council January 2019

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[CNSIG-Council] Fwd: Summary: meeting at Gaite Lyrique (15 Nov 2018)

by Shaun Pather

Regards Shaun ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Shaun Pather <spather(a)uwc.ac.za> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018, 17:10 Subject: Summary: meeting at Gaite Lyrique (15 Nov 2018) To: Carlos Rey-Moreno <carlos(a)apc.org>, Carlos Rey-Moreno < carlos.reymoreno(a)gmail.com> *Report back session * *Group : CN Summit* · Use pf the declaration and its purpose · How to get everyone involved · Levelling the playing field · Need an oversight committee for preparatory process · Must be a bottom up from regions to global · Focus on commonalities · Build on previous initiatives · Gathering needed before the summit of the CNs – spaces to accommodate local circumstances · Risk – stress in the process may backfire · Should not start with a blank page – but needs a framework document to be setup · Wireless international group is already meeting – need to ensure their inclusion · Role of woman to shape the process *Group: Inclusivity* · Inclusivity is a broad issue: Gender, territorial, Language · Gender: Cultural constrains in general is noted; needs to be a deepening of understanding of power relationships and roles of different members of society in each region · CN definition to help people realise if they need to be part of the process · Energy on putting action on sensitive groups – to empower marginalised people in more roles · Technologies that can be made your own has an important role e.g. Alta Mundi · As a collective of CNs – need to reflect more on what it means to be more diverse and inclusive · Actions must be undertaken as close to the ground as possible e.g. local content process · Regional diversity: No representation of the Asia-Pacific region – must be addressed; note several examples from this region in GisWatch · Language diversity: Regional discussions are very important; therefore work at the regional level – before global level; noted that Francophone not represented – must be addressed; See Alta Mundi translation project – where communities undertook translation. · Race is also an issue to be addressed *Group: Policy * · Work at national and regional level to obtain access to fibre and spectrum – provide exemplars (write up cases) as to how this can be done for others to learn from · Similarly access to USFs – which must be more flexible in what they fund e.g. skills development, tech development · Spectrum Access: Has to be taken to regulators and a wider community of stakeholders; therefore need to provide some information pack in this regard · Access to backhaul: Bring cases that can demonstrate benefits of access; try to make governments look good in the process; · Select best practice cases from different countries and provide such info to government · Problem of treating first nations as a country within a country must be addressed · GisWatch / or continuation can be used for advocacy purposes *Report back session * *Group : CN Summit* · Use pf the declaration and its purpose · How to get everyone involved · Levelling the playing field · Need an oversight committee for preparatory process · Must be a bottom up from regions to global · Focus on commonalities · Build on previous initiatives · Gathering needed before the summit of the CNs – spaces to accommodate local circumstances · Risk – stress in the process may backfire · Should not start with a blank page – but needs a framework document to be setup · Wireless international group is already meeting – need to ensure their inclusion · Role of woman to shape the process *Group: Inclusivity* · Inclusivity is a broad issue: Gender, territorial, Language · Gender: Cultural constrains in general is noted; needs to be a deepening of understanding of power relationships and roles of different members of society in each region · CN definition to help people realise if they need to be part of the process · Energy on putting action on sensitive groups – to empower marginalised people in more roles · Technologies that can be made your own has an important role e.g. Alta Mundi · As a collective of CNs – need to reflect more on what it means to be more diverse and inclusive · Actions must be undertaken as close to the ground as possible e.g. local content process · Regional diversity: No representation of the Asia-Pacific region – must be addressed; note several examples from this region in GisWatch · Language diversity: Regional discussions are very important; therefore work at the regional level – before global level; noted that Francophone not represented – must be addressed; See Alta Mundi translation project – where communities undertook translation. · Race is also an issue to be addressed *Group: Policy * · Work at national and regional level to obtain access to fibre and spectrum – provide exemplars (write up cases) as to how this can be done for others to learn from · Similarly access to USFs – which must be more flexible in what they fund e.g. skills development, tech development · Spectrum Access: Has to be taken to regulators and a wider community of stakeholders; therefore need to provide some information pack in this regard · Access to backhaul: Bring cases that can demonstrate benefits of access; try to make governments look good in the process; · Select best practice cases from different countries and provide such info to government · Problem of treating first nations as a country within a country must be addressed · GisWatch / or continuation can be used for advocacy purposes Regards Shaun -- Disclaimer - This e-mail is subject to UWC policies and e-mail disclaimer published on our website at: https://www.uwc.ac.za/Pages/emaildisclaimer.aspx <https://www.uwc.ac.za/Pages/emaildisclaimer.aspx>

