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Re: [atlarge-discuss] User activities in other At-Large structures
Jeff and Danny, ISOC
Thanks, I think now I get it. I really don't care what is in a name.
Roses are roses regardless of what you call them.
Well it looks like it acts in conformity with it's proclaimed policy.
It is actually quite refreshing to see proclamation and adherence to a corporate
bent.
While I participate here as an individual perhaps there I will as a corporation.
What the heck some times I act like a Dad and sometimes a minister and sometimes a
friend.
I guess we just can't get away from plurachotomies in life or the Internet.
Heck over the last few years I have not been able to figure which country I live
in.
Eric
Jeff Williams wrote:
> Eric and all stakeholders or other interested parties and members,
>
> Here you can find all that you need to know to answer your own
> question Eric: http://www.isoc.org/orgs/orgsbylevel.shtml
> and http://www.isoc.org/orgs/benefits.shtml
> As you can see, the ISOC's definition of individual members
> does not include stakeholders/users or individual domain name holders
> unless they are of the variety that is in the IP camp of one level or
> another. Kinda one sided and unrepresentative isn't it Eric and Danny?
>
> For the ISOC to call themselves the "Internet Society" is one of the
> most egregious misnomers the internet has seen to date...
>
> This is not to say that the ISOC has not done some good works.
> They certainly have!
>
> eric@hi-tek.com wrote:
>
> > 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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> Regards,
>
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