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ISOC Priorities 2007

• Chapter Member Meeting
• Prague, 23rd March 2006

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Overview

• Who are we?
• Education
• Policy
• Communications
• Membership

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Internet Society Who we are

• Founded 1992 by Internet Pioneers
• International, not-for-profit, charitable org. to
  aid resp. development and encourage deployment of
  the net
• Approx. 100 organisation members
• 26,000 individual members
• 81 chapters worldwide
• Organisation members and .ORG surpluses fund
  activities
• Standards, education, policy and membership

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ISOCs Mission

• "To assure the open development, evolution and
  use of the Internet for the benefit of all people
  throughout the world."

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Key Activities
IETF StandardsSupport
Policy
Chapter memberPrograms
ISOC
Education
Commun- ications
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ISOC Snapshot in 2007

• In 2006 ISOC met reserve targets for first time
  ever
• 2007 Budget 14M (44 increase over 2006)
• Organisation better staffed than ever before
• 2007 Budget has 26 FTEs
• Top priority is to increase involvement of and
  engagement with members -- many investments
• Working in pursuit of common goals to advance the
  mission of the Internet Society
• These investments/initiatives are multi-year
  programs, not quick fixes -- we need time
  support

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Priorities for 2007 - Education

• Expanding delivery of technical training programs
• ccTLD workshops
• Technical hands-on training (DNS, BIND)
• Policies procedures, interaction with IANA
• Caribbean (Feb 07), Central Asia (mid 07)
• Organized with chapters where possible
• ISOC Fellowship for IETF Participation
• Aims to increase participation from developing
  countries
• Formal application procedure and selection
  committee
• 80 applicants for IETF68 (4 fellows) IETF69 (5
  fellows)
• Mentorship program and details, encourage
  chapter/member involvement

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Priorities for 2007 - Education

• Continue support of regional forums for network
  operators - with chapters/members where possible
• Forums provide education in network operations
• ISOC provides participation fellowships,
  speakers and materials, and helps find sponsors
• Aim to foster long term self-sustainability
• Communities supported - most w/ chapters/members
• AfNOG AfriNIC, SANOG, WALC and PACNOG
• Regional INETs
• INET in Africa (May), Latin America (May)

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Priorities for 2007 - Education

• Improving technical information distribution
• IETF Journal
• Encourages participation and promotes IETF
  activities
• Information useful to policy makers and technical
  community
• Online copy available
• http//ietfjournal.isoc.org/
• Reorganise technical info on website
• Collaborative effort with assistance from members
• Translated documents will be available

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Priorities for 2007 - Education

• With chapters, members, experts identifying
  opportunities in technical policy education
• Wireless, IXP exchange
• Security
• Multi-lingual content
• Policymaker education
• Building ISOCs Education capacity building
  identity in ICT development
• FRIDA small grants programme
• SILK project involvement in Caucasus Central
  Asia

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Priorities for 2007 - Policy

• Leading the Internet governance debate
• Defend and promote the Internet model and its
  stable and sustainable evolution
• Chapter/member involvement, regional bureau
  support, white papers, IG policy newsletters,
  website enhancement
• Reaffirm ISOCs central role in the IG debate at
  the international level
• ISOC delegations at ITU, IGF, OECD etc
• Regionalize and localize ISOCs IG efforts
• IGF Rio Ambassador program, IG roundtables at
  INETs, local chapter and member activities,
  engagement

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Priorities for 2007 - Policy

• User Centric Internet advocacy - NEW focus
• Assert ISOC as a neutral actor promoting the idea
  of an  Internet for, of and by users 
• Drive change in the discussion about the future
  of the Internet from a focus on network
  centricity to user centricity
• Chapters and Members critical part of program
  development activities

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Priorities for 2007 - Policy

• Internet Policy Presence
• Increase membership engagement!!!
• Defend ISOCs principles and core values
• Ability to connect, speak, innovate, share,
  choose and trust
• Increase ISOCs role as a trusted partner in
  Internet debates
• Renewal/creation of status with intl. org.,
  leadership in intl. meetings, etc.
• Further regionalize and globalize ISOCs presence
  
• Bureaus, RPAGs, Chapters, Members

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Priorities for 2007 - Policy

• Leveraging Public Policy and Education
• Recognizing important synergies between Public
  Policy Education on joint projects in three
  crucial areas
• Multilingualism
• Security
• Access

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Priorities for 2007 - Communications

• Extend press and communication activities
• Develop programs/templates/guides for staff and
  chapter use in all communications
• Increase in ISOC materials avail. for
  chapter/member use
• Translating opportunistically while developing
  plan
• Redesign of ISOC website (starting 2nd half of
  2007)
• Current efforts on cleaning the site and making
  it faster
• Input will continue to be sought from members
• New developments underway in Policy and Edu.
  sections
• New content management system

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Priorities for 2007 - Communications

• As part of Chapter Development Program, and with
  Chapters, define communication needs of chapters
• Develop communications assistance materials for
  chapters
• Press release templates and samples, interview
  guides, suggested topics to discuss with local
  media, topical briefings
• Develop templates and training modules to assist
  with outreach and communications
• Strengthen two-way communication with chapters
• Learn about chapter activities and feature
  local topics or events

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Priorities for 2007 - Communications

• IT infrastructure
• Marratech remote conferencing installation
  Shoutcast streaming audio
• Will enable live broadcasting and webcasting of
  briefing sessions, conferences meeting to
  better support all communication activities
• Installation of IP VOIP PBX installation across
  ISOC offices
• Geneva installed, Reston deployed soon
• Increase support to chapters and members
  communications

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Prototype Redesign of ISOC Homepage
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Priorities for 2007 - Org Membership

• Member retention priority
• Enhanced member outreach
• Expanding participation in ISOC
• Advisory council wiki
• Membership recruitment drive
• New marketing materials to communicate ISOC
  purpose
• Redefine membership benefits and value
  proposition
• Sponsorship
• Priority to seek continued sponsorship for IETF
  meetings and the ISOC Fellowship programme

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Priorities for 2007 - Membership

• Chapters
• Chapter development program
• Speaker support, providing information guides,
  chapter mentoring, improved communication
  tools..etc (much more detail in next
  presentation)
• Regional Bureaus in LAC and Africa
• Revision of policies procedures
• Individual members
• Examine value of membership to improve benefits
• Membership system
• Staged approach - initial phase working with
  database consultant and ISOC members to define
  business rules

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Priorities for 2007 - Membership

• Project Funding
• 200K USD available for grants up to 10K USD
• 50 of funds must be matched by applicant
  organisation
• Available to any member or chapter in good
  standing
• Two rounds a year, next round will open in April
• More details and past project information
• http//www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/projects/

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Thank you for listening

• Questions?