3 years, 11 months

[CNSIG-Council] executive council expired

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi all, Our current executive council mandates have expired and we haven't been able to organize a meeting so far. I propose some alternatives: 1) we agree on a meeting date during next week. 2) we renew our current mandates for another period. If someone cannot renew, we will need volunteers to cover the role(s) 3) we close shop :) Cheers! Nico

5 years, 1 month

[CNSIG-Council] [Decision] Executive Council re-election

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi All, During our last meeting we proposed to re-elect the same people for the executive council for the current one year period. Notes of the meeting: https://pad.codigosur.org/CNSIG_Meeting04 The proposal received no opposition in the meeting, but we agreed to open the decision to vote here on the list. Please express your vote during the next 5 days. (If you were at the meeting please also express your vote here) Cheers, Nico

5 years, 5 months

[CNSIG-Council] CNSIG at the IGF

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi all, According to what has been shared so far, 10 out of 14 CNSIG member organizations will be represented in the IGF. This is a great opportunity to have a CNSIG meeting. Should we define an agenda of matters we sould like to discuss in person? And also, it would be great if everyone could share in what panels/workshops you will be presenting. I'll start; according to the preliminary schedule[1] I'll be part of: - "DC on Community Connectivity" session (11:20 - 12:20 Salle VII, Nov. 12) - "WS 279: Investment Strategies to Scale Community Networks" (9:00 - 10:30, Salle IV, Nov.14) Cheers, Nico [1] https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/678…

5 years, 5 months

[CNSIG-Council] APC's Peer Grants application

by Nicolas Pace

Hi everyone, For those in Africa/South America: It would be interesting to know if anyone thought of applying and is not doing it because it feels heavyweight... I offer myself to help any of you if you want to work on your grant application. The timing is quite tight (just 3 more days), but would be great if we can get as many of us in the granting project. Just for reference: https://www.apc.org/en/node/35195 Regards,

5 years, 6 months

[CNSIG-Council] Fwd: [apc.members] "Connecting the unconnected" job calls: Deadline extended

by Nicolas Pace

-------- Original Message -------- From: Leila Nachawati <leila(a)apc.org> Sent: January 4, 2019 2:31:57 PM GMT-03:00 To: apc.members(a)lists.apc.org Subject: [apc.members] "Connecting the unconnected" job calls: Deadline extended Hi everyone, and Happy New Year! This is an email to let you know that the deadline has been extended for applications for the "Connecting the Unconnected" project Africa, Asia, and LAC Regional Coordination positions. New deadline is Friday, 11 January. Here are the links: Africa: https://www.apc.org/en/news/job-call-africa-regional-coordinator-connecting… Asia: https://www.apc.org/en/news/job-call-asia-regional-coordinator-connecting-u… LAC: https://www.apc.org/en/news/job-call-latin-america-regional-coordinator-con… Please help us share if you find this interesting. Thanks! Leila Leila Nachawati Rego APC - Communications https://twitter.com/leila_na -------------- My public key: https://www.apc.org/sites/default/files/Leila_Nachawati_0x195567902611E63B_… _______________________________________________ You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to APC.members mailing list Additional information and options can be found at https://lists.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/apc.members If you want to unsubscribe, send an email to apc.members-unsubscribe(a)lists.apc.org If you want more information about how we protect your privacy, please refer to our privacy policy(https://www.apc.org/en/privacy-policy) or write to privacy(a)apc.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Policy guiding membership in this list: All new list members *must* be introduced. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Membership on the list: All member representatives to APC Council, individual members, and APC staff are subscribed to this list. Some other staff of APC member organisations is subscribed. ---------------------------------------------------------------- All conversations that take place on this list are considered confidential. As a member of the APC network, you are expected to respect this confidentiality. If you wish to circulate or quote a post from the APC.members list in any other space or forum, you MUST receive permission from the person who made the quote first on the APC.members listserv. ------------------------------ -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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