Transcript Mobile Internet - Opportunities and Threats

ISOC and ISOC Chapters Worldwide
ISOC GVA Chapter, DevSIG meeting
21 February 2006
Anne Lord
Snr. Manager Chapters & Ind. Members
http://www.isoc.org
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Overview
• About ISOC
• All about chapters
• ISOC initiatives
• Focus on chapters
http://www.isoc.org
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ISOC - who we are
• Founded 1992 by Internet Pioneers
– For global co-operation and co-ordination of the Internet
• International, not-for-profit, membership organisation
– 85+ organisational members
– 25,000+ individual members
– 80+ chapters
• Works to provide leadership
– Standards, education and policy
• Funded by organisation members and .org registry
http://www.isoc.org
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ISOC’s Mission
"To assure the open development, evolution
and use of the Internet for the benefit of all
people throughout the world."
http://www.isoc.org
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ISOC Membership
4% Oceania
11% Africa
28% North America
27% Asia
6% Latin America and
the Caribbean
24% Europe
http://www.isoc.org
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ISOC Chapters
• Chapters support ISOC’s mission and goals
– Extend reach and influence of ISOC by acting locally
• Serve interests of local community
– Organise activities/events/education locally
– Provide services in local language
– Act as forum for ‘networking’
• Inform ISOC policy making
– Chapters inform ISOC of local/regional issues
– Provide input on global issues to the ISOC Secretariat
• Operate as not-for-profit entities
– Mostly run by volunteers
http://www.isoc.org
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Where are the Chapters?
2 Oceania
10 North America
17 Africa
8 Latin America and
the Caribbean
16 Asia
28 Europe
http://www.isoc.org
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Where are the Chapters?
Australia Chapter-ISOC of Aus
Pacif ic Islands Chapter
Benin Chapter
Burundi Chapter
Cameroon Chapter
Congo Chapter
Democratic Republic of Congo Cha
Egy pt Chapter
Gambia Chapter
Ghana Chapter
Mali Chapter
Mauritius Chapter
Morocco Chapter
Niger Chapter
Nigeria Chapter
Senegal Chapter
South Af rica Chapter
Tunisia Chapter
Uganda Chapter
Argentina Chapter
Brazilian Chapter
Colombia Chapter
Ecuador Chapter
Mexico Chapter
Peru Chapter
Puerto Rico Chapter
Venezuela Chapter
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Belgium - Wallonia Chapter
Belgium Chapter
Bulgarian Chapter
Denmark Chapter
England Chapter
Finland Chapter - ISOC-SIY
France Chapter
Genev a Switzerland Chapter
Germany Chapter (ISOC.DE e.V.)
Greece Chapter
Hungary Chapter
Ireland Chapter
Italy Chapter
Luxembourg Chapter
Netherlands Chapter (ISOC.NL)
Norway Chapter
Poland Chapter
Romania Chapter
Scotland Chapter
Serbia Montenegro Chapter
Slov enia Chapter of the ISOC
Spain - Aragonese Chapter
Spain - Asturian Chapter
Spain - Catalonia Chapter
Spain - Galician Chapter
Spain - Madrid Chapter
Spanish Chapter ISOC-ES
Sweden Chapter, ISOC-SE
Bahrain Chapter
Bangladesh Chapter
Georgian Chapter
India - Delhi
Indonesia Chapter
ISOC Hong Kong
Israel Chapter - ISOC
Japan Chapter
Pakistan-ISOC Pakistan Chapter
Palestine Chapter
Philippine Chapter
Republic of Korea Chapter
Saudi Arabia Chapter
Taiwan Chapter
Thailand Chapter
Turkey - Istanbul Chapter
Canada - Quebec Chapter
Canada - Toronto Chapter
Canada Chapter
Disability & Special Needs Ch
US - Chicago Illinois Chapter
US - Hawaii Chapter
US - Los Angeles CA Chapter
US - New Jersey Chapter
US - South Central Texas Chap
US - Washington DC Chapter
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How are Chapters formed?
• Local interested community
– Assemble founding members
– Hold ‘planning’ meeting
– Complete necessary local formalities
– Complete application form on ISOC website
• Review by ISOC
– “Due diligence” exercised
– Review by chapter delegates mailing list
• Submit by-laws in English and list of 25 members
• Chartered and approved
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Chapters in Formation
Current Applications
Cambodia
Macedonia
Chad
Northern Nigeria
Cote d’Ivoire
Nepal
Madras, India
Sudan
Kenya
United Arab Emirates
• Recently formed
– ISOC Romania, ISOC Democratic Republic of Congo,
ISOC Republic of Congo, ISOC Burundi
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Chapter Development
• Not all chapters are active
– Survey in 2006 indicated that approximately 15
are inactive, more are ‘not very active’
– 3 chapters were ‘uncontactable’
• Beginning 2004 increase in focus on chapters
– Regional bureaus
– Project funding
– Additional staff resources (Snr Manager + 1)
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Chapter Development
• Strengthening chapters
– Establish information repository
• ‘How to’ guides, publicity, chapter management guidelines..
