ISOC-SF Bay Area

Chapter NewsZaid Ali, President/Chair

History

• Silicon Valley chapter first floated around Feb 2008• Outreach to members from ISOC. 30 showed interest

and support.• April 2008 Website and mailing list established• Nov 2008 efforts from Sophia Bekele, Annalisa Roger,

Franck Martin helped shape bylaws, chapter application.

• Chapter established Feb 16th 2009

Mission

• Enable members to exchange technical, policy, or otherwise relevant information amongst themselves.

• Provide the opportunity for outreach from the chapter to the local community on these topics.

• Promote the core values of the Internet society.• Interact with other ISOC Chapters and groups

globally as well as relevant groups outside of ISOC.• Develop programs related to standards, public policy,

and education for the membership.

Officers

• Zaid Ali – President/Chair• Annalisa Roger – Vice chair• Sophia Bekele – Secretary• Ken Krechmer – Treasurer/Adminstrative• Ted Hardie – Board Member• Franck Martin – Board member

Initiatives• Broadband technology program (American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act of 2009)• IPv6 technology• Trust/identity initiative• Open Standards• Cyber crime• Distance Education• gTLD• Membership drive (Currently Facebook group, Twitter, IETF)• Local Chapter funding, by way of Corporate Sponsorship• Speakers at a local chapter event

Recent activities

• ISOC-SF Bay area presence through Annalisa Roger at ICANN Mexico▫ Participation with Wendy Rickard on manual for

chapter development• ISOC-SF Bay area presence through Sophia Bekele as

a presenter on internet governance at Golden Gate University (GGU)

• Broadband adoption initiative chapter dialogue with firstmile.US, ISOC-LA

• Chapter delegate support for broadband technology program