[Chapter-delegates] Application to form a chapter in Ireland

Tue Aug 18 15:31:58 PDT 2015

As long as they manage to make the tuesday evening session ISOC at ICANN54 more memorable, they will have the WHOLE Costa Rica Chapter supporting the idea!!!!!
In fact, we have a general assembly in a few hours time tonite and I will make a special motion.

Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
Chair
ISOC Costa Rica Chapter
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> On Aug 18, 2015, at 7:51 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> full support from me! James Gannon enquired with the ISOC UK England
> Chapter about creating Chapter in Ireland. My colleagues in the ISOC UK
> England Leadership Team absolutely encouraged him. It is great to see
> that he has managed to put together a Stellar Team of the main movers &
> shakers of the Internet in Ireland.
> Go shamrocks!
> 
> Olivier
> 
> On 18/08/2015 13:55, Tommi Karttaavi wrote:
>> Dear Colleagues,
>> 
>> The following application to start a Chapter in Ireland has been received.
>> It is being sent to the chapter delegates community for peer comment and
>> review.
>> 
>> Please note that the Chapter is not yet formed and has not officially been
>> recognised by the Internet Society.
>> 
>> The period allowed for comments is two weeks from today and the deadline
>> is August 31st, 2015.
>> 
>> Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.
>> 
>> 
>> Tommi Karttaavi
>> Manager, Chapter Development - Europe
>> Internet Society
>> http://www.internetsociety.org <http://www.internetsociety.org/>
>> +358405104757
>> Skype: tommi.karttaavi
>> 
>> ----------------------
>> 
>> Internet Society Ireland Chapter Application
>> 
>> 
>> A. Proposed name of the Chapter
>> The chapter name will be recorded as “The Internet Society - Ireland
>> Chapter”
>> Alternative short forms will be ISOC-Ireland and ISOC-IE,
>> or when using the Irish language, ISOC-Eire.
>> 
>> B. Community of Interest the Chapter will serve
>> ISOC-Ireland will serve people with a verifiable interest in the Internet
>> and the island of Ireland. Membership will be unlimited.
>> 
>> C. Purpose and scope of Chapter
>> ISOC-Ireland will engage in the following areas during its initial 12-24
>> months. Additional areas of focus may be added over time by consensus
>> among the Executive Council.:
>> 
>> * Privacy - Standards and Awareness
>> 
>> * Internet Governance - Awareness and Promoting Engagement in Ireland
>> 
>> * New Technologies Advocacy(IPv6, DNSsec, etc.)
>> 
>> * Cooperation, collaboration and mediation with private, public and civil
>> Society sectors for the development of information and communication
>> technologies
>> (ICTs) in Ireland
>> 
>> D. Outline of key priorities for the first year of Chapter
>> In the first year ISOC-Ireland will hope to achieve the following:
>> 
>> * Chapter formation and acceptance by ISOC
>> 
>> * Grow membership beyond 30 members within the first 12 months
>> 
>> * Establish a strong relationship with local industry and government
>> within 12 months
>> 
>> * Build a knowledge base within Ireland on policy matters via the
>> formation of a policy committee within 6 months of chapter formation.
>> 
>> 
>> E. Founding members of the Chapter
>> Our founding members represent a broad section of Irish interests ranging
>> from civil society and academia to cybersecurity and privacy
>> professionals and Internet Hall of Fame inductees. Our membership is also
>> geographically diverse representing all parts of Ireland.
>> 
>> Founding Members:
>> 
>> 1. James Gannon
>> 
>> 2. Maebh Mullan
>> 
>> 3. Stephen Farrell
>> 
>> 4. Brandt Dainow
>> 
>> 5. Dennis Jennings
>> 
>> 6. Seamus O’Ciardhuain
>> 
>> 7. Patrick Marshall
>> 
>> 8. Michele Neylon
>> 
>> 9. Elizabeth Folan O'Connor
>> 
>> 10. Jason Barron
>> 
>> 11. Richard Moynahan
>> 
>> 12. Mícheál Ó Foghlú
>> 
>> 13. Kevin Doolin , COO, TSSG
>> 
>> 14. Maria Farrell
>> 
>> 15. Mick Begley
>> 
>> 16. Eileen Gallagher
>> 
>> 17. Edward Morris
>> 
>> 18. Alex French
>> 
>> 19. Garrett Burke
>> 
>> 20. Michael John O'Malley
>> 
>> 21. Jerry Horgan
>> 
>> 22. Nicholas Kiersey
>> 
>> 23. Eoin Meehan
>> 
>> 24. David Graham
>> 
>> 25. Stephen Keaveny
>> 
>> 26. Piotr Ginalski
>> 
>> 27. Stephen Marron
>> 
>> 28. Andrew Power
>> 
>> 29. Niall Murphy
>> 
>> 30. Niall O'Reilly
>> 
>> 
>> F. List of supporters and partner organizations
>> To be confirmed
>> 
>> G. Membership
>> ISOC-Ireland will operate a 6 month ‘Founding Member’ period whereby all
>> new members joining the chapter within the initial 6 months post
>> foundation will be inferred lifetime membership of the chapter without any
>> fees or dues being required.
>> 
>> ISOC-Ireland will endeavour to operate on a no-fee membership basis, this
>> structure may be examined by the Executive Council at minimum once per
>> year using input from the Treasurer on the current financial state of the
>> chapter. In the event that a decision is taken to introduce membership
>> fees provisions will be made for persons
>> on reduced incomes to ensure that broad participation is maintained. This
>> proviso will be included in the by-laws of ISOC-Ireland.
>> 
>> ISOC-Ireland will attempt to engage a variety of sectors, industries and
>> civil society to build a strong membership base. Given Ireland's status
>> as a technology hub we would hope for a strong uptake in membership within
>> 12 months.
>> 
>> H. List of requirements
>> ISOC-Ireland will initially operate as an unincorporated association under
>> Irish Law. The requirements for an unincorporated association closely
>> mirror those of ISOC’s own requirements insofar as mandating a
>> constitution or bylaws and the appointment of a President, Treasurer and
>> Secretary of the association.
>> 
>> NOTE: Unincorporated associations attract unlimited liability in Ireland.
>> As a result of this after a period of 12 months the executive council
>> would be required to examine the possibility of incorporation as a
>> non-profit within the Irish jurisdiction.
>> 
>> I. Additional information
>> Ireland is a growing technology nation. The number of giants of technology
>> headquarters and locations in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and
>> Waterford is growing and it is the opinion of the founders of ISOC-Ireland
>> that it is time to have a chapter dedicated to the Irish region. It would
>> be planned that the chapter will be publicly
>> unveiled for open membership at ICANN 53 in Dublin in October 2015.
>> 
>> J. Your contact information
> 
>> James Gannon
>> Derry House
>> The Meetings, Avoca
>> Co Wicklow
>> Ireland
>> 
>> Tel: +353 (0)86-1753581
>> Email: james at cyberinvasion.net
>> 
>> I am the Director of Cyber Invasion Ltd a Security and Risk management
>> consultancy based in Dublin, Ireland. I am a member of the Non-Commercial
>> Users Constituency of ICANN and am active in a number of Internet
>> Governance and Cybersecurity bodies. I am an ISOC member in good standing
>> since October 24th 2014. I am current a member
>> of the UK Chapter.
>> 
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