ISOC Belgium

ISOC Belgium

ISOC Belgium has been founded on November 16th 1998 as an initiatif of Cecilia Jorgenssen. After 2 years intensive work, she handed over the organisation to Rudi Vansnick, who since 2000 has been working on the "ressurection" of Internet Society Belgium. March 2001 till November 2003 have been a period of silence, due to professional occupations and the change within the internet world. End 2003, ISOC Belgium reopened his activities, with the willigness to build an important community.

The "Dag van de Technologie" (March 2004) has been the kick-off of many meetings with governmental bodies, organisations in telecom and standards, resulting in the official recognition of ISOC Belgium. During several months we have been working on documents, studied the ongoing change of attitudes in the Internet, preparing a new workplan and finalizing agreements. We have been participating in INET2004 in Barcelona. Rudi Vansnick has been nominated Chair of the ISOC European Coordination Council Elections Committee.

ISOC Belgium vzw is also the official representative for W3C in Belgium and Luxemburg. In November 2004, ISOC Belgium has been certified ICANN At Large Structure.

The officers of Internet Society Belgium vzw are:

• Rudi Vansnick (president)
• Frans Gerbosch (vice president - treasurer)
• Sander Viane (secretary)

ISOC Belgium extended in September 2005 his organisation with the following members:

• Rudi Roth - chair Taskforce Telecom & Networks, Regional services Wallonnia
• Osvaldo La Rosa - chair Taskforce Disabled Internet Users (TDIU)
• Rik Reynaers - chair Taskforce ISP's & Hosting
• Michel Lenoir - chair Taskforce Governement, Regional services Brussels