April 2018 - council@lists.cnsig.info

[CNSIG-Council] BeyondTheNet and SIG Strategy

by Nicolas Pace

Hi Fellows, The BeyondTheNet Medium and Large Projects call is open till 2018-05-15 , so we have aproximately one month to present proposals, both at the local chapters and as a SIG: https://internetsociety.org/beyond-the-net/medium-large-scale-projects/ 25 projects out of ~200 projects were accepted last year based on estimations done using the data here: https://www.internetsociety.org/beyond-the-net/grants/ And of those, 7 were about CN related topics. Access and Development is one of the key areas for this call, and this makes projects associated with Community Networks of special interest, and of course the other key areas: Standards, Policy and Enabling sustainable development. Discussing with NicoE we see that this a big opportunity for us as Group of CNs speaking by themselves: * a chance for all of us to get an important push by this fund * an opportunity for the CNSIG to show that we represent the interests of the Communities, and to help the Local Chapters acknowledge and validate this representation * the chance to coordinate efforts among ourselves to augment our chance to do impact * a way for us to speak strongly about what are our needs and our way of dealing with them For that, would like to propose: * let each other know who wants to participate and on what you might be interested in participating * if possible, work together on common areas * split projects in network deployment kickstart/scaling and local capacity building projects (more tightly coupled to a Chapter), and technology development projects (more associated to a collective benefit, would say to the whole SIG). * do endorcement letters for all projects that came from members of the cnsig * announce in the cnsig.info page the projects that have been submitted What do you think? Also, would like to send this Questions to ask to Beyond The Net fund (Ilda I guesS): * Is there a minimum or maximum amount of projects going to be approved for each chapter/SIG? This will allow us to strategize properly how to ask for the funds. * Is there a minimum or maximum amount of projects going to be approved for each Focus Area (CN, Standards, Policy, Sustainability) per Chapter/SIG? That will allow us to push the idea that CNSIG endorsed projects should be approved. * Can global actors work together in proposals and present them in different regions for applying them in their respective regions? That will allow us to write proposals together instead of individually, and do a collective plan that has local implementation. Regards, FYI The list of presented projects, and rejection/approval, can be seen here: https://www.internetsociety.org/beyond-the-net/grants/applications/ Apparently only June-2017 were loaded there.

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[CNSIG-Council] welcome Freifunk and Guifi.net

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi all, I wanted to let you know that Monic Meisel from Freifunk as well as Ramón Roca and Roger Baig from guifi.net have been subscribed to this Council list. Monic, Ramón and Roger, the CNSIG is a young group we created during december 2017 and we are currently in the process of defining the roadmaps for the working groups. The 4 groups are: 1) Policy and regulation (coordinator: Thiago Novaes) 2) Technical (coordinator: NicoEchániz) 3) Training, capacity building and knowledge sharing (no coordinator) 4) Social impact (coordinator: Panayotis Antoniadis Feel free to join any of these groups (each one has it's own mailing list) and also do invite members from your communities that could be interested in these areas of work. Our next meeting hasn't been scheduled yet. We have been using Mumble for the audio calls. It will be announced here. Please ask here anything you need. Welcome! Cheers, Nico

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[CNSIG-Council] Fwd: 2018 ISOC African Chapters' Advocacy Meeting: Invitation to apply for Travel Fellowship.

