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. _______________________________________________ CNSIG mailing list CNSIG(a)listas.altermundi.net https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/cnsig

Hi Nico, dear colleagues, Thanks for compiling this version: it seems almost ready! I have a question about line 87: "Re-election will be allowed indefinitely". What is the purpose of such a permition? In contrast, I think re-election should be avoided, not allowed. As an emergent group we should encourage everyone to take part and share responsabilities. Re-election (as evident in our "democracies") creates groups of power, specialists in maintaining their own power, status, privileges. What do you think?

Dear all, It is a great honor to be in this group. Thanks for the invitation! The Bylaws are very nicely drafted. I did only some minor edits and added a suggestion regarding the Standing Committees related to my main interest being here, which is the local dimension of CNs, the participation of the overall community in governance and design of local services, beyond affordable Internet access. (I will be in Geneva from tomorrow afternoon and until Wednesday evening, so hopefully there will be the chance to discuss more in person) Best, Panayotis (Panos) Antoniadis http://nethood.org/panayotis/ Quick readings: https://theconversation.com/diy-networking-the-path-to-a-more-democratic-in… https://theconversation.com/how-to-build-a-more-organic-internet-and-stand-… On 17.12.2017 19:39, Nicolás Echániz wrote: _______________________________________________ CNSIG mailing list CNSIG(a)listas.altermundi.net https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/cnsig

great idea Nico I'll be there. On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 2:43 AM, Nicolás Echániz <nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net that anyone pad: maybe area SIG dimension of local and creates status, three -- bruno(a)pobox.com ▀─█▄██▄▀▄ http://brunovianna.net ─█▄██▄▀█▀█▄ skype: randomico▀─█▄██▄▀█▀█▄▌██─█▌█▌

Actually the workshop ends at 12:40, so we can meet a bit earlier. 13:00 is ok? Em 19 de dez de 2017 08:24, "Peter" <peter(a)rhizomatica.org> escreveu: <bruno(a)pobox.com> lunch move that any anyone the pad: maybe area still SIG invitation! dimension of of allowed. and status, officers: >>> three >>> >> consecutive (1 year) terms maximum. >>> >> >>> >> abrazo, >>> >> Nico >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> CNSIG mailing list >>> >> CNSIG(a)listas.altermundi.net >>> >> https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/cnsig >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > CNSIG mailing list >>> > CNSIG(a)listas.altermundi.net >>> > https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/cnsig >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CNSIG mailing list >>> CNSIG(a)listas.altermundi.net >>> https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/cnsig >>> >>> >> >> > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > _______________________________________________ > CNSIG mailing list > CNSIG(a)listas.altermundi.net > https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/cnsig > >

Hi Nico, dear members of SIG Group I'm glad some of us are going to have the opportunity to meet in person, and I wish you all a good work together (thanks Panos for your links: really nice talks you have been doing!). My proposal is "No re-election will be allowed". I don't see any reason for copying the Executive Concil Officers' condition: if you (anyone) could provide an argument for this, I'd like to hear it. (I'm also interested in understanding our decision process...).