[kictanet] ISOC Kenya Chapter Creation efforts

Thu Jul 28 12:06:11 EAT 2011

It is great that someone has taken a step towards the realisation of a local
ISOC chapter. Thanks Barrack and others!
I join others in supporting this initiative. Go ISOC Kenya!
Grace.

On 28 July 2011 11:57, Chelimo Ken <ken at kenyatelecentres.org> wrote:

> I have been in the frontline championing for a ISOC chapter in Kenya. I
> even hinted on this mailing list about the same some time back. I think
> Alice is aware of it. I will be the first one to attend the meeting to chart
> the way forward to form a Kenyan chapter. This is indeed a good move in the
> right direction.
>
> Ken
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:29 PM, samuel ochanji <sochanji at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>>  Thanks Barrack, keep us in the loop on the progress.
>>
>>   ------------------------------
>> *From:* Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
>> *To:* samuel ochanji <sochanji at yahoo.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy
>> Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 27, 2011 9:04 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: ISOC Kenya Chapter Creation efforts
>>
>> Great Sam, its good to see the enthusiasm, once we get everyone on
>> board we can chart the way forwad taking advantage of the immense
>> goodwill among members who have responded to the call.
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>> On 7/27/11, samuel ochanji <sochanji at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Barrack,
>> >
>> > Just joined the mailinglist. The last time I was on the ISOC website,I
>> was
>> > shocked that Kenyan members were too few that we did not meet the
>> threshold
>> > to form a local chapter yet Rwanda had an ISOC chapter? Let's get this
>> done,
>> > Kenya should have had an ISOC Chapter years ago. The South African
>> chapter
>> > is quite active and has been operating for decades now and I think it's
>> time
>> > for ISOC Kenya! It would be a rich (and necessary) addition  to the
>> existing
>> > menu of fora for discussing the direction of internet in our country. I
>> look
>> > forward to our first meeting!
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> > From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
>> > To: sochanji at yahoo.com
>> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 1:45 PM
>> > Subject: [kictanet] ISOC Kenya Chapter Creation efforts
>> >
>> >
>> > Dear Colleagues,
>> >
>> > There has been growing interest on various lists to have a local ISOC
>> > Chapter up and running, we have had many Kenyans participate in ISOC
>> > programs as fellows, unfortunately we haven't had a forum where we can
>> share
>> > the knowledge and experiences gained through the fellowship
>> opportunities.
>> > The purpose of this email is to invite all interested parties to join a
>> > mailing list that has been created to bring together interested
>> stakeholders
>> > so that we can deliberate on how to establish an open and inclusive ISOC
>> > chapter that will be based on  a multistakeholder model. Kindly note
>> that we
>> > will be required to be global ISOC members as a
>> > prerequistite.https://portal.isoc.org/EBusiness/NewMemberStepOne.aspx.
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Kenya
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