ISTF Status Report

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ISTF Status Report

• December 10, 2000
• Vint Cerf

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Organizational Structure

• Steering Group (ISSG) elected
• Election.com conducted the international election
  online on behalf of ISTF
• 24 members elected for 1, 2 or 3 year terms
• Chairman selected by ISOC BoT
• New Chair, Christine Maxwell, Dec 2000
• Working Groups continue to form

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The New ISSG

• 1 year terms Wawa A. Ngenge (CM), Christian de
  Larrinaga (UK), Alejandro Pisanty (MX), Rosa
  Delgado (PE), Jun Murai (JP), Veni Markovski
  (BG), Jeremy Hunsinger (US), Sam Kritikos (?)
• 2 year terms Christine Maxwell (FR, Chair),
  Michael Burks (US), Cynthia Waddell (US), Sam
  Lanfranco (CA), Mark Perkins (Noumea), Stefan
  Probst (VN), Lajos Balint (HU), Ted Gavin (US)
• 3 year terms Parry Aftab (US), Marie-Anne
  Delahaut (BE), Jonathan Robin(FR), Chris Kwan
  (AU), Hans Klein (US), Costas Popotas (LU), Chris
  Zielinski (UK), Ian Peter (UK?)

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Working Groups

• Accessibility Working Group
• Privacy and Security Working Group
• Public Software Working Group
• --------------in formation---------------------
• Cultural Language Diversity Working Gp
• Education Working Group

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Support Functions

• STF DOC editor David Nordfors
• ISTF Webmaster Sheryl Hiatt ()
• ISTF Mailing List master Sheryl Hiatt ()
• () courtesy of Lyris

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Activities/Events

• "Global Trends that will Impact Universal Access
  to Information Resources report by ISTF/ISOC
  presented at UNESCO INFOETHICS Conference Nov
  13-15, 2000 (Christine Maxwell et al)
• UNESCO ISOC NGO Status November 11, 2000
• Creating Digital Dividends, Oct 17, 2000 (Cerf)
• ISTF meeting INET99, Yokohama, July 1999
• Various press releases (disabilities, digital
  signatures, NGO/ISOC, )

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Initiatives

• Cyberspace Research Institute
• Prof. Shalini Venturelli, American University,
  Washington, DC (in coordination with Christine
  Maxwell)
• Possible Rockefeller, MacArthur Foundation
  funding
• INET2001 Session(s) Access, Privacy and
  Security,

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Recommendations

• Funding initiatives for the support of ISTF
• ISOC Platinum Member support
• Foundation Grants, Govt and UN sources
• Personal Donations
• Coordination with ISOC VP Public Policy
• Cyberspace Research Institute MOU
• Accelerate Working Group activities