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi all, I'm forwarding this invitation so we can discuss our participation. I'm thinking Sol or someone else based in Africa could be a good initial candidate... but of course that depends on the will and availability of our members based in the region. cheers, NicoEchániz -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: 2018 ISOC African Chapters' Advocacy Meeting: Invitation to apply for Travel Fellowship. Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 18:40:35 +0000 From: Victor Ndonnang Dear Leaders of ISOC Community Networks SIG, Congratulations! Your SIG is eligible to send a representation to the 2018 African Chapters’ Advocacy Meeting <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/2018-african-chapters-advocacy-meeti…>. As announced recently, the 2018 African Chapters’ Advocacy Meeting <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/2018-african-chapters-advocacy-meeti…> *will take place on 19-21 June 2018 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.* As you know, the Chapter’s advocacy meeting is an opportunity is to discuss key Internet issues <https://www.internetsociety.org/key-issues/> and empower our chapters/SIG to advocate at the local and regional level. The focus of this year’s meeting will be Community Networks <https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/community-networks/> and how the ISOC’s new campaign model (see 2018 action plan <https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2018/>) will manifest in terms of local and regional activities. The meeting will happen alongside the Community Networks Workshop organized by ISOC and hosted by the African Union Commission. This will offer the attendees the opportunity to participate in the Community Networks Workshop on 19 and 20 June 2018. The Internet Society will be able to offer on competitive basis a travel fellowship to one (1) representative from your Chapter/SIG to participate in this meeting. All interested candidates (chapter/SIG leader or member) *must complete the below fellowship application form <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/2018-african-chapters-advocacy-meeti…> by 30 April 2018.* https://www.internetsociety.org/events/2018-african-chapters-advocacy-meeti… All applicants should be: * A member of the Internet Society. * An active leader or member of an Internet Society Chapter (*) in Africa or SIG. * Able to present a strong motivation for attending the African Chapters’ Advocacy Meeting. * Able to demonstrate ability to advocate for ISOC’s goals and positions. * Able to present strong evidence of expertise or current work/project on Community Networks <https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/community-networks/> and other ISOC’s 2018 Campaigns key issues (Internet Governance <https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/internet-governance/>, Internet of Things (IoT), <https://www.internetsociety.org/iot/> and MANRS <https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/manrs/>). * Able to present evidence of involvement in advocacy work on Internet issues The applicant will be selected based on the following criteria: · Has Provided references of a completed, ongoing or planned local activity around Community Networks · Has provided a clear plan of what he/she will do at the local level after attending the meeting · Has participated in at least one recent quarterly African Chapters calls including Q1 2018. · Have a valid passport and available to travel during the meeting period. */We encourage you to invite good candidates outside your chapter/SIG leadership (active chapter/SIG members) to apply as well. Please note that priority will be given to good candidates who are chapter/SIG leaders. /* If your Chapter/SIG wishes to send additional delegates, then these cannot be covered by ISOC funds, but you are free to do so at your own expense. However, we’d also need those “self-sponsored” candidates to complete this application form as well. Please make sure that all candidates to represent your chapter/SIG at this 2018 African chapters Advocacy Meeting complete the fellowship application form by 30 April 2018 <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/2018-african-chapters-advocacy-meeti…>in order to give us more time to work applications review and the logistics. Your SIG has been pre-selected to receive this fellowship application form based on its grade on the January 2018 performance evaluation report and its interest which Community Networks. Feel free to contact me if you have any question or need clarification on this travel fellowship application process. We look forward to hearing from you. Good luck to all the applicants for your SIG. Best regards, Victor. /PS. We are OK if you decide to discuss internally and select the best candidate to apply for this travel fellowship. If the candidate is based in Africa, that will be ideal. / -- Victor Ndonnang /Chapter Development Manager, Africa/ *Internet Society* /The Internet is for Everyone/ https://www.internetsociety.org <https://www.internetsociety.org/> The future of the Internet is ours to shape for the next generation. Check the Internet Society 2018 Action Plan at: https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2018/ - #ShapeTomorrow

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[CNSIG-Council] ISOC - CNSIG meeting notes

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi all, This is the long overdue briefing of our meeting with Sebastián Bellagamba (ISOC). Participants were Nico Pace, Sebastián, Christian O'Flaherty (only part of the meeting) and myself. Sebastian presented what are the current strategies or actions ISOC is working on in the CN area: - The first thing he mentioned is that ISOC will not be helping to deploy and grow a massive number of Community Networks, but they will rather focus on a few highly visible projects. One in Argentina, one in Kyrgyzstan and another in a third country I did not write down (maybe someone here knows about the project). - They are working on developing what he called an "enabling environment" for Community Networks. This includes: * Spectrum * Licencing * Capacity building * Global CN community deveolpment - Regarding Spectrum, they define GSM as their priority. I couldn't quite catch what has driven them to this conclusion. I mentioned the importance of expanding the Wi-Fi spectrum to the upper 4Ghz and lower 6Ghz bands; and also the importance of fighting for some TVWS spectrum for community networks. - Regarding licencing, he mentioned they are focusing on two strategies: * defining licencing models that are adapted to CN needs * defining regulation that allows CNs to operate without a licence (mostly in rural and underserved areas) - Regardin Community Development: * Sebastián sees the CNSIG as an important actor. He mentioned he can work with us on planning regional or global gatherings. Considering the ISOC budget for 2018 is already defined, it would be easier to plan for regional during 2018 and global during 2019. * He also mentioned it would be good to have CNSIG representation during LACIGF I presented a perspective that I believe is crucial for the moment we are living: Community Networks are currently a promise, with big potential, but there are issues that we need to work on if we truly want to have a significant quantitative impact on "connecting the next billion", as the Internet community likes to say. Regulation issues are one aspect, but we have work to do on technology and capacity building with a focus on scale if we are to deliver on some of the expectations that are building up regarding community networks. I would really hate to see a CN bubble pop in 2019. Those of you who have been taking part in international events must have heard the phrase: "money for CNs will only last until 2019". On this matters his reply was: "there is no money during 2018 for the CNSIG appart from whatever you can get from Beyond the Net program". Beyond the Net is now accepting applications and Nico Pace started another thread proposing some CNSIG coordination. But the other aspect we should consider is understanding and being able to propose lines of work and support during 2019 with some chance of influencing ISOC's budget planning. Last but not least, we agreed to hold regular meetings so we can better coordinate the work of the CNSIG and ISOC's CN strategy. Please share your thoughts or questions. Cheers! NicoEchániz

