January 2013 - isoc - Skunkworks Site

Re: [ISOC_KE] Another Milestone for Kenya, Ground Breaking Ceremony of the KONZA Technology CITY (Africa's Silicon Savannah)
by Barrack Otieno 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

Listers, Happy New Year!, Wednesday 23rd January 2013 is the day, 11.00 am the time, what a way to start 2013, lets congregate in Konza to witness this great event led by His Excellency the President , Hon. Mwai Kibaki. Best Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Fwd: WEB CONTENT
by Gregory Okoth 17 Jan '13

17 Jan '13

Hi all, Having gone over on the WordPress admin panel for isoc-ke.org, its quite a steep learning curve esp on the ISOC Wordpress theme. However, we should work mostly on : - dynamic content of News and Events (calendar of events and activities) - ISOC-KE member login with authentication - downloads section (For ISOC-KE by laws, programs, others...) ISOC memmbers, please give more suggestions on what the content should be. Suggestions and criticisms are welcome On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 10:35 AM, kelvin githira <kgithira(a)gmail.com> wrote: > i All, > > Any body working on a draft document for the website content ??? > will be glad if we worked on this and we can have a good website and close > this sooner. > > Regards > -- Regards, Greg -------- Life is not a rehearsal, you only live once!

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Fwd: [i-network] Fw: Fwd: Call for Nominations for ITU Telecom World 2013
by Barrack Otieno 17 Jan '13

