ISTF Status Report

December 10, 2000

Vint Cerf

Organizational Structure

• Steering Group (ISSG) elected– Election.com conducted the international

election online on behalf of ISTF– 24 members elected for 1, 2 or 3 year terms

• Chairman selected by ISOC BoT– New Chair, Christine Maxwell, Dec 2000

• Working Groups continue to form

The New ISSG

• 1 year terms: Wawa A. Ngenge (CM), Christian de Larrinaga (UK), Alejandro Pisanty (MX), Rosa Delgado (PE), Jun Murai (JP), Veni Markovski (BG), Jeremy Hunsinger (US), Sam Kritikos (?)

• 2 year terms: Christine Maxwell (FR, Chair), Michael Burks (US), Cynthia Waddell (US), Sam Lanfranco (CA), Mark Perkins (Noumea), Stefan Probst (VN), Lajos Balint (HU), Ted Gavin (US)

• 3 year terms: Parry Aftab (US), Marie-Anne Delahaut (BE), Jonathan Robin(FR), Chris Kwan (AU), Hans Klein (US), Costas Popotas (LU), Chris Zielinski (UK), Ian Peter (UK?)

Working Groups

• Accessibility Working Group

• Privacy and Security Working Group

• Public Software Working Group

• --------------in formation---------------------

• Cultural & Language Diversity Working Gp

• Education Working Group

Support Functions

• STF DOC editor – David Nordfors

• ISTF Webmaster – Sheryl Hiatt (*)

• ISTF Mailing List master – Sheryl Hiatt (*)

• (*) courtesy of Lyris

Activities/Events

• "Global Trends that will Impact Universal Access to Information Resources“ report by ISTF/ISOC presented at UNESCO INFOETHICS Conference Nov 13-15, 2000 (Christine Maxwell et al)

• UNESCO: ISOC NGO Status November 11, 2000• Creating Digital Dividends, Oct 17, 2000 (Cerf)• ISTF meeting INET99, Yokohama, July 1999• Various press releases (disabilities, digital

signatures, NGO/ISOC, …)

Initiatives

• Cyberspace Research Institute– Prof. Shalini Venturelli, American University,

Washington, DC (in coordination with Christine Maxwell)

– Possible Rockefeller, MacArthur Foundation funding

• INET2001 Session(s) – Access, Privacy and Security, …

Recommendations

• Funding initiatives for the support of ISTF– ISOC Platinum Member support– Foundation Grants, Gov’t and UN sources– Personal Donations

• Coordination with ISOC VP Public Policy

• Cyberspace Research Institute MOU

• Accelerate Working Group activities