1. ISOC and ISOC Chapters Worldwide
ISOC GVA Chapter, DevSIG meeting
21 February 2006
Anne Lord Snr. Manager Chapters & Ind. Members

2. Overview About ISOC All about chapters ISOC initiatives
Focus on chapters

3. 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

4. ISOC’s Mission "To assure the open development, evolution
and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world."

5. ISOC Membership

6. 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

7. Where are the Chapters ?

8. Where are the Chapters? .

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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)

12. 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

13. Regional Bureaus One year pilot Activities
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

14. 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

15. Pilot ‘news’ wiki

16. 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

17. Chapter Development Project funding Proposal criteria
$US 200,000 available for 2007
Available to chapters and members
Two rounds of funding: April & Sept
More information
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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Argentina, Pacific Islands and Québec
Focus on Chapters
Argentina, Pacific Islands and Québec

21. Focus on Chapters - Argentina
Incorporated in rd 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

22. 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

23. Focus on Chapters - Québec
Chartered since 2000, 200 members
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

24. Thank you for listening
Questions?
Thank you for listening