17 Jan '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fredrick Kiapi <royalcsociety_ug(a)yahoo.co.uk> Date: Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 11:49 AM Subject: [i-network] Fw: Fwd: Call for Nominations for ITU Telecom World 2013 To: I-Network Uganda <i-network(a)dgroups.org> FYI --------------------------------------- Kiapi K Frederick Executive Director Commonwealth Peoples’ Association of Uganda (CPAUG) P. O. Box 10358 Kampala, Uganda C/o Plot 87 Bukoto Street, Kamwokya Opp. Uganda Timber Growers Assoc. Tel: 256 414 577 017 SkypeName: diamond151972 Email: commonwealthrcedu(a)gmail.com <secretariat(a)cpaug.org> http://www.facebook.com/commonwealthuganda/ twitter: kiapi40KFreddie<https://twitter.com/kiapi40KFreddie>/ flickr/commonwealthPAUganda *The Environment: Our Future-Lets Go Green!! **Join the Commonwealth Peoples’ Association of Uganda (CPAUG) * * ‘Opportunity through Enterprise.’* ** * Uganda Civil Society Fair www.civilsocietyug.org * ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Commonwealth Association <commonwealthrcedu(a)gmail.com> To: "royalcsociety_ug(a)yahoo.co.uk" <royalcsociety_ug(a)yahoo.co.uk> Cc: Isaac Kalembe <ikalembe(a)ucc.co.ug>; george mutabaazi < mutabaazi(a)yahoo.com>; robertkikonyogo <robertkikonyogo(a)gmail.com>; George Kinyera-Apuke <kapuke(a)kapuke.com>; NOAH Sendawula <noahsendawula(a)yahoo.com>; UNIV Busoga <nmuyobo(a)hotmail.com>; UNIV IUIU <hssegirinya(a)yahoo.com>; estanakkazi <estanakkazi(a)gmail.com>; Nakkazi Esther <nakkazie(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, 17 January 2013, 11:32 Subject: Fwd: Call for Nominations for ITU Telecom World 2013 FYI ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: itutelecom(a)itu.int Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:57:54 +0100 (MET) Subject: Call for Nominations for ITU Telecom World 2013 To: commonwealthrcedu(a)gmail.com If you cannot view this email correctly, access the online version. [image: ITU Telecom World 2013] Bangkok, 18-21 November [image: Facebook] [image: Tweeter] [image: Linkdin] [image: Youtube] [image: ITU logo] ________________________________ [image: ITU Telecom World 2013] ________________________________ About World 2013 Call for Nominations Register your Interest World 2012 Sessions Contact Us Call for Nominations for ITU Telecom World 2013 We are currently seeking nominations for speakers at ITU Telecom World 2013, the leading platform for debate, networking and knowledge sharing for the global ICT community, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 18 - 21 November 2013. If you are a senior-level government or regulatory authority representative, industry figure, innovator, thought leader, academic or entrepreneur with an interesting perspective on the current and future direction of the ICT industry to share with our influential audience worldwide, both online and onsite in Bangkok, then ITU Telecom would like to hear from you. The deadline for submission of nominations is 15 March 2013. [image: ITU World 2012] Embracing change in the digital world is the central theme of the ITU Telecom World 2013. Debates at the event will focus on the changes impacting all aspects of the ICT sector including: the way we communicate with each other the dominant players in the ICT sector business models technological capabilities standardization and regulatory regimes to accommodate new technologies and industry dynamics government policies to provide security and avoid deepening the digital divide [image: ITU World 2012] Benefits of Speaking at ITU Telecom World 2013 Speaking at World 2013 provides a unique opportunity to share your views, form essential connections, impact policy making, shape visions and business decisions, and help address critical societal challenges. ITU Telecom events are renowned for convening the right mix of participants for a decisive debate on a globally significant agenda. How to Submit your Nomination To find out more, and for details of how to submit your nomination, please click here. ________________________________ To unsubscribe from future ITU Telecom World 2013 emails, click here -- Kiapi K Frederick Executive Director Commonwealth Peoples’ Association of Uganda (CPAUG) P. O. Box 10358 Kampala, Uganda C/o Plot 87 Bukoto Street, Kamwokya Opp. Uganda Timber Growers Assoc. Tel: 256 414 577 017 SkypeName: diamond151972 Email: info@civilsocietyug.org/commonwealthrcedu@gmail.com URL: www.civilsocietuug.org http://www.facebook.com/commonwealthuganda https://twitter.com/kiapi40KFreddie / flickr/commonwealthPAUganda *The Environment: Our Future-Lets Go Green!! **Join the Commonwealth Peoples’ Association of Uganda (CPAUG) ‘Opportunity through Enterprise.’ Uganda Civil Society Fair www.civilsocietyug.org * Read the mailing list rules - http://www.i-network.or.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=189… Visit the I-Network website - www.i-network.or.ug Follow I-Network on Twitter: http://twitter.com/inetwork The I-Network Dgroup is a platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit [web site]( http://dgroups.org/iicd/i-network/ ) Click [here]( mailto:leave.i-network@dgroups.org ) to unsubscribe The email is intended only for the recipients. The owners of the Dgroups cannot be held responsible for the contents of the email message. You are receiving this message because you are a member of the community I-Network Uganda <http://dgroups.org/iicd/i-network>. A reply to this message will be sent to all members of I-Network Uganda. Reply to sender <royalcsociety_ug(a)yahoo.co.uk> | Unsubscribe<leave.i-network(a)dgroups.org> -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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WEB CONTENT
by kelvin githira 17 Jan '13

17 Jan '13

Hi All, Any body working on a draft document for the website content ??? will be glad if we worked on this and we can have a good website and close this sooner. Regards, kelvin

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InfoSec: Red October cyber-espionage attack list includes 5 African countries
by Brian Munyao Longwe 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

In alarming news, Kaspersky's revelation of their discovery of the Red October (Rocra) cyber-espionage operation lists at least 5 African countries (South Africa, Uganda, Congo, Tanzania and Kenya) that have been victims/targets of the spy network's activities. The spy network, which largely focuses on international diplomatic service agencies, also targets governments and scientific research organizations. Red October allegedly rivals the sophistication of last year's Flame malware but is described a "more devious" as attacks can be handcrafted for specific targets. Part 1 of the full report is here: http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792262/Red_October_Diplomatic_Cybe… The bad news is that the network is still active and can't seem to be taken down - is actively collecting data and transmitting to it's "owners" Anyway, just a heads up to the respective African countries on this list - be careful, be very careful.... Best regards, Brian

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TV switch-off meetings to start by month end
by Grace Githaiga 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

