council November 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>

4 years, 4 months

[CNSIG-Council] CNSIG Vice chair position open

by Sol Luca de Tena

Dear CNSIGers, I am writing to pass on the role of Vice chair of the CNSIG to someone else. I believe it's part of the bylaws, and I am also too immersed in Zenzeleni at the moment. I encourage any of you with some time to dedicate to put your name forward. I really think that the CNSIG could play an interesting role in supporting our spaces and our journey as CNs around the world. To all interested in the position, I am also happy to share the work and ideas that I was part of developing in the last 2 years as part of the CNSIG to ensure some continuity - and work from lessons learned. To all those in IGF, I would have loved to have seen you all again. hopefully there will be another opportunity soon. Sending regards, Sol Sol Luca de Tena Zenzeleni networks non for profit company e: <mailto:sol@zenzeleni.net> sol(a)zenzeleni.net c: (+27/0) 839 47 4946 w: <https://zenzeleni.net/> https://zenzeleni.net/ Skype: sol.lucadetena Winner of National South African Best Innovation with Social Impact Award, Innovation Bridge Finalist of Mozilla Equal Rating Innovation Challenge <https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-47723967/internet-access-in-africa -are-mesh-networks-the-future> https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-47723967/internet-access-in-africa- are-mesh-networks-the-future

5 years

[CNSIG-Council] Collaboration opportunity with the Web Foundation on meaningful connectivity

by Vasilis Chryssos

Greetings to all, I have recently returned from a trip to NYC, where I had the opportunity to speak with Dhanaraj Thakur, Research Director at the Web Foundation, about the foundation's "meaningful connectivity" campaign ( https://a4ai.org/raising-the-bar-for-internet-access-introducing-meaningful…). When I came across this campaign it seemed kind of odd that they define "meaningful connectivity" in technical terms only, so and I pursued a meeting with Dhanaraj to discuss on their project and explore possible synergies with Community Networks. In short, there is a problem with how we currently define Internet connectivity: when we say that 50% of the global population is online we are also counting people who have been online once for the past three months from any device. This is actually far from being usefully connected. Thus, the web foundation is making an attempt to describe how a "meaningful connectivity" should be measured, by defining four metrics: right speed, adequate device, enough data and frequent connection. To this end they have drafted a measurement framework (https://a4ai.org/meaningful-connectivity/) which they are currently testing in an ongoing research in Uganda, Indonesia, Ghana and Colombia. The idea proposed from my side was for the Web Foundation to work with CNs around the world to test the framework in a community network environment. This can provide powerful insights to their approach and at the same time offer us a potentially useful tool which we can apply for our impact measurement. At the same time we will have the opportunity to speak about "meaningful connectivity" in terms of empowering local communities to make the most out of telecommunications technology. In any case I think it will be a strong use case with a potential to promote global visibility for all the involved stakeholders. Dhanaraj was enthusiastic about this and very warm on taking it forward. Although as we speak the Web Foundation does not have the financial resources for such a project, Dhanaraj seemed confident that we can manage to raise some funds through a common proposal. Some representatives of the Web Foundation will be participating in the imminent IGF in Berlin. I think it is a very good opportunity to set up a meeting with them and discuss about this further. What are your thoughts on this? In solidarity, *Vassilis Chryssos* Board Member / Administrator *Sarantaporo.gr Non Profit Organization* 28 Karaiskaki str., 10554 Psirri, Athens, Greece Tel: +30 211 8002730, Mob: +30 694 794 8786 Email: vchryssos(a)sarantaporo.gr, Web: www.sarantaporo.gr

5 years, 1 month

[CNSIG-Council] News from Sarantaporo.gr

by Vasilis Chryssos

Dear all, We are really excited to share with you that Sarantaporo.gr has been selected among the finalists of the EBA 2019. You can read about it here: http://www.sarantaporo.gr/node/416 Also our new short video is online! Feel free to view and share: https://youtu.be/_Ufm1nFV-3s Last, but not least, you can find our newest brochure about Sarantaporo.gr Community Network in the following link https://www.sarantaporo.gr/files/pdf/About_Sarantaporo.gr_EN.pdf Best, *Vassilis Chryssos* Board Member / Administrator *Sarantaporo.gr Non Profit Organization* 28 Karaiskaki str., 10554 Psirri, Athens, Greece Tel: +30 211 8002730, Mob: +30 694 794 8786 Email: vchryssos(a)sarantaporo.gr, Web: www.sarantaporo.gr

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