The objectives of this Forum are the following:

- Prepare LAC to act together in future worldwide events where=20
  decisions are taken that affect the future of its Internet.  As a=20
  result of this, we will prepare ourselves for INET 96 in Montreal=20
  and for the Sixth Permanent Forum, which will take place in=20
  Santiago de Chile the following September.

- Decide about the formation of a formal body that will encourage=20
  LAC=92s Internet development.  At the same time the future role of=20
  the Permanent Forum of Latin American and Caribbean Networks will=20
  be discussed.

- Examine ways in which networks turn into agents of social,=20
  cultural and economic change in LAC.

- Exchange information about the latest technical and policy=20
  changes related to the LAC Internet.


This Forum will focus on the following:

- WIDE PARTICIPATION.  All the actors involved in the development of=20
  the LAC Internet will participate in this Forum. In contrast to=20
  its predecessors, where only network administrators participated,=20
  we are now inviting representatives of PTTs, end users and=20
  international experts.

  Moreover, the organization of this Forum will be done exclusively=20
  by the Red Cientifica Peruana, but rather by an international=20
  Organizing Committee.

- ACCOUNTABILITY TO END-USERS.  Networks and PTTs do not have any=20
  intrinsic value.  Rather, their value is based on the extent to=20
  which they can provide high quality, accessible services and be=20
  held accountable to end-users.



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