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Re: [atlarge-discuss] User activities in other At-Large structures
all right this is the correct forum,
What are the pros and cons of the ISOC.
My understanding as I was trying to join was that they were limited to
corporate
groups with huge membership fees.
Danny are you a member?
If I am wrong correct me, and direct me to an individual membership app.
Otherwise they are merely an IP extension.
e
DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:
> For those of you with an interest in user activities around the world, the
> following are excerpts from the ISOC member newsletter describing some of
> their user activities at the local chapter level.
>
> ISOC Bahrain <http://www-ic.org.bh>
>
> The Bahrain Internet Club (Bahrain ISOC Chapter) met with HH the
> Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. He praised
> the Bahrain Internet Club for spreading awareness about the
> importance of using the Internet. He urged club members to use
> their skills and abilities on the Internet to serve their nation
> and introduce its achievements and accomplishments for the rest
> of the world to see. New technology, he said, should be employed
> in promoting the Kingdom's cultural, political and economic
> achievements.
>
> A social gathering was held sponsored by the CEO of ALBA (Bahrain
> Aluminum company). The event, which is held every other month,
> gave members an opportunity to physically meet and exchange ideas
> and thoughts.
>
> Ahmed ALHujairy, the President of the Internet Club in Bahrain,
> and other Board members participated on a panel discussion on the
> launching of Bahrainemall service. The panel had representatives
> from the Ministry of Commerce and Bharinemall executives.
>
> The Board of the Bahrain Chapter held two meetings during the
> month of August 2002 during which it reviewed its plans and
> events for 2002 and ways of enhancing the activities of the club.
>
> ----------
> ISOC Bulgaria <http://www.isoc.bg>
>
> On 26 August 2002, Dimitàr Kirov, our colleague, fellow, and friend
> died in a car accident.
>
> Dimitàr Kirov is one of the founders and a member of the Board of
> the Internet Society - Bulgaria (est. 1995), a member of the
> Bulgarian President's Council for Information Technologies
> (<http://www.president.bg/sit>), and an active participant in
> national and international conferences on Internet issues in
> Bulgaria and abroad.
>
> Dimitàr Kirov was engaged in introducing Internet and Information
> Technologies within education, their influence on the young people,
> as well as with the possibilities for ensuring the right of access
> to information and freedom of speach on the Internet.
>
> The tragic end of his life is a terrible loss for his family, for
> the whole Internet community, and for all of his friends and people
> that knew him. Dimitàr Kirov was 40, married, with two sons - age
> 10 and 16.
>
> ----------
> ISOC Chicago <http://isoc-chicago.org>
>
> This is the "Readers Digest" version of our activities this past
> month.
>
> * Attracted and processed 18 new members, placing us over the
> 200 mark in membership.
>
> * Worked mentoring a new member, Joseph Lloyd, who will likely
> become to e-commerce security what Bill Gates is to Microsoft
> software. Joseph Lloyd will be a speaker on e-commerce security
> at the November 2002 meeting.
>
> * Mentoring another new member, Adam Gerber, who will become our
> new VP of Emerging Technologies.
>
> * Created a 49-slide presentation showing the History and Growth
> of the Internet. This will be presented on September 18, 2002
> at our monthly meeting.
>
> * E-mailed a "Happy Anniversary" note to Professor Leonard Kleinrock,
> on the occasion of marking 33 years since the beginning of the
> ARPANET. I sent him the presentation I mentioned above.
>
> * Planned a "Networking Night" meeting for our October 2002 meeting,
> where we will have firms who can place people into jobs come out
> and meet our members and guests, in hopes of generating some leads
> and placement in the stagnated IT economy here in Chicago.
>
> * Cancelled the August 2002 meeting due to lack of time and resources.
> This is rare because it is our first meeting cancellation since
> January 2001.
>
> * Starting the development of some content for our web site along the
> lines of ISOC-Chicago information materials such as a FAQs list,
> member retention, member involvment motivators, and some recruiting
> information about the Internet Society.
>
> * Coordinated having a NIST/SBA workshop on Small Business Computer
> Security in the Chicago area
> <http://csrc.nist.gov/securebiz/locations_dates.html>.
>
> * Worked within Chicago on "Bridging the Digital Divide" at "Race to
> Knowledge" <http://ixprss.com/racetoknow/about.asp> where our
> volunteer hours have helped build an after school program.
>
> ----------
> ISOC Ecuador <http://isoc-ecuador.hypermart.net>
>
> - Election of the top ten web sites of Ecuador, on March of 2002.
>
> - Participation in the connectivity agenda of Ecuador: Electronic
> Commerce Law rules in Ecuador, on May-September 2002.
>
> - Several meetings to talk about TICs and SMEs to improve
> productivity, on July-Sep. of 2002.
>
> Activities for the next months:
>
> - The situation of free software in Ecuador Sep-Dec 2002.
>
> ----------
> ISOC Luxembourg <http://www.isoc.lu>
>
> On July 4th, ISOC Luxembourg hosted a conference with Vinton Cerf,
> the Internet Pioneer, and Latif Ladid, President of the IPv6 Forum
> and ISOC Trustee. Both speakers contributed a high-level
> presentation to the topic - "Internet: 21st Century Tidal Wave."
> The whole conference is available as a webcast at
> <mms://streamer.tsl.lu/archive/cerf.asf>. The conference web site
> also includes the PowerPoint presentations as well as other
> relevant material <http://www.isoc.lu/conferences>.
>
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