[Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in Guyana

Thu Jun 8 13:40:45 PDT 2017

Dear Colleagues, The following application to start a Chapter in Guyana has been received (below) . It is being sent to the chapter delegates... -posted to the "Chapter Leaders Community" community

Dear Colleagues,

The following application to start a Chapter in Guyana has been received (below) . 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 recognized by the Internet Society.

The period allowed for comments is two weeks from today and the deadline is June 29th, 2017

Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.

Regards ,

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Nancy Quirós

Development Manager LAC Chapters

Phone: +506 8710 9393

Email: quiros at isoc.org

Skype: nancy_quiros

Web: www.isoc.org<http://www.isoc.org/>

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Chapter Application Form

  1.  Proposed name of the Chapter

"Internet Society Guyana Chapter"

  1.  Community of Interest the Chapter will serve

Cooperative Republic of Guyana

  1.  Purpose and scope of Chapter

Connecting Guyana, working with others, and advocating for equal access to the Internet and strive to make Guyana a better place.

Scope of Chapter

  *   Carry out the work of its parent body the Internet Society (ISOC); the activities and involvement of the local chapter will be extended to the Guyana diaspora maintaining development and availability of associated technologies and applications to more effectively collaborate, cooperate, and innovate.
  *   Support ISOC to ensure the beneficial, open evolution of the global Internet;
  *   Serving the interest of Internet Society who has a global presence through a local presence in Guyana;
  *   Advance the professional development of ISOC members in Guyana.
  *   Create an awareness and facilitation of Information and Communication Technology professionals and organizations in Guyana;
  *   Support education in Guyana specifically and wherever the need exists.
  *   Provide reliable information and educational opportunities that include training workshops in Guyana;
  *   Encourage innovation and creativity with grants and awards received from ISOC to relevant initiatives and outreach efforts that address the humanitarian, educational, and societal contexts of online connectivity.
  *   Facilitate leadership programmes through ISOC that include the cultivation of Next Generation Leaders and Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Ambassadors.
  *   Organize events and opportunities that bring people together to share insights and opinions.
  *   Liaise with other chapters that serve the needs of the growing global Internet community

  1.  Outline of key priorities for the first year of Chapter

  *   Strengthen Internet Society Guyana Chapter membership and leadership
  *   Establish the ISOC Guyana Chapter Website
  *   Media training for members in collaboration with University of Guyana Centre for Communication Studies.
  *   Host Guyana's first Internet Governance Forum in 2018
  *   Collaborate with ICANN to hold a DNS & Entrepreneur training in 2018
  *   IPv6 Training in 2018
  *   Participate in ICT events held in Guyana in 2018.
  *   Establish the Membership, Finance, Executive and any other relevant committees.
  *   Select ICANN Representatives

  1.  Founding members of the Chapter

Name

Affiliation*

1. Bertnell A Malisa Richards

Private Sector

2. Jennifer Britton

Technical Community

3. Lenandlar Singh

Academia

4.  Lance Hinds

Public Sector

5. Nelsonia Persaud-Budhram

Academia

6. Muriana McPherson

End User

7. Myrtle Richards

NGO

8. Terrence McKenzie

NGO

9. Samuel Reid

Technical Community

10. Vidyaratha Kissoon

Civil Society

11. Jason Joseph

Student

12. Othneil Bowman

Technical Community

13. Godfrey Munroe

Public Sector

14. Ron D'Avilar

Student

15. Akeem Hinds

Private Sector

16. Leon Walcott

NGO

17. Ricky Chand

Public Sector

18. Hilary Benjamin-Byer

Public Sector

19. Elenie Andre

Public Sector

20. Gerhard Ramsaroop

Technical Community

21. Yvette Philander

Academia

22. Phil Mingo

Public Sector

23. Onamah Griffith

Public Sector

24. Kadeem Davis

Civil Society

25. Rondel McArthur

Technical Community

26. Aggrey Marsh

Technical Community

27.

  1.  List of supporters and partner organizations

  *   Mr Lance Hinds

ICT Advisor

Minister of Ministry of Public Telecommunications

  *   Miss Jennifer Britton

Deputy Programme Manager - ICT4D

Caricom Secretariat

  *   Miss Bertnell A. Malisa Richards

Web Services Officer

BrainStreet Group Inc

  *   Lenandlar Singh

Head of Department

Department of Computer Science

University of Guyana

  *   Godfrey Munroe

Ministry of Education

  1.  Membership

  *   Communication with members will be done via telephone, e-mail, social media, networking, newsletters, webinars and video conference facilities.
  *   Recruiting of members will be done via the following ways:
     *   Just Ask and Social Media– members of the Internet Society Guyana Chapter will ask persons in their workplaces, etc if they are interested in becoming a member. Regularly update social media pages thereby keeping the internet public up-to-date about the activities.
     *   Engage through service – Because ISOC is internationally recognized, the Guyana Chapter will from time to time attend as well as host events. At these events we will be sure to have flyers, membership applications and brochures available for prospective members to learn more about Internet Society Guyana Chapter.
     *   Membership drive – decide on creative ways each year at a specified period to recruit members.
     *   Create a Campaign of "100 Reasons to be a Member of Internet Society Guyana Chapter"
  *   Select members to participate in ISOC Next General of Leaders programme, Ambassadorship to the IGF, IETF, ICANN, OECD Technology Foresight Forum

  1.  List of requirements

  *   Government Requirement

Register the organization as an Non-Governmental Organisation with the Registrar of Friendly Societies, Ministry of Social Protection and Deeds Registry, Ministry of Legal Affairs.

  *   Individual Membership Requirements
     *   Citizen of Co-operative Republic of Guyana (by birth or naturalization)
     *   Global member of Internet Society
     *   Guyanese citizen will not be restricted to living in Guyana only, a member of the ISOC Guyana Chapter can also be residing outside of Guyana.

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