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Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 07:32:49 -0500
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Subject: [isoc-ny] ISOC-NY News: member meeting Wed. 12/9 | Net Neutrality &
Wordcamp Vids | and more
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ISOC-NY news... we are having the final members meeting for 2009 on
Wednesday; there are a videos available of recent net neutrality
events, and the recent WordCamp NYC; an ISOC-NY member's access
project in Harlem has received funding; and the ISOC-NY website has an
exciting new feature!
ISOC-NY will be holding it=92s end-of-year members meeting on Wed Dec 9 at
NYU.
* What: ISOC-NY Members meeting
* When: Wed. December 9 2009 6.30pm-8.30pm
* Where: Room 317, Warren Weaver Hall, 251 Mercer Street NYC (SW
corner of West 4th) (See note below)
* Note: Use the entrance on the west side since construction
blocks the Mercer Street entrance. Must bring ID.
Agenda
Some tbd but:
1. Meet new members
2. Summary of year's activity
3. Finances
4. 2010 Event planning
5. ISOC-NY elections
http://isoc-ny.org/wiki/Current_events
http://internetpro.meetup.com/51/
Net Neutrality Videos:
There have been two recent Network Neutrality related events in NYC.
1) Tech Debate - an "Oxford Style Debate' that co-incided with the
Web2.0 conference resulted in a resounding triumph for the 'pro' team!
see video..
http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=3D1050
2) The NYC Technoolgy in Government Committee held a public hearing on
Resolution 712a. that endorses FCC Net Neutrality principles, and
urges passing of Rep. Markey's =91Internet Freedom Preservation Act of
2009' . Here the pro's again well outnumbered the cons, but you will,
in panel 7, see that the Internet Society's official stand on this is
that User Choice should be the prime objective. Regulators should be
careful to consider the full impact of any restrictions, and work to
increase choice in service providers. See video..
http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=3D1037
WordCamp NYC 2009
This event, held over a weekend at Baruch College, attracted over 700
participants who gathered to exchange information on the popular
Wordpress web publishing platform (as used by ISOC-NY!). There were
astonishing demos of this free and open-source software has been used
not just for blogs, but for complex content management and
sophisticated websites such as, for example, http://wnet.org. We have
gathered up as much video, slides, etc as is available from the event,
and it can be found on:
http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=3D970
The Harlem Computer/Internet Access Programme
We would like to congratulate member Merle Bush on being the recipient
of an ISOC Community Programme grant of $9,700 for the The Harlem
Computer/Internet Access Programme. The money, along with funds
granted by Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, will provide
an Internet Technology lab for the local underserved and aged
community in Harlem.
Read more about ISOC's Community Grants Programme:
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/projects/
ISOC-NY Notice Board
At the WordCamp there was a lot of excitement about P2, a new
WordPress theme that some call "twitter in a box". It features a
stripped down interface that gives logged in users an input box where
they can enter status updates, blog posts, links, or quotes, which
instantly - through the wonders of AJAX - update the site. So it's as
much a glorified chat room as a blog. What's more every tag, and every
user, gets its own RSS feed! The installation we have is the latest
beta version, also running on the beta of the latest WordPress -
please feel free to go and play with it!
http://isoc-ny.org/p2
Again to remind you, you can find ISOC-NY at the following:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/isocny
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Internet-Society-New-York-Chapter-I=
SOC-NY/148919638537
That's it for now - wishing every one Happy Holidays and see you
tomorrow at the meet!
Joly MacFie
Secretary - ISOC-NY
http://isoc-ny.org
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