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Dear Internet Society members :
The Internet Society will be accepting
applications for the June 2012 round of the Community Grants
Programme from 1 March to 30 March 2012, (note that applications
will close at midnight pacific time). Award
decisions will be made in mid-June.
To prepare for this application round, we will
be holding two information sessions via WebEx on 21 February at
1030 and 2000 UTC. More information on
the Q&A sessions can be found at http://www.internetsociety.org/events/chapter-events?p=1460
If you plan to attend,
please sign up for one of the two meeting times using the doodle
poll link below : http://www.doodle.com/3tbfvagaq2piwnx8
Session notes will be made
available on the Chapter Meeting webpage for those who are
unable to attend.
Programme information
is available on the Internet Society website, for your review
at: http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/grants-and-awards/grants/community-grants
(note that this information will soon be available in French and
Spanish).
Those participating in
a conference call are urged to read over the programme webpages
in advance of the meeting.
**New to the
programme**
In
a continuous effort to improve the programme, a new intuitive
online grant application system has been implemented. As a
result :
- Online
applications will be easier to complete
- The
entire grants process will be web-based
- A
step-by-step tutorial on how to submit your application will be
available at all times.
More information will
soon be available in our website.
**Programme Updates **
The
Internet Society Strategic Objectives have recently changed: http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/mission/strategic-objectives
The current, preferred Focus Areas for project applications
remain:
- IPv6
- Local content creation (encouraging
demand for and use of the Internet for a specific community)
- Encouraging the multi-stakeholder
approach to technical and policy issues
- Interconnection and traffic exchange
It is
important to note, that the above Focus Areas may provide
direction in formulating project ideas. These
are preferences only, so other project topics will be accepted.
Any questions regarding
the Community Grants Programme, please send them to
projects[at]isoc.org.
We look forward to your
participation.
Would you like to see
what your peers are doing to breaking barriers?
Watch the trailer : http://internetsociety.org/breaking-barriers-harlem-internet-computer-access-program#overlay-context=itr