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Wende Cover <cover@isoc.org>Date: Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:43 PM
Subject: [ISOC] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society Board of Trustees Holds Board Meeting in Dakar, Senegal
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isoc-members-announce@elists.isoc.orgInternet Society Board of Trustees Holds Board Meeting in Dakar, Senegal
Addresses Programs Dedicated to an Open and Universally Accessible Internet
for the Benefit of People around the Globe
[DAKAR, SENEGAL - 24 October 2011] - The Internet Society today announced
that its Board of Trustees held its 90th meeting on 22 - 23 October 2011 in
Dakar, Senegal. During the meeting, the Board reviewed and approved the
organization's three-year business plan that includes a wide range of
programs in support of its mission to promote the open development,
evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout
the world.
While the world population rapidly approaches 7 billion, approximately 2
billion people have access to the Internet. Internet penetration in many
developing countries hovers well below 5%. Compared to other regions of the
world, Africa has the lowest percent of Internet users to total population;
however it is one of the fastest-growing regions for Internet penetration
and usage.
"Dakar is a fitting venue for our Board meeting. The Internet Society has a
vibrant community in Africa, with 21 active Chapters and more than 9,000
members," said Lynn St. Amour, Internet Society President and CEO. "Since
its inception in 1992, the Internet Society has been dedicated to a
ubiquitous, reliable, and sustainable Internet that is equal in all
countries, and where the developing world is on a par with the rest of the
world."
With a global membership that spans nearly every country around the world,
the Internet Society engages in a broad array of enabling activities to
expand access to and participation in the Internet. Internet Society
programs include offering hands-on technical training, organizing
conferences on topical Internet issues, supporting local and regional
Internet organizations, issuing briefings and white papers on Internet
technologies, and funding participation opportunities for Internet experts
in developing countries.
The Internet can transform lives, and spur economic growth, development,
innovation, knowledge dispersion, and essential services in developing
countries and around the world. Raul Echeberria, Chairman of the Internet
Society's Board of Trustees commented, "Developing countries are critical to
the future of the Internet. The next frontier for Internet growth lies
substantially in emerging markets, and our Board of Trustees are highly
supportive of the broad array of impressive and enabling activities underway
at the Internet Society to expand access to and participation in the
Internet."
The Internet Society has long been dedicated to supporting the deployment of
the next generation of Internet protocol, IPv6. The deployment of IPv6 is
critical, as the world's Internet-using population is already reaching the
capacity of the current version, IPv4, and some regions have already had to
introduce austerity measures for allocating IPv4 addresses. Earlier this
year, the Internet Society organized World IPv6 Day, which demonstrated that
major websites around the world are well-positioned for a global
IPv6-enabled Internet, allowing for its continued exponential growth. It is
imperative that network operators across the globe understand that there is
no future in IPv4, and now is the time to deploy IPv6.
About the Internet Society
The Internet Society is the world's trusted independent source of leadership
for Internet policy, technology standards, and future development. Based on
its principled vision and substantial technological foundation, the Internet
Society works with its members and Chapters around the world to promote the
continued evolution and growth of the open Internet through dialog among
companies, governments, and other organizations around the world. For more
information, see:
http://www.internetsociety.org .
Media Contact: Wende Cover,
cover@isoc.org,
+1-703-439-2773
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