Discussions between the communications industry regulator and a consumer lobby to come up with a new timeline for digital migration are set to begin before the end of this month. Communications Commission of Kenya director general Francis Wangusi on Tuesday told the Nation that the commission was setting up a team that would hold meetings with the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) to come up with an amicable deadline for the switch off of the analogue signal in Nairobi and other parts of the country. http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/TV-switch-off-meetings-to-start/-/100…

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Aaron Swartz
by kelvin githira 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

take time to read. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz Regards, kelvin

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Input towards National Broadband Strategy
by Brian Munyao Longwe 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

Hi folk, Are we as ISOC-KE going to be making any submissions during the public consultation period for Kenya's National Broadband Strategy? As per advertorials in the local dailies the deadlines for submissions in 25th January. The draft is available online at the CCK website: http://www.cck.go.ke/links/consultations/current_consultations/The_National… Best regards, Brian #**** TRON LIVES ****#

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Re: [ISOC_KE] isoc Digest, Vol 19, Issue 13
by Charles Oloo 14 Jan '13

14 Jan '13

Internet Society Kenya Chapter 2013 @ Barrack. I concur. What I wish to ask members is to develop passion for the Chapter, voluntarily participate in meetings and activities, then we shall have less questions to ask? Charles On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 12:00 PM, <isoc-request(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > Send isoc mailing list submissions to > isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > isoc-request(a)lists.my.co.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > isoc-owner(a)lists.my.co.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of isoc digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Internet Society Kenya Chapter 2013 (Barrack Otieno) > 2. Re: Internet Society Kenya Chapter 2013 (Richard Otieno) > 3. Re: Internet Society Kenya Chapter 2013 (Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)) > 4. Input towards National Broadband Strategy (Brian Munyao Longwe) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:44:17 +0300 > From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > To: isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke > Subject: [ISOC_KE] Internet Society Kenya Chapter 2013 > Message-ID: > <CAKX6dsF5qLiGWe=tA_Y-bQEG9txM0BpmPh= > vfh7tD_S+8s2Ddg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Listers, > > Thank you for the vibrant debate going on on the list , a number of > questions were asked in an earlier thread today and i promised to > respond as the Interim Chairperson of the Society, the questions were > as follows: > > a) Was ISOC Ke registered? With which by-laws? > > The Internet Society is duly registered at the registrar of Societies > and has a Bank account at Cooperative Bank Parliament Branch. The By > laws used were developed collectively under the direction of Grace > Bomu witth a few modifications based on directives from the Internet > Society, the bylaws will soon be included on the website. > b) Who are the interim officials as per that registration? > The Interim Officials are Barrack Otieno Interim Chair, Charles > Interim Vice Chair, Elizabeth, Interim Secretary , Judy Interim > Treasurer > c) Who is keeping the registration documents? > As the Interim Chair i have the registration certificate that was > handed over to me by Charles who wass tasked to follow up on the > registration and copies of the Charter from the Internet Society that > i received from the Chapters office on 9th May, this are available to > any member who may wish to see them, we will include the registration > number on the website. > > d) So far has ISOC been funded, and for what activities have the funds > been used? > Yes, the Chapter was funded for World IPV6 Forum held at the Ihub in > June and a an outreach event at Alliance High School that brought > together Computer Study Students from Alliance High School and > Alliance Girls High School (USD 1000), all the reports were duly > Submited to the Internet Society. In December a further USD 2000 was > sent for the Chapter Launch and Celebration of the 20th Anniversay of > the Internet Society Locally, the report is being prepared for > submission to the Internet Society. This details are available at the > monthly meetings. > > d) Apart from this bid to host the next AIGF, what other big things > are in the pipeline for ISOC ke and who are co-ordinating which > project? > > Whereas the Chapter is at Infancy we have a lot of expertise within > that we can tap to hold a number of events, members have been > brainstorming on different ideas and there is still room for more > proposals to come forward regarding the chapters activities. There is > a Wiki Project that is at an advanced stage , the project is funded by > UNESCO and is being deployed by Internet Society Kenya Chapter, due to > contractual obligations we might not divulge every detail on the list > due to its diverse membership but we have been giving regular updates > in our monthly meetings. The project is coordinated by Charles and > Kelvin has been developing the Wiki. We created an event working group > whose members include Martin, Wangari, Richard, Charles, Liz and so > far it has done a a suberb job organising