salutations,
thanx for the questions Brian and Barrack for answering them quite
informative on the state of ISOC-Kenya
thanxs
On 3/7/12, Barrack Otieno <
otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Brian my responses inline..
>
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Brian Munyao Longwe <
blongwe@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> hi all,
>>
>> Please forgive my questions (blame it on being a newbie)
>>
>> 1) What is the status of the Chapter formation?
>
> have spent the last 8 months building consensus and bringing on board
> different stakeholders, we have been meeting on a monthly basis from
> October 2011, we meet every third Saturday of the Month at viewpark towers
> 10th Floor at QNET. Charles Oloo one of our members will be attending the
> 20th Anniversary Celebrations and we do hope to make significant steps when
> he visits Geneva with regard to the formal chapter registration , Charles
> Oloo was also mandated to go to the registrar of Societies and sort out
> matters for registering ISOC_Ke locally. If you check the archives you will
> find bylaws that have been on the discussion list for last five months, we
> also have them on a Wiki. Meanwhile we decided that we will move forwad
> with various activities such as awareness building for IPV6 our focus this
> year and advocacy issues even as we handle the registration issues. Our
> Motto is building the future together.*
>> 2) I saw mention of a trust - has this been formed?
> *We are yet to form any trust, different models of managing the chapter
> were being floated to ensure that we tap into the knowledge and expertise
> of the internet professionals we have locally. We acknowledge that some of
> them are quite busy but can still contribute at various levels whether as
> trustees , your ideas are welcome on this subject.*
>
>> 3) Has the application to ISOC been completed?
>
> *We will finalize the application process in the course of this month. To
> this end we appreciate the wisdom and guidance of McTim, we formed various
> working groups to handle the different aspects of the registration process.
> Judy Okite is responsible for registration, McTim is responsible for the
> Formal chapter Application process, Grace Bomu is responsible for the Legal
> Affairs, Seth Orlale is responsible for Social Media outreach, we have
> other colleagues like Davis Onsakia assisting in awareness and outreach
> Charles Oloo, Administering the Website, Liz Orembo, providing Secretarial
> support. We also have Paul Muchene responsible for our training programs
> whereas Paul Musee and Marsema Tariku assist with remote participation.*
>
>> 4) Can there be/is there an online form for local chapter membership
>> subscription?
> *Yes there is Judy Okite is responsible for registering members and to this
> end we have an online register on googledocs. The printed register has
> over 70 members signed up, the online list has over 100 members out of the
> 300 ISOC members registered in Kenya. I will provide the URL to the list
> shortly *
>> 5) When is the next meeting?
> *The next meeting will be on the third saturday of March (on 17th). Please
> join ISOC_Ke on Facebook for more details.*
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