> • Creation on member mailing list for communications
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> • Monthly newsletter providing information on IG issues and forthcoming
> international and regional IG events (from the third month after formation)
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> • Training on on remote participation in events to user groups
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> • Proposing two projects that can be taken up locally
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> • Providing one training/webinar to ISOC Trivandrum leaders for conduct of
> chapter activities
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> • Ensuring participation of members directly or by remote participation in
> at least three IG events(such as ISOC meetings; IGF & regional IGFs; ICANN
> meetings; other local/national IG events)
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> D. Founding Members of the Chapter [a total of 48 names are submitting,
> let me know if you need the full list]
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> *1. Satish Babu*
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> International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (http://icfoss.in/)
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>  ICANN(Vice Chair, APRALO)
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> *2. Ranjit R Nair*
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> InApp (http://inapp.in/)
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> *3. Annie George*
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> BEDROC (http://bedroc.in/)
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> *4. Shahim Baker*
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> Grey Technolabs (http://www.greytechnolabs.com/)
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> *5. Ajin Baby*
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> Veeble (http://veeble.org/)
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> *6. Sameer S M*
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> National Institute of Technology Calicut (http://www.nitc.ac.in/)
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> *7. Preethy V Warrier*
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> Amrita University (https://www.amrita.edu/)
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> *8. Vijay S Paul*
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> IZE Creative (http://www.izecreative.in/)
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> F. List of Supporters and partner organizations
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> The following institutions are represented amongst the supporting
> organizations of ISOC Trivandrum. The list includes professional societies,
> Government institutions, IT companies and NGOs.
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> 1. IEEE Kerala Section
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> 2. Computer Society of India, Trivandrum Chapter
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> 3. ICFOSS (www.icfoss.in)
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> 4. InApp Infotech Private Limited (www.inapp.com)
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> 5. Building and Enabling Disaster Resilince of Coastal Communities
> (BEDROC, www.bedroc.in)
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> F. Membership
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> ISOC Trivandrum has been created by a leadership group that has prior
> experience in creating technical organization spanning multiple user
> constituencies, including IEEE and the Computer Society of India. IEEE
> Kerala Section has close to 5,000 members of which youth & students form a
> majority. Since all of these constituencies are users of the Internet, and
> since Kerala is highly literate and has a history of engaging with global
> processes, we expect that ISOC Trivandrum will be able to attract a stream
> of users in a steady manner.
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> The primary means of engaging with members and would-be members will be
> email-based communications (including newsletters). Periodic face-to-face
> meetings and online meetings will supplement email-based communications.
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> G. List of requirements
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> Not Applicable.
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