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ISOC submission to ITU Working Council on WCIT

This ITU WCIT Feb Contribution_v6 is a marker for our comments about the proposals to date and concerns that the negotiations may sweep in key aspects of the Internet architecture, operations, content and security.  The concepts in this paper are based, in part, on the points put forward in the recently published Internet invariants paper: http://www.internetsociety.org/internet-invariants-what-really-matters
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BEREC presentation

Frederic Donck Director of European Bureau writes

As you know it, ISOC is engaging many key stakeholders in the Net Neutrality dossier. In Europe, we have built robust relationships with key policymakers as the European Commission (incl. Mrs Kroes Cabinet), the European Parliament and the EIF, to name but a few.
I am happy to share with you some successful engagement with another key actor in this dossier, that is the European Body of National Regulators (aka BEREC) which is to play a critical role as the BEREC mission is to set common guidelines in this field for regulators in the European Union.… Read more ...

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Olivier Crepin-Leblond elected chair

Friday 24th February London:

Dr. Olivier Crepin-Leblond has been elected Chair of the chapter with immediate effect. Dr. Crepin-Leblond has been a member of ISOC England since 2000. He founded the ISOC England IPv6 Matrix Project and is the serving ICANN At Large Advisory Council Chair. His term of office is one year until the next AGM.

 

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A new site for the chapter is in the works

ISOC England is testing a new website this weekend. The need is to broaden access to provide information, reports and papers relevant to the rapidly evolving and growing sphere of the Internet in the UK.

The site is being prototyped in WordPress 3.3.1 the latests and greatest iteration of that Open Source CMS/Blogging tool by FirstHand Media. The ISOC UK sites are also hosted by FirstHand.

ISOC England is dual stack IPv4 and IPv6.