[CNSIG] ISOC Community Networks Special Interest Group

Hello friends, If you are receiving this e-mail, you have been contacted in the past weeks either by me or by Nico Pace regarding the foundation of the ISOC CNSIG and you have agreed to be a part of it. If the e-mail address you were subscribed with is incorrect, please unsubscribe and subscribe back with the correct one. We have been discussing and collectively editing the SIG application in this pad: https://pad.codigosur.org/CNSIG I sent this application to ISOC already and as many of you know it is in the process of peer review until December 13 (tomorrow in most timezones). In the meantime, some of us have been writing a first draft of the SIG Bylaws: https://pad.codigosur.org/CNSIG_Bylaws (all text with no color is from the ISOC template) My proposal, because this is a complex document where every part has to make sense with the rest is that we discuss in this e-mail thread any important or structural change. Just as an introduction before you read the Bylaws, I want to clarify some points: 1) we have organized the SIG in a way that it's Board has very little executive power and is mostly tasked with representing the SIG and keeping the administrative work in order. 2) we defined an Executive Council that is the governing body and takes every decision. This council can have up to three members from each Community Network organization. 3) Members of this SIG must be active participants in Community Networks projects. 4) Trusted Advisors are a special kind of member which must be invited and approved by the CN members. well... those I believe are the central organizing ideas. The rest is there to read. Please write your name on top of the pad so we have a color reference of authorship. You will find that articles VIII to XI have not been edited much. These need work. Cheers !! NicoEchániz PS: we have a chance to have the SIG approved during the IGF if we can finish the Bylaws in time.