ISOC Malawi Chapter, anyone interested?

[Josiah Chavula]

Hi all,

This my second attempt to solicit interest and ideas about an ISOC Malawi chapter. I posted a message on an ISOC Malawi chapter Google mailing list a few days ago, but haven't received any responses. I had a bit of discussion with Bram Fudzulani, but I am hoping that we can get more responses from interested individuals.

Please forward this to others whom you think might be interested in ISOC activities.

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We have an existing google mailing list, but we are trying to check if members are still interested in a Malawi ISOC chapter. If anyone is interested, please send a short response, indicating your present affiliation and location. I suggest we should soon have something like a webnar, in whatever format, so we can begin to have an awareness of who is where, and work-out a plan.

Also, if members could share their thoughts on the idea of a Malawi's annual Internet conference; or anything that we could do to get Malawi talking about its Internet.

I suggest we work towards organising a sort of annual Internet industry conference for Malawi (or we have one?, or is it the ICT week we have?). We could work with Internet organisations (ISPs/Telcos), Universities, and civil society, to plan for a Malawi specific Internet conference, to include a series of exhibitions, presentations, workshops, training programs that would be of interest to industry and academia. A few weeks ago I attended a similar gathering of the South African ISPs called iWeek (http://www.iweek.org.za/); and present at the conference were Internet engineers from almost all ISPs and other interest groups. We could work towards having Malawi's version of the same. The point is, we need something that will attract people to come; and it is from such kind of gathering that Malawi's ISOC chapter could flourish. We also need to get to point where local Internet organisations see value in a more cooperative/collaborative/

inclusive Internet ecosystem, at that point would be willing to sponsor chapter activities and/or sponsor their engineers attend meetings.

Kind regards,

Josiah Chavula.

[Towela Nyirenda-Jere]

Dear Josiah,

Thank you for picking this up. I am interested - will wait to hear whats next.

regards,

Towela

[Charles Fodya]

I'm also in. 

Charles

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Charles Fodya
Johannesburg
RSA

[Blessings Msowoya]

Although I am in diaspora, I am in and would be keen to assist in
anyway possible.

On 2 December 2014 at 19:45, Leo Maluwa <leo.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I found this handbook on forming, organizing, and operating a successful
> Internet Society Chapter useful:
> http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/guidelines/docs/chapterhandbook_2010.pdf
>
> Regards,
>
> Leo.

[Philly Mandiza]

Count me in Josiah

Philly Mandiza

[Nik Mtambalika]

I'm also interested in picking this up again.

N

[Zione Yapu]

Am interested

 

Best Regards

 

Zione S. Yapu

 

 

[james chirwa]

Consider me in. After a few attempts in the past, I have high hopes that time has arrived to get the group established.

BR,

James

[Kondwani Godwin Munthali]

Deal all,

I would be interested too.

regards,
Kondwani

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