the World IPv6 Day and the > Chapter Launch. > > Again i wish to thank all those who have volunteered their time and > resources to ensure that the Chapter gets onto its feet despite the > challenging environment posed by divergent views and tight schedules, > we will hold elections in due cause to ratify office bearers, this was > postponed since members present at the last meeting felt that the > Society needed more time to gel. We need to do a lot to improve the > image of the Society and proffessionalise our operations , i beleive > we will be able to attain that as the year progresses, where we have > come from is further than where we are heading to. As members feel > free to voice your opinions and concerns since this is what will > improve the Society. > > Have a prosperous 2013 > > Best Regards > > -- > Barrack O. Otieno > +254721325277 > +254-20-2498789 > Skype: barrack.otieno > http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:05:17 +0300 > From: Richard Otieno <richard.otieno(a)gmail.com> > To: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> > Cc: isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke > Subject: Re: [ISOC_KE] Internet Society Kenya Chapter 2013 > Message-ID: > <CAB24YYWDtMzSgOhR+1jSeA5w7bGdwHmSGKDmZR= > TQ-yO1cPUdA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > > Great Barrack > > Regards > > @richard > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Listers, > > > > Thank you for the vibrant debate going on on the list , a number of > > questions were asked in an earlier thread today and i promised to > > respond as the Interim Chairperson of the Society, the questions were > > as follows: > > > > a) Was ISOC Ke registered? With which by-laws? > > > > The Internet Society is duly registered at the registrar of Societies > > and has a Bank account at Cooperative Bank Parliament Branch. The By > > laws used were developed collectively under the direction of Grace > > Bomu witth a few modifications based on directives from the Internet > > Society, the bylaws will soon be included on the website. > > b) Who are the interim officials as per that registration? > > The Interim Officials are Barrack Otieno Interim Chair, Charles > > Interim Vice Chair, Elizabeth, Interim Secretary , Judy Interim > > Treasurer > > c) Who is keeping the registration documents? > > As the Interim Chair i have the registration certificate that was > > handed over to me by Charles who wass tasked to follow up on the > > registration and copies of the Charter from the Internet Society that > > i received from the Chapters office on 9th May, this are available to > > any member who may wish to see them, we will include the registration > > number on the website. > > > > d) So far has ISOC been funded, and for what activities have the funds > > been used? > > Yes, the Chapter was funded for World IPV6 Forum held at the Ihub in > > June and a an outreach event at Alliance High School that brought > > together Computer Study Students from Alliance High School and > > Alliance Girls High School (USD 1000), all the reports were duly > > Submited to the Internet Society. In December a further USD 2000 was > > sent for the Chapter Launch and Celebration of the 20th Anniversay of > > the Internet Society Locally, the report is being prepared for > > submission to the Internet Society. This details are available at the > > monthly meetings. > > > > d) Apart from this bid to host the next AIGF, what other big things > > are in the pipeline for ISOC ke and who are co-ordinating which > > project? > > > > Whereas the Chapter is at Infancy we have a lot of expertise within > > that we can tap to hold a number of events, members have been > > brainstorming on different ideas and there is still room for more > > proposals to come forward regarding the chapters activities. There is > > a Wiki Project that is at an advanced stage , the project is funded by > > UNESCO and is being deployed by Internet Society Kenya Chapter, due to > > contractual obligations we might not divulge every detail on the list > > due to its diverse membership but we have been giving regular updates > > in our monthly meetings. The project is coordinated by Charles and > > Kelvin has been developing the Wiki. We created an event working group > > whose members include Martin, Wangari, Richard, Charles, Liz and so > > far it has done a a suberb job organising the World IPv6 Day and the > > Chapter Launch. > > > > Again i wish to thank all those who have volunteered their time and > > resources to ensure that the Chapter gets onto its feet despite the > > challenging environment posed by divergent views and tight schedules, > > we will hold elections in due cause to ratify office bearers, this was > > postponed since members present at the last meeting felt that the > > Society needed more time to gel. We need to do a lot to improve the > > image of the Society and proffessionalise our operations , i beleive > > we will be able to attain that as the year progresses, where we have > > come from is further than where we are heading to. As members feel > > free to voice your opinions and concerns since this is what will > > improve the Society. > > > > Have a prosperous 2013 > > > > Best Regards > > > > -- > > Barrack O. Otieno > > +254721325277 > > +254-20-2498789 > > Skype: barrack.otieno > > http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/ > > _______________________________________________ > > isoc mailing list > > isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke > > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc > > > > > > -- > Richard Otieno > Cell +254 20 2312 498 > +254 714 714 905 > +254 735 431 503 > +254 721 680 611 > +254 751 611 680 > skype: comolor >

