The Future of the Internet 2014: Defining Software Defined Networks call for presenters is now open! The Future of the Internet 2014 (TFI2014) will be held in Denver, Colorado on Friday, 22 August, 2014. At this year’s event, the Colorado Chapter of the Internet Society (CO ISOC) is bringing together experts and professionals from across […]

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In light of recent events in the Middle-east and Africa, we need to evaluate what our local community could do in response to a disruption of our access to the Internet. This disruption could be due to a natural disaster, a foreign or domestic attack of some sort, or perhaps even government intervention. We need to ask both ‘what will work’ and ‘how do we do it’.

Registration is now open for the ARIN XXVII Public Policy and Members Meeting, 10-13 April 2011 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. For information about the meeting, visit: https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXVII/ ARIN holds open, biannual Public Policy and Members Meetings where attendees gather to discuss draft Internet number resource policies, network with colleagues, and attend workshops and tutorials. Read more…

ARIN is pleased to offer a Meetings Fellowship Program to bring new voices and ideas to public policy discussions. This call is for Fellows to attend ARIN XXVII in San Juan Puerto Rico from 10-13 April 2011. If you are interested in participating in the program, submit your application by 25 February. The application link, Read more…

Dear Colleagues, Because of previously expressed interest by many in our community, we would like to share with you a recently published call for applications for the position of Chief Executive Secretary for the ICANN Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC). The Chief Executive Secretary (CES) will manage a GAC Secretariat comprised of the CES, as well Read more…

The polls remain open for the election to fill two (2) seats on the ARIN Board of Trustees and five (5) seats on ARIN Advisory Council. The polls will close at 3:00 PM EDT on 16 October. You must be the designated member representative (DMR) from a General Member in good standing to vote. As Read more…

Dear All, Applications are now being accepted for Fellows to attend the 40th ICANN Meeting to be held in San Francisco, California, USA on 13-18 March 2011. The complete announcement, including eligibility requirements and application instructions are available at: http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-05oct10-en.htm. The deadline for the applications is 12 November 2010. Kind regards, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Read more…

The 2010 elections for two (2) seats on the ARIN Board of Trustees and five (5) seats on the ARIN Advisory Council will be held online 6-16 October. The final slate of candidates is: Board of Trustees Vinton Cerf, Google, Inc. Lee Howard, Time Warner Cable Aaron Hughes, 6connect, Inc. Paul Vixie, Internet Systems Consortium Read more…

I am extremely excited to announce that CO ISOC has crossed another membership milestone recently and now has over 200 members! While having 200 members is exciting in it’s own right, I am even more enthused because of how fast we are moving. CO ISOC was founded in January of 2008 by two friends and Read more…

Tuesday, 21 September, is the deadline for ARIN member organizations to confirm they have an eligible Designated Member Representative (DMR) to vote in this year’s election for the ARIN Board of Trustees, Advisory Council (AC), and Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC). A short voter requirements FAQ is available at: https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/voterfaq.html The final list Read more…