ISOC-NY’s January general meeting will take place on Tuesday Jan 13 2009.

* Date: Jan 13, 2009
* Time 7pm - 9pm
* Location: Room 317, Warren Weaver Hall, 251 Mercer Street NYC (SW corner of West 4th) (See note below)

ISXubuntu WG Meeting

A meeting of ISOC-NY’s ISXubuntu working group will take place on Wednesday Jan 14 2009.

* Date: Jan 14, 2009
* Time 7pm - 8pm
* Location: Room 317, Warren Weaver Hall, 251 Mercer Street NYC (SW corner of West 4th) (See note below)

The Internet Society is seeking applications for the next round of the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF program. The program offers engineers from developing countries fellowships that fund the cost of attending an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting.

The IETF is the Internet’s premier standards-making body, responsible for the development of protocols used in IP-based networks. IETF participants represent an international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers involved in the technical operation of the Internet and the continuing evolution of Internet architecture.

Tokyo, Japan; Reston, VA; and Geneva, Switzerland - 25 November 2008 - A new award, providing recognition and support for those progressing IPv6 development on the Internet, was announced today, following last week’s 73rd meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

The “Itojun Service Award” honours the memory of Dr. Jun-ichiro “Itojun” Hagino, who passed away in 2007, aged just 37. The award, established by the friends of Itojun and administered by the Internet Society (ISOC), recognises and commemorates the extraordinary dedication exercised by Itojun over the course of IPv6 development.

Reston, VA, USA; and Geneva, Switzerland - 24 November 2008 - The Internet Society today submitted comments to the United States National Telecommunications and Information Administration, in response to a Notice of Inquiry on “Enhancing the Security and Stability of the Internet’s Domain Name and Addressing System.” Before developing the submission, ISOC management sought inputs from the organization’s global membership. The final version reflects comments provided during several review sessions held during the ISOC Board of Trustees’ meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 22-23, 2008. The text of the submission is available here. Comments submitted by others, including the Internet Architecture Board, may be found on the NTIA website.

ISOC-NY is a co-sponsor of Evan Korth’s Computers & Society speaker series at NYU this fall. The next talk is this Wednesday Nov 19. It will feature Andrew Raziej - his topic is “Democracy, Civic Action, and Politics in a Networked World”

When: Wed Nov 19 - 3.30pm-4.45pm
Where:
Warren Weaver Hall NYU - Rm 109
251 Mercer Street
New York, NY, 10012

More info: http://computersandsociety.net

ISOC-NY’s November general meeting will take place on Tuesday November 25 2008. The agenda is yet to be determined.

Date: Tuesday, Nov 25, 2008
Time 6pm - 7pm Note changed time!
Location: Room 317, Warren Weaver Hall, 251 Mercer Street NYC (SW corner of West 4th) (See note below)

Note: Use the entrance on the west side since construction blocks the Mercer Street entrance. Must bring ID.

ISOC’s Standards & Technology department offers the following “rough guide” to hot topics being discussed at the 73rd IETF meeting in Minneapolis
(November 16-21, 2008). This simply indicates which meeting sessions are
particularly focused on the following topics:

Bandwidth Management
IPv4/IPv6 Coexistence
DNSSEC
Trust and Identity

Remote participation in all meetings will be possible — see specific
meetings listed on http://tools.ietf.org/agenda/73/ for access to audio stream and jabber rooms. That page also includes links to helpful tarballs of documents being discussed at meetings, etc.

For the full IETF meeting plan and agenda, see http://www.ietf.org/meetings/73/

Below is video/audio of Lawrence Lessig’s talk at NYU last Sunday

ISOC-NY is a co-sponsor of Evan Korth’s Computers & Society speaker series at NYU this fall. The next talk is tomorrow Wednesday. It will feature Amanda Michel - her topic is “Technology, Networks, and Journalism.”

Amanda Michel is Director of HuffPost’s OffTheBus. Amanda started in politics during the 2003-2004 campaign cycle, working as the National Director of Generation Dean and then creating and managing the MediaCorps program for the Kerry-Edwards campaign. Along with several other Kerry-Edwards coworkers she helped co-found the New Organizing Institute in the wake of the 2004 election. Since then she’s taken her online organizing skills to media, working at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and on Assignment Zero, a Wired and NewAssignment.net collaboration. She is also a Knight Digital Media Fellow.

Date: Wed November 12 2008
Time: 3.30pm - 4.45pm
Location:
Warren Weaver Hall NYU Rm 109
251 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10012

Members and public welcome. Enter via W. 4th St. Photo ID required.

ISOC-NY is a co-sponsor of Evan Korth’s Computers & Society speaker series at NYU this fall. The next talk is this Sunday. It will feature Professor Lawrence Lessig of Stanford University. His topic is “Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy.”

The content industry has convinced industry in general that extremism in copyright regulation is good for business and economic growth. In this talk, Professor Lessig describes the creative and profitable future that culture and industry could realize, if only we gave up IP extremism.

Date: Sun November 9 2008
Time: 6pm - 7pm
Location:
Warren Weaver Hall NYU
251 Mercer Street
Rm 109 New York, NY 10012

Members and public welcome. Enter via W. 4th St. Photo ID required.

Below is video of last week’s public hearing on the proposal to webcast NYC City Council and other municipal meetings. It was informative with first, representatives of the NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) giving the official line, and then, two presentations by commercial vendors. After which Common Cause, the Peoples Production House, and others spoke on behalf of the public interest.

Jonathan Zittrain will debate the premise of his book ‘The Future of the Internet - and How to Stop It.’ on Thursday Nov 6 - 3.30pm-5pm - at the New America Foundation in Washington DC.

The debate will be webcast live.

ISOC-NY is a co-sponsor of Evan Korth’s Computers & Society speaker series at NYU this fall. The next talk will feature author, thinker and professor Douglas Rushkoff. His talk is entitled, “Open Source Democracy.”

Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Time: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Place:
Warren Weaver Hall — Room 109
251 Mercer Street
New York, NY
(enter via W. 4th ST)

The public is welcome to attend. Photo id required.

Here is video of John Perry Barlow’s talk for Evan Korth’s Computers and Society speaker series last Monday at NYU - “The First Internet Election?”

Tech Committee Holds Webcasting Hearing - Council Plans to Expand Digital Live and VOD

City Hall - On Wednesday, October 29, 2008, Council Member Gale A. Brewer (D-Manhattan), Chair of the Technology in Government Committee, will hold a hearing regarding Introduction 533-A which amends the City Charter to require that all public meetings be webcast.

The Council Technology in Government Committee will hold the hearing regarding webcasting on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 10 AM in the 14th Floor Hearing Room of 250 Broadway, New York. This is a public meeting and all are welcome to attend. Photo id required.