Internet Society

The Internet Society will have many chapters from around the world celebrating OneWebDay 2007. Activities include session teaching people how to blog, educational info on how the Internet's architecture works, who runs various parts of the Internet, encouraging people to learn more about how to use the Internet, and media events talking about how people use the Internet.

Introduction to Internet Society (ISOC)
(from ISOC's website)

The Internet Society (ISOC) is a charitable membership society with more than 150 organization and over 26,000 individual members in over 180 countries. It provides leadership in addressing issues that confront the future of the Internet, and is the organization home for the groups responsible for Internet infrastructure standards, including the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). Since 1992, the Internet Society has served as the international organization for global coordination and cooperation on the Internet, promoting and maintaining a broad spectrum of activities focused on the Internet's development, availability, and associated technologies. . . (read more at ISOC's website)

Particpating ISOC Chapters
The following chapters of the Internet Society will be holding events to celebrate OneWebDay 2007. Specific details about each chapter's event will be added to their individual pages listed below.


 * ISOC Poland
 * ISOC LA - Los Angeles, CA, USA
 * ISOC Colombia
 * ISOC Bulgaria
 * ISOC Ecuador
 * ISOC Belgium - Wallonia
 * ISOC Israel
 * ISOC Benin
 * ISOC Mauritius - Ebene Cybercity, Mauritius
 * ISOC Chennai, India
 * ISOC Pacific Islands Chapter (PICISOC)
 * ISOC UAE (United Arab Emirates)
 * ISOC Taiwan

Internet Society Chapters
Internet Society chapters are voluntarily organised by members who reside in a particular geographic region (e.g., a city, country, or larger area) and share an interest in an Internet related subject.

Chapters are approved by ISOC under procedures developed to empower locally meaningful activity while retaining an overall commitment to the joint achievement of ISOC's common mission. They are expected to serve the interests of their specific geographic or non- geographic segment of the global Internet community in a manner that is consistent with the mission and core values of the Internet Society.

The role of chapters within the Internet Society is both to locally and regionally amplify efforts to achieve ISOC's mission and to infuse ISOC with local and regional perspectives on developments and issues that could affect the evolution of the Internet. The chapter relationship is therefore very much a “two- way street” : chapters are effective local and regional agents, and are also an important source of the information that informs that mission. Like the ISOC members, the chapters are partners of ISOC.

Chapters enable members to be more personally involved in the future of the Internet through initiatives that meet the needs of local or issue specific Internet communities. They bring a sharper and more personal focus to local and regional issues affecting the Internet, and provide opportunities for those issues to be recognised and included in the discussion of global issues.

Chapters also provide opportunities for members to network with other Internet oriented people, and to participate in locally organised programs and events that promote the core values of ISOC.

More information at : http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/ including details of how to form a chapter.