This APRALO ALS Spotlight Workspace is a new initiative intended to showcase one APRALO ALS per month. The monthly APRALO Spotlight ALS will be asked to introduce their ALS during the APRALO monthly call. In addition information and activities of the featured ALS will be posted in this Workspace.
October 2013 APRALO Spotlight ALS: Internet Society Bahrain Chapter
Since its inception in 2002 Bahrain Internet Society (BIS) strived to serve the community of Bahrain by spreading awareness on the benefits of Internet and ICT and working towards an efficient e-Bahrain:
To achieve these objectives, BIS is
1- Conducting hands-on training for citizens on computers and Internet fundamentals.
2- Conducting generic and specialized seminars, workshops and forums.
3- Organizing Web awards to encourage the innovative and effective use of technology.
4- Providing advise and consultancy to entities on technology related matters.
BIS also participates in organizing various conferences and forums such as MENA ICT Conference 2010, in addition to representing the Kingdom of Bahrain in international events such as the World Summit Award in eContent (WSA).
For more information about our activities visit the Engagement and the projects pages.
BIS membership has been opened up again for those who are interested to participate in the projects, activities and the events of the society, and this is by sending an e-mail to: membership@bis.org.bh
Follow BIS on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BahrainInternetSociety and Twitter @InternetBH
September 2013 APRALO Spotlight ALS: New Zealand Maori Internet Society
NZMIS is an on-line Maori advocacy group formed 1997 and incorporated in 2000 that represents and consults with the online Maori community. NZMIS is a bottom up, transparent organisation that is the voice of its members. NMIZS has over 2000 active members.
We are the only authoritative and grass roots level Maori ICT group and the only group with a well proven track record and experts.
NZMIS represents the on-line Maori community at all levels of society from representation, safety, education and Internet governance. We lobby politicians about new laws and proposals, the internet governing body of the world and in New Zealand. We also assist individuals Iwi and other groups with on-line issues such as racism, Intellectual Property theft, cyber bullying, representation, education or seeking an appropriate organisation to seek further assistance from. We are often asked to recommend experts to various panels and advisory roles due to our long established and neutral ethics.
The web is in a new era of some of the most significant changes that have multiple serious effects on Māori culture and Intellectual Property for decades to come. This includes Spectrum, Broadband, Copyright and new domain names. NZMIS are on the forefront to represent its members and to provide education.
July 2013 APRALO Spotlight ALS: Computer Society of India (CSI)
Origins
Computer Society of India (CSI) was established in 1965 as a not-for-profit society, bringing together multiple constituencies such as computer professionals, industry, academia, students and computer users. While the initial group that provided leadership were largely drawn from the Research and Academic communities, the nearly 50 years of growth of CSI has brought together a fully diverse set of constituencies.
Membership and Structure
CSI had 105,000 members as of 31 March 2013. A large proportion of the members are students.
CSI is organized as Regions (7 internal and one international); Divisions (five thematic areas); and Special Interest Groups (22 as of March 2013). The Office Bearers of CSI (President, Vice President-cum-President-elect, Secretary and Treasurer), as well as the ExeCom (consisting of Chairs of Divisions and Regions) are elected, with annual or biannual terms. CSI has about 72 Chapters and about 500 Student Branches as of mid-2013.
Activities
CSI carries out several activities of interest to its membership as well as external stakeholders such as the Government and society at large. These include Conferences, Seminars & Workshops, Training & Capacity building programmes, socially-relevant projects, and e-Governance programmes.
CSI became an ICANN ALS in 2012, under the stewardship of Satish Babu, who was President at the time.
