council February 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>

5 years, 6 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

6 years, 8 months

[CNSIG-Council] Fwd: Application form for a Core Member of CNSIG Council

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi all, This is the application message from Kirat Communications Private Limited to the CNSIG Council. I think it is the first time that a private company is requesting application to the council, so maybe it would be interesting to open up a debate about this case. Cheers, NicoEchániz -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Application form for a Core Member of CNSIG Council Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:10:27 +0530 From: Jaspreet Singh <jassi2713(a)gmail.com> To: Nicolás Echániz <nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net> Dear Nicolás Please find below the details: Org Name: Kirat Communications (OPC) Private Limited Country: India Description: Kirat Communications is an initiative to bring real and fast time connectivity to the unconnected areas. Our main aim is to first provide internet connectivity and then educate the people with its use cases in the form of services. We train the local people to run and manage the network. Our focus is mainly creating a digital connectivity platform to enable e-services in the rural villages. Areas of Interest: Connecting the under-served and un-connected communities Representative/s (up to 3): Jaspreet Singh, Director & Founder, Kirat Communications. With Regards Jaspreet Singh +91 98963 89883

6 years, 12 months

[CNSIG-Council] [Global-summit] dates

by Nicolas Pace

Hi everyone, I hope you are doing well! I think we need to start thinking about the global summit. During the following days I will be gathering events that have a fixed date already, so we don't overlap. If you have any dates of conferences or summits that are already fixed, please share them in this thread. Also, if you believe that this event should happen before or after another one, please say it. Events related to Community Networks/Mesh/Local services, that will probably happen this year: 1. (North America/Worldwide) Indigenous Connectivity Summit - North America 2. Community Networks Exchange - India 3. African Community Network Summit - Africa 4. OurNetworks - Canada 5. BattleMesh - Europe 6. Decentralized Web Summit - San Francisco Regards,

7 years

[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

7 years

[CNSIG-Council] Jaspreet removed as Gram Marg representative

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi everyone, Jaspreet has let us know that he is no longer part of Gram Marg. His work will still be related to community networks and he will send an application from his new initiative. For the time being I removed his e-mail address from this list and invited him to join the general discussion list: http://lists.cnsig.info/mailman/listinfo/discuss Sarbani: if Gram Marg decides to appoint other representative/s please let us know. Cheers! NicoEchániz

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