Hey all,

With Eurodig taking place right now, this list has been worrying quiet.

I've just put a post on the YCIG site at
http://www.ycig.org/index.php/2012/06/could-you-re-energise-the-youth...
a call out for new engagement and involvement in making the most of
the great foundations we have here in an IGF Dynamic Coalition.

All the best

Tim

--

http://www.timdavies.org.uk
07834 856 303.
@timdavies

Co-director of Practical Participation:
http://www.practicalparticipation.co.uk
--------------------------
Practical Participation Ltd is a registered company in England and Wales -
#5381958.

Thanks for the posting, Tim!  Everyone should try using social media or
face-to-face contact today to get at least one more person involved in YCIG
and the future of the Internet.

I am a ³youthful² 56, so not really a YCIG ³member,² but I lead Imagining
the Internet, an organization based at Elon University that brings its
students and alumni to national and global Internet governance events.

We were proud and happy to be at the Internet Society¹s 20th Anniversary
Global INET conference in Geneva in April, where ­ among other things ­ we
got to be among the few who were allowed to do multimedia journalism
documenting the inaugural induction of the Internet Hall of Fame. Our group
included nine young people between the ages of 16 and 23. There were many
important sessions at the conference, including one on Internet governance.
The conference theme was ³Imagining the Future Internet,² so it really fit
with the mission of Imagining the Internet.

You can see my students¹ reports from the many events at Global INET here:
http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/isoc_20th_2012/default.xhtml

There were a few other young people from the Internet Society chapters from
around the globe and from the Next Generation Leaders Programme, but not too
many. Everyone on this list should take into consideration the opportunities
that ISOC offers to you locally to get involved and also remember that you
can start a local chapter yourself if there are none close to you -
http://www.internetsociety.org/get-involved

You can also consider applying for various leadership programmes and
fellowships funded by ISOC. These are open on a rotating basis. If you look
at ISOC¹s site and see that a programme is ³closed,² return again a few
months later and it may be open for a new round of applicants:
http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-pr...
s

Best regards,
Janna

On 6/14/12 5:08 AM, "Tim Davies" <t...@practicalparticipation.co.uk> wrote:

--
Janna Quitney Anderson
Director of Imagining the Internet
www.imaginingtheinternet.org

Associate Professor of Communications
Director of Internet Projects
School of Communications
Elon University
ande...@elon.edu
(336) 278-5733 (o)

Hello,

Thank you Tim for the post and taking initiative for revival or let's say
pushing YCIG to be more active :)

yes,  I share the view that we need new people, new blood, new faces but
also existing members to take initiative and lead, bringing new ideas
and strategy, that should be YCIG 2.0, do we think about new topics to
defend? should we update our charter and statement? do we need new
strategic planning? do we need new structure o reorganization? do we need
to bring more members and organizations? lots of questions to answer

dynamic coalitions are by nature informal and loosely structure, they are
real dependent to volunteers who want to commit time, that won't be so much
and it is really needed to prepare for coming IGF in 3 months while the
purpose was never to limit the ycig activities to IGF.

for meeting slot in IGF Baku, I already submit report about YCIG activities
to IGF secretariat to secure slot, I will keep the ML updated.

finally, the ycig blog is open to everybody for publishing guest posts
about youth and internet issues.

Best,

Rafik Dammak
@rafik
"fight for the users"

2012/6/14 Tim Davies <t...@practicalparticipation.co.uk>

Dear all,
yes indeed the coalition needs revamping.
I agree with Janna about taking advantage of opportunities for youth
development. indeed ISOC and Diplo's programmes have been a great help
in equipping young people from developing countries to participate at
IGF.
We can make our coalition more meaningful by for starters, sharing on
the events we are taking part in.
the Kenya IGF and East African IGF are both coming up in July and this
time young people have been invited to organise and manage discussions
on topical issues in the region. although "youth" is not a discussion
topic in itself, the inclusion of young people in organisation and
talks is meaningful and I encourage each member of the coalition to
participate in their local IGFs.
best!

2012/6/17, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dam...@gmail.com>:

--
Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu)
Kenya
Skype: gracebomu
Twitter: GraceMutung'u (Bomu)