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[CNSIG-Council] CNSIG - ISOC meeting

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi all, As agreed in our meeting today, I'm opening a space so we can add suggestions from every working group on topics we want to propose for the CNSIG - ISOC meeting we will be having on thursday. I propose we reuse this pad for this sort of temporary matters: https://pad.codigosur.org/CNSIG_notes I have only set up the WG titles there, so you can all add your ideas. Cheers! Nico

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[CNSIG-Council] Chapter Advisory Council meeting notes

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi all, I'd like to share the ISOC ChAC meetin notes: https://isoc.app.box.com/notes/223430349910?s=7hsrvshwxnep2ndza1t2r5ifynslw… and also ask that you share any doubts or ideas that you think we should pose in that space. I have already asked what would be the expected channels or strategies to articulate collaboration between the CNSIG, the regional chapters and the Community Networks campaign that ISOC is pushing forward in relation to it's 2018 action plan: https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2018 For the CN area the ISOC campaign will: * Highlight replicable models that represent new ways of working, * Influence changes in policy frameworks to enable community networks to flourish, and * Scale up deployment of, and ensure continuity for, the Community Network model. I believe we need to seriously explore what will be the role of the CNSIG in that context and how can we positively influence ISOC's plan to create real impact with this campaign. Cheers, NicoEchániz

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[CNSIG-Council] Next council meeting - date poll

by Sol Luca de Tena

Hi all, Using the impetus from our meeting today, and following the decision to keep council meetings to every 6 weeks, I am sending out a meeting poll for our 3rd council meeting. Please indicate your availability here: https://framadate.org/ulw3LUg8NewCplln Cheers, Sol Luca de Tena e: sol(a)zenzeleni.net c: (+27/0) 839 47 4946 w: zenzeleni.net Skype: sol.lucadetena https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxTPSWMX26M *Zenzeleni Networks NPC* - Winner of Best Innovation with Social Impact Award, Innovation Bridge 2017 - Finalist of Mozilla Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, 2017

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[CNSIG-Council] Council Meeting collective notes

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi all, For everyone who took part in the meeting and for those who couldn't make it, here are the meeting notes: https://pad.codigosur.org/CNSIG_Meeting02 Those who were there, please take a minute to review and improve the them. Cheers, Nico

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[CNSIG-Council] Meeting - Monday 2nd April 15-16 UTC

by Nicolás Echániz

Hello again, according to the meeting poll[1] the most popular date for the meeting is this coming Monday, 2nd April 15h00 - 16h00 UTC There are 7 organisation which are available on that date. This is enough for quorum but there are some council members that have not answered the poll, please join if you can. During the course of next week we will have a meeting with Sebastián Bellagamba (in charge of the Community Networks strategy for ISOC). It would be great if during our meeting everyone can share their thoughts regarding potential CNSIG - ISOC synergies. Cheers! Nico and Sol [1] https://framadate.org/e27iwYTwQqVrnz7a PS: please check the meeting details below =========================== Details for the meetiong: Like on our first meeting, we will be using Mumble. Please consider this suggestions for the meeting * If you are new to mumble, try it before the meeting. Writte us if you have issues that can't fix. We will also be available from 15' before the scheduled time to deal with technical issues. * Be online at least 5' before the scheduled time so we start on time. * Have a laptop available so you can follow and contribute to the collaborative notes. * Have earphones to avoid audio loops. Mumble configuration. We will use the aureasocial server. Use this information to configure it[2]: Tag/label: Aureasocial Address: mumble.aureasocial.org Port: 64738 User name: <choose your own one> Password: <no need to set one> Configure "push to talk" method[3] You can use a Desktop client or the mobile App Plumble to access Mumble [4]. [2] https://www.mumble.com/support/how-to-connect-to-a-mumble-server.php [3] https://www.mumble.com/support/mumble-server-push-to-talk.php [4] https://www.mumble.com

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