– Assist chapters to provide value to their members
• IETF fellowship, co-ordination of multi-chapter events
• Co-ordinate initiatives to support involve younger members &
new groups
– Chapter mentoring programme
• New chapters can be ‘mentored’ by more experienced chapters
– Facilitate participation of non English speakers
– Regional bureaus
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Regional Bureaus
• One year pilot
– Africa and LAC bureaus created late 2006
– Others may follow e.g Asia
• Activities
– Work closely with chapters
– Strengthen chapters and support new chapters
– Develop bureau websites targeted to region
– Participate in organising regional symposiums
– Involve bureaus in policy & education initiatives in regions
– Participate in multilingualism activities
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Chapter Development
• Improve chapter to chapter communication
– Regular on-line and in person meetings
– Discussion forums (blogs)
– Chapter ‘news’ wiki
• Revise policies and procedures
– Encourage consistent ‘look and feel’
– Need to ensure open, transparent & accountable
– Policies for reinvigorating chapters when inactive
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Pilot ‘news’ wiki
http://www.isoc.org
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Chapter Development
• Membership database
– Evaluation of current system (2006)
– Different models of business rules exist
– Review of business rules needed with view to
agreement on one model
– To be developed in consultation with chapters
– Staff position to be recruited
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Chapter Development
• Project funding
– $US 200,000 available for 2007
– Available to chapters and members
– Two rounds of funding: April & Sept
– More information
• http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/projects
• Proposal criteria
– Any member or chapter in ‘good standing’
– Results must be made publicly available
– Expected outcome and benefits to the community, project
schedule, partner orgs, results shared with community
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Chapter Development
• Project Funding awards Nov 2006
– ISOC Hong Kong $9,000 compilation of a book providing an
in-depth study of the emerging digital public sphere
– PICISOC, Fiji US$3,000 to run a competition to localise
Firefox to the native language of the user
– ISOC Argentina and Disability & Special Needs Chapter
US$6,450 to promote web accessibility
– ISOC Morocco $10,000 to create a portal for the visually
impaired
– ISOC Israel US$10,000 to IT Peace Ambassadors
– ISOC Québec US$10,000 to a pilot to "Connect Québec"
95% high-speed Internet penetration in Québec by 2017
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Focus on one Project
• ISOC Puerto Rico - $10,000
– Internet Clubs project focusing on education and
leadership for young people through the Internet
• Established 2 ‘Internet clubs’ in Metropolitan area school
and in a “special community”
– Developed first ever websites
• Trained 25 school teachers and 20 students ages 10-18
• Established an internship programme with technology
company
• Planned to establish 10 more Internet clubs
http://www.isoc.org
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Focus on Chapters
Argentina, Pacific Islands and Québec
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Focus on Chapters - Argentina
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• Incorporated in 1994 - 3rd resurrection of chapter
• 34 members, 162 pending
• Activities
– 2006 was “reconstruction” year
– 3 large events planned for 2007
• Workshops (Apr), web accessibility (Jun) (Project Funding),
Argentinian INET in (Sep)
• 3 WG’s: Technology, Public policy and ‘inclusiveness’
• Challenges
– Finances! Charge $20 US/year membership fee
– Keeping people motivated
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Focus on Chapters - PICISOC
• Regional Chapter
– Covering 22 island states, 420 members
• Chartered in 1999 & incorporated in 2005
• Activities
– IPv6 forum summit, dynamic coalition on access &
connectivity for remote communities (IGF), PacINET Aug
06/07, Internet in the Pacific (Project Funding)…more..
• SIGs
• IPv6, Free & Open Source Software (FOSS), Women in
Technology (WIT), CROP-ICT, Education, GIS, new media..
• Challenges
– Bandwidth and cost of bandwidth for average user
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Focus on Chapters - Québec
• Chartered since 2000, 200 members
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• Activities
– First annual internet 2020 conference on free software
– Get together day for Quebec Internet Pioneers
– Forum on the virtualisation of reality of Internet in schools
– Produce recommendation for IDN implementation under .ca
– Participation and animation in ICANN NARALO
• Challenges
– Hard to organise activitites with no staff
– Recruiting corporate members who can provide some
funding, since ind. membership is free
– Equal male-female representation on our board
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Questions?
Thank you for listening
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