council December 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] .ORG and CN

by novaes＠riseup.net

Dear Colleagues, You're probably aware of the fact that ISOC sold .org to Ethos Capital (I was just reading the transcript): https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/INTERNETSOCIETY/9326b863-2164-…) What seems relevant for CNSIG is that one of the arguments used to justify the transaction was "connecting the unconnected": "Gonzalo Camarillo: So this actually allows us to fulfill the mission, which I think has been stated several times. It's very wide and when it comes, for example, with connecting the unconnected, we are talking about like 4 billion people that could be basically positively affected with this". (p.26) Maybe it would be opportune for the CNSIG to organize it better in order to demand funds/programs more specifically designed to CN goals (I take this moment to congratulate Sarantaporo!). What do you think? all best, Thiago

4 years, 7 months

Re: [CNSIG-Council] CNSIG Vice chair position open

by Sol Luca de Tena

Hi all, I'm following up on this email. Do we need a meeting to update the CNSIG reps? @Nico E, could you shed some clarity regarding renewable of leading positions in the SIG? Cheers, Sol From: Sol Luca de Tena [mailto:sol@zenzeleni.net] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 12:59 PM To: 'CNSIG Council' Subject: CNSIG Vice chair position open 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] Sarantaporo.gr CN is winner of European Broadband Awards 2019!

by Vasilis Chryssos

Dear friends, we are thrilled to share some very good news with all of you. Sarantaporo.gr community network has been awarded the first prize at the European Broadband Awards 2019! ( https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/winners-european-broadba…) This is an exciting moment for us, but also, we believe, an exciting moment for CNs around Europe and around the world. Our proposal received a score of 9,8 out of 10. What made a big difference was our focus in digital literacy and skills building. This is a characteristic of CNs that one does not find in telecom operators. And it makes all the difference, in adding the word "meaningful" to connectivity. It started with guifi.net being awarded at the first EBA in 2015 as the best innovative model of financing, business and investment. Today Sarantaporo.gr has received the first prize as the best example of demand generation and take-up of connectivity. European Commission could not have put it more clearly that it is counting on CNs to achieve its connectivity goals. In the words of Franco Accordino, DG Connect Unit Director, at the closing of B-Day: "We need to build an EU that works for people. The Greek example creates a strong message to support community connectivity in Europe [..] In EU we don't have the "garages", but we have the local communities which can innovate, through connectivity." Dear friends, We welcome this victory of ours as a victory of our local community, but also as a victory of the Community-Networks-way of connecting people. At the IGF in Berlin it was acknowledged that CNs are indeed an established approach to connectivity when it comes to connecting remote areas or providing affordable, meaningful connectivity for all. We thus believe that this is a time of profound recognition of CNs as important stakeholders in connecting the unconnected across Europe and the world and we should leverage this momentum that is building up. We hope you will all celebrate this victory with us as a common achievement, which hopefully contributes in bringing at a new level the discussion about the future of CNs in connecting the unconnected. In solidarity, for the Sarantaporo.gr Community Network, *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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