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012.30.2 DIGI - A Regional Internet User Group
by Ruediger Volk
<rv@Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE>
Responding to an invitation mailed with a rough draft of proposed
aims and activities for a German Internet users' group "Deutsche
Interessengemeinschaft Internet" (DIGI) more than 150
participants from all parts of Germany came to meet in Munich on
December 6, 1991. Participants came from academic and
non-academic organizations in even proportions and also included
representatives from public sector organizations. The Munich
meeting was meant to assess the level of interest, to collect
ideas, and to help identify persons and organizations who might
get actively involved in shaping and running DIGI. The
overwhelming number of participants proved that there is indeed
considerable demand for activities as proposed for DIGI, and the
discussion acknowledged the proposed programme as distributed
with the invitation for the Munich meeting.
A second meeting was held on March 16th 1992 in Hannover. During
this meeting a proposal for DIGI bylaws was discussed and
finalized, the formal decision to incorporate DIGI was taken, and
the initial executive committee and some members of the initial
board were elected. The initial activities will include working
groups to work on some specific topics and a two day DIGI meeting
planned for late November 1992. The legal registration process
to make DIGI a subject under German law is underway.
One notable topic was raised in Hannover: the scope of the term
"deutsche" in DIGI's name: is that meant to refer to the use of
the German language or to the federal republic of Germany?
Foreign participants eloquently argued that stopping at a state
boundary would not fit well with the open attitude of the
Internet. So it was decided that DIGI will not be a national
user group - hence the term "regional" in the headline of this
article; however DIGI will be incorporated under German law.
Also DIGI's mission to care for a German NIC service and organize
national Internet administration targets only the Federal
Republic of Germany. With this settled, in fact the first
membership application submitted in Hannover came from a Swiss
company.