[Chapter-delegates] Internet Society Updates from Public Policy and Strategic Deveopment

Tue Jan 28 13:10:09 PST 2014

Veni, Olivier and Chapter Delegates and Advisory Council Members,

There is ample thought and desire to gather with ISOC chapters and members to  agree 1)  our strategic and tactical objectives and 2) how best to achieve them; meaning  what should our mobilization and engagement strategy look like.  Staff are keen to address this in detail so that there are resources available to do all that we might want.  Of course , this is not as easy as asking for money and resources  and having them show up.  Nevertheless, we Staff are committed to assuring a prioritization of member and chapter involvement in WTCD preparation and engagement.  Public Policy is convening the Regional Bureaus, Communications and Membership & Services on a conference call tomorrow to allocate internal tasks, after which you may expect much more explicit and collaborative communication.

Chapter and member action in the WTDC and beyond is critically important for the successful inclusion of our positions and values in the outcomes of these conferences.  We welcome your ideas, your collaboration and you collective action.

More before the end of the week,

Ted
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Ted Mooney
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The Internet Society
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From: Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com<mailto:veni at veni.com>>
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Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 3:06 PM
To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com<mailto:ocl at gih.com>>, Ted Mooney <mooney at isoc.org<mailto:mooney at isoc.org>>
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Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Internet Society Updates from Public Policy and Strategic Deveopment

I see no further discussion on that....

:-(

v.
On 01/22/14 19:58, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
+1 to what Veni said. A handful of Chapters were able to send people as part of their country delegation and it really made a difference to the outcome.
Kind regards,

Olivier

On 20/01/2014 23:16, Veni Markovski wrote:
Thanks - helpful.
It would be good to see some plans on supporting chapters delegates to participate at the WTDC as members of the isoc delegation or as members of their respected countries' delegations.
We have talked about it for the WCIT, but back then isoc didn't support any chapter. Isoc-bulgaria nevertheless was able to send several people, who were very helpful, not only sitting on the last row, but actually participating actively and providing precious support to governments.

On Monday, January 20, 2014, Ted Mooney <mooney at isoc.org<mailto:mooney at isoc.org>> wrote:
To  the Chapter Delegates and Advisory Council Members of the Internet Society,

Sally Wentworth (Public Policy) and Jane Coffin (Strategic Development) are familiar most of you.  They have compiled a short message to update you on two key initiatives begun last year and carried through 2014 for potentially significant impact.  Please take a few moments to review this short update and feel free to provide any feedback you think appropriate.

Best regards,

Ted
Ted Mooney
Senior Director, Membership & Services
The Internet Society
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Hello Everyone!

2014 is shaping up to be a critical year and we wanted to share two near-term targets where we could use your help and expertise —(1)  IXP Toolkit & Best Practices Report & Portal (community feed-back) and (2) the Upcoming ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC):

1.  Throughout 2013 we updated you on the IXP Toolkit & Best Practices Project.  To refresh memories – this is a grant project that aims to promote and enhance IXP development, the project tries to:
- consolidate and document best practices for creating and improving IXPs
- encourage data collection
- create case studies
- and facilitate work with IXP communities of interest and other partners

(a) Report & Portal:  We are aiming for release of the report by the end of February and for the Portal to go "live" in tandem or just after the Report release.  Both the report and Portal are considered preliminary and are going to be used to obtain Internet community feed-back.  We would really like to hear back from chapters throughout the year on the report & portal.  You can email Jane Coffin, Director, Development Strategy, (coffin at ISOC.org<javascript:_e({},%20'cvml',
%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20'coffin at ISOC.org');>).

(b) Training, Equipment & Case-studies:  The IXP Toolkit project also facilitates capacity building and has funds for training, workshops, equipment, and travel for developing/emerging markets.  Here are examples of how we can work together:
-Are you assisting an IXP  develop?  Let us know if you are interested in a workshop, training, "twinning" or mentoring from an existing IXP?  We may be able to help.
-Do you need equipment to get started or to upgrade existing facilities?  Let us know, we may have funds to help.
-Did you help start an IXP?  Let us know and we could work with you on a case-study that will go on the IXP Portal.
-Are you interested in helping us provide training in your region?  Let us know as we would be very keen to have chapter delegates help us with training.

(2) WTDC:  As many of you already know, 2014 will be a very busy year for Internet policy-related conferences.  A first big one coming up is the  WTDC (ITU-D’s World Telecommunication Development Conference).  Sally Wentworth ISOC Senior Director, Strategic Public Policy is leading ISOC's preparation for this event that will be held on 31 March - 11 April, in the UAE.

ISOC Staff is shaping an ISOC contribution to the WTDC now.  Our contribution will have two audiences:  first, we will be speaking to the policy community and offering a perspective on the topics where we have expertise; second, we will be speaking to the ITU in terms of its future development activities and workplan.

We would welcome Chapter members' input (keeping in mind the above audiences) on things we might emphasize in the following areas BY 31 JANUARY:

- Digital Divide / enabling environment
- Local hosting infrastructure
- Regional & Cross-border connectivity
- Human Capacity Building
- Security / spam

We have an ISOC website for WTDC here: http://www.internetsociety.org/development/world-telecommunication-development-conference-wtdc.  Our background paper for the conference is here: http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/wtdc-2014-itu-world-telecommunication-development-conference-background-information

Thank you!
Jane and Sally

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