(1) Societa' Internet
Date:
4 September, 2003
Status: Step VII - Certified as At-Large Structure
Application for "At-Large Structure" (ALS) Designation
Societa' Internet
Contact Information
- Organization's Name: Societa' Internet
- Organization's email address: info@xxxxxx
- Organization's phone number (include country/city codes): +39 050 3152634
- Organization's address (location and postal address, if different):
c/o CILEA
Via Raffaello Sanzio 4
20090 Segrate (MI)
Italy - Organization's website (URL) (if available): http://www.isoc.it
- Organization's contact for ALS application (email, phone, address):
Vittorio Bertola
vb@xxxxxx
+39 348 7015022
Via Fenoglio 17/A
10142 Torino
Italy
Description
- Is your organization constituted so that participation by
individual Internet users who are citizens or residents of countries
within the Geographic Region in which your organization is based will
predominate in your organization's operation?
While membership of the organization is unrestricted to both
individuals and organizations from any country, according to the
Bylaws the mission of the organization is focused on Italian users;
Societa' Internet is only active in Italy, and presently all of its
members are citizens or residents of Italy. - Describe your organization's constituents/membership (number,
citizenship/location, defining characteristic - e.g. profession for
professional societies):
The organization presently has 62 individual members (all citizens or
residents of Italy) and two organizational members. It also has around
80 supporters, i.e. non-member individuals who participate to the
organization's online forums. - Explain the eligibility requirements (if any) for your
organization's constituents/membership (if you provide a written
application for admission as a member, you may attach a copy):
There are no requirements, except accepting the Bylaws of the
organization and paying the membership fee. - In what language/s does your organization conduct its business?
Italian (documents are sometimes translated in English). - Provide support for the statement that your organization is
self-supporting (by answering "yes" you confirm that it will not rely
on ICANN for funding):
Yes. - Describe your organization's structure (e.g. governing and
decision-making bodies and processes):
The organization is managed by a Council which is elected by the
Assembly of the members and lasts three years. The Council is
responsible for the ordinary management of the organization, while
extraordinary issues (such as Bylaws amendments and yearly budget)
require the approval of the Assembly of the members, which must be
called at least once a year. Also, the Assembly elects a President,
which represents the organization and chairs the Council; a
Vice-President substitutes him when absent. - Does your organization commit to supporting its individual
constituents'/membership's informed participation in ICANN?
Yes. In fact, this kind of activity is among the primary objectives of
the organization. - Describe how your organization keeps its constituents/membership
informed about, and enables them to participate in, decisions
regarding issues of interest:
Societa' Internet communicates with its members primarily by e-mail,
through the members' mailing list, the main discussion forum (which is
open also to non-members) and specific working groups (one of which,
since 2000, is devoted to ICANN and At Large issues), and also through
its website. It also organizes conferences and events to inform and
discuss about the developments of the Internet. - Does your organization post on the Internet publicly-accessible,
current information about your organization's goals, structure,
description of constituent group(s)/membership, working mechanisms,
leadership, and contact(s) (if this information currently is
available, provide URLs)?
This information is provided through the organization's website at
www.isoc.it. - Provide information on your organization's leadership (leaders'
names, positions, emails):
President: Stefano Trumpy <presidente@xxxxxx>
Vice-President: Mario Chiari <vp@xxxxxx>
Other council members: Laura Abba <laura.abba@xxxxxx>
Vittorio Bertola <vittorio.bertola@xxxxxx>
Giampaolo Bonora <giampaolo.bonora@xxxxxx>
Enzo Fogliani <fog@xxxxxx>
Giorgio Giunchi <master@xxxxxx>
Andrea Mazzucchi <a.mazzucchi@xxxxxx>
Vincenzo Viscuso <vincenzo.viscuso@xxxxxx>
Objectives
- What is your organization's primary goal or mission (please attach
any mission or policy statement for your organization, if in writing,
or provide a URL, if posted):
The mission, as described in the first article of the Bylaws, is:- to promote the understanding, the usage and the technological,
cultural and social development of the Internet in Italy; - to defend the right of access to the Internet by each person,
organization or social entity while opposing any kind of
discrimination in the usage and the management of the Internet; - to advocate the interests and needs of the Italian Internet users to
the international community, and to promote the usage of the Italian
language on the Internet.
- to promote the understanding, the usage and the technological,
- What ICANN-related issues currently are of interest to your
organization's constituents/membership:
Monitoring and reporting about the entire activity of ICANN, and also
participating in it and advocating the interests of the Italian
Internet users, falls inside the primary mission of the organization. - If formed, will your organization commit to assisting the Regional
At-Large Organization (RALO) for the region in which your organization
is based in performing its function?
Yes.
Signature
Vittorio Bertola
(Council member, delegated by the Council to deal with this matter)
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