Transcript ISOC-SF Bay Area

ISOC-SF Bay Area
Chapter News
Zaid Ali, President/Chair
History
• Silicon Valley chapter first floated around Feb 2008
• Outreach to members from ISOC. 30 showed interest and
support.
• April 2008 Website and mailing list established
• Nov 2008 efforts from Sophia Bekele, Annalisa Roger, Franck
Martin helped shape bylaws, chapter application.
• Chapter established Feb 16th 2009
Mission
• Enable members to exchange technical, policy, or otherwise
relevant information amongst themselves.
• Provide the opportunity for outreach from the chapter to the
local community on these topics.
• Promote the core values of the Internet society.
• Interact with other ISOC Chapters and groups globally as well
as relevant groups outside of ISOC.
• Develop programs related to standards, public policy, and
education for the membership.
Officers
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Zaid Ali – President/Chair
Annalisa Roger – Vice chair
Sophia Bekele – Secretary
Ken Krechmer – Treasurer/Adminstrative
Ted Hardie – Board Member
Franck Martin – Board member
Initiatives
• Broadband technology program (American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009)
• IPv6 technology
• Trust/identity initiative
• Open Standards
• Cyber crime
• Distance Education
• gTLD
• Membership drive (Currently Facebook group, Twitter, IETF)
• Local Chapter funding, by way of Corporate Sponsorship
• Speakers at a local chapter event
Recent activities
• ISOC-SF Bay area presence through Annalisa Roger at ICANN
Mexico
▫ Participation with Wendy Rickard on manual for chapter
development
• ISOC-SF Bay area presence through Sophia Bekele as a
presenter on internet governance at Golden Gate University
(GGU)
• Broadband adoption initiative chapter dialogue with
firstmile.US, ISOC-LA
• Chapter delegate support for broadband technology program