On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Barrack Otieno
<otieno.barrack@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
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+254-20-2498789
Skype: barrack.otieno
http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
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