In light of recent developments, such as todays wikipedia blackout protest, a renewed call has been made by ETDA management for volunteers to join one of the related IDCAS interest groups or task forces. We are reaching an important milestone in the development of internet usage throughout the world. It is crucial that the community, [...]
Jan
16
2012
16
2012
Jan
4
2012
4
2012
Call for Technology Task Force Applications
A renewed call has been made by ETDA management today for volunteers to join IDCAS technology-based task forces. We are reaching an important milestone in the development of internet usage throughout the world. It is crucial that the community, as a whole, has a say in how internet services are provided to them in the [...]
Aug
13
2011
13
2011
Future of the Internet? 10 Years
A new drive has been made by the Internet Society (ISOC) to illustrate the topic of internet regulation. Copy of video produced by same relating to this issue can be found below. ETDA encourages its membership to follow suit and discuss their views on regulatory affairs. A special group titled “Internet Regulation 10″ has been [...]
Aug
12
2011
12
2011
Network and Distributed System Security Symposium
This year marks the 19th ISOC symposium for network and distributed system security. If you wish to submit papers, this must be done soon. Important dates are as follows: Titles and abstracts of papers due: Tuesday, 16 August 2011 (11:59 pm ET); Full paper and panel submissions due: Tuesday, 23 August 2011 (11:59 pm ET); [...]
Aug
9
2011
9
2011
Celebrating 20 Years of Accomplishments
2012 marks the 20th Anniversary of the Internet Society (ISOC). Founded in 1992, one of the founding principles of the Internet’s design was that of openness. To date ISOC has provided good support for this principle. ETDA would like to indicate its appreciation for all the work ISOC has conducted over the years and wishes [...]
May
1
2011
1
2011
Policy Process Steering Committee Termination
January 2009 marked the formation of two Steering Committees by the GNSO. These were the Operations Steering Committee (OSC) and the Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC). Purposes of aforementioned where to charter and coordinate the efforts of five community work teams in developing specific recommendations to implement the improvements to GNSO operations. Two work teams [...]
Apr
29
2011
29
2011
GNSO WHOIS Motion
Additional funding has been requested by GNSO council from ICANN board. This funding would go towards FY 2012 relating to whois studies. Such funding would include a whois registrant identification study ($150,000) (USD) if subsequently approved; the proxy/privacy “abuse” study ($150,000) (USD); and a proxy and privacy “pre-study” ($80,000) (USD).
Mar
3
2011
3
2011
More choice for users on Education 3D Grid
A few weeks ago it was reported that AtMeeting Industries had been sub-contracted by Littlehall Corporation to provide backbone network services for the IDCAS virtual environment, Education 3D Grid (Edu3DGrid.com). One of the roles which AtMeeting obtained through this contract was the administration of the grids authorization service framework. First a little background: Each user [...]
Feb
24
2011
24
2011
IDCAS February Donations
This month the International Development Council for Academic Studies (IDCAS) has generously released a significant amount of additional funding to a number of non-profit organisations. These organisations include the International Health Research Institute (IHRI) and the 3D Grid Association. Today the 3D Grid Association has issued a press release stating that a portion of these [...]
Feb
22
2011
22
2011
Education 3D Grid (Edu3DGrid) Beta Servers
It has been announced today that both the AtMeeting and Education 3D Grid administration intend to release a beta land development scheme. The principle behind this move is to drive forward an initiative to increase the number of developers and testers on both grids. As part of this initiative there will be an allowance made for colleges, [...]