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Re: [ISOC_KE] isoc Digest, Vol 19, Issue 7
by Charles Oloo 14 Jan '13

14 Jan '13

ISOC-KE 2013 @ Grace Thanks for your inquiry. In retrospect, am quiet sure all subscribers know of our monthly meetings that also acts as our focal point, apart from sharing on the mailing list. Regarding the successful event, we are all aware that it happened during Xmas holidays, and this is the time guys are resuming, albeit slowly due to opening of schools for those who are parents. The Event Working Group is working on the report and once complete will be disseminated accordingly. We have an on-line presence www.isoc-ke.org that we are populating, since the previous website www.isoc.or.ke/ which was sponsored by KENIC could not be maintained due to the happenings at KENIC. Those are some of the challenges we have been experiencing and am sure you must have come across this info if you are on the mailing loop. However, we had a discussion last week and we are due to make a courtesy call to the new KENIC officers, to see discuss and how we can resolve between using the two domains. Chair, Barrack is spearheading this process. We are also on FB as well as Tweeter account. I hope the secretary shared these during the chapter launch last month. Indeed we have challenges. The first one is lack of volunteers. Although we have over 200 members, very few are actually passionate and volunteering their time for the chapter's activities. It is only thro active participation that we can be able to utilize membership synergies. On this note, the Chapter is preparing a Strategic Plan that has been in discussion for some time now, and will be presented for adoption in the next meeting. I therefore wish to kindly request for member with various skills; @Accounting, Project Management, Research, Law or any other professional capacity to willingly volunteer and kindly get in touch with the Secretariat, to get aligned to the various Working Groups; - Membership - Advocacy - Capacity building - Research - Outreach - Fundraising so that we can utilize our diverse synergies to drive the Chapter's agenda. Regards Charles Oloo Picking up from the discussion we had in December, where we had an event but no information, I was hoping that we could assist to make our online presence felt. Compare our website http://isoc.or.ke/ with Switzerland, that only came up on or around Sep 2012 http://www.isoc.ch/ Hata contacts sisi hatuna (no email!!!!). No wonder the journalist who wrote on ISOC's launch gave whatever information he had. So, again, how can we assist to make ISOC Ke have an online presence? On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 10:24 AM, <isoc-request(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > Send isoc mailing list submissions to > isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > isoc-request(a)lists.my.co.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > isoc-owner(a)lists.my.co.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of isoc digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. ISOC Ke in 2013 (Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)) > 2. Re: ISOC Ke in 2013 (Richard Otieno) > 3. Re: ISOC Ke in 2013 (Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)) > 4. Re: ISOC Ke in 2013 (Richard Otieno) > 5. Re: ISOC Ke in 2013 (Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)) > 6. Re: ISOC Ke in 2013 (Richard Otieno) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:01:02 +0300 > From: "Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)" <nmutungu(a)gmail.com> > To: isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke > Subject: [ISOC_KE] ISOC Ke in 2013 > Message-ID: > < > CAMwG4pwX5295vfXcYr2DGX0Vp-g7w1FJ6GRG0pVRXuW8k93ejg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi people, > Where is the point of reference if one needed information on ISOC KE? > > -- > Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu) > Kenya > Skype: gracebomu > Twitter: @Bomu > Website: http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/GraceMutungu >

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