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[CNSIG-Council] Fwd: Final Call: SIG performance evaluation

by Nicolás Echániz

Hello everyone. This is an e-mail from ISOC. I know these are difficult times for everyone but should we do an effort to put things in order with the CNSIG? We mainly need to elect a new board. I propose that people willing to be part of the new board put forward their names, so we can discuss the matter with an idea on the feasibility of this board renewal. Cheers! Nico -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: Final Call: SIG performance evaluation Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:23:04 +0000 From: Evelyn Namara <namara(a)isoc.org> To: nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net <nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net> Hi Nicolas, This is a final reminder that you have until end of this month to attend to the pending items for the SIG to be considered in Good Standing. Please let me know if there’s anything I can do to help. Regards, -- Evelyn Namara Manager, Global SIG & Community Engagement Internet Society Signal: +256754440893 Email: namara(a)isoc.org *From: *Evelyn Namara <namara(a)isoc.org> *Date: *Friday, January 24, 2020 at 3:21 PM *To: *Nicolás Echániz <nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net> *Subject: *Final Call: SIG performance evaluation Dear Nicolas, This is to let you know that we are coming to the end of this round of evaluations. Please visit your member portal to see your current status. You have some pending items in order to be passed as “In good standing”. * Upload your elections results [if an election was held] * Upload your list of activities * Upload new SIG leaders If these items are not uploaded by Monday, the SIG’s current status will remain in pre-rejuvenation. Please let me know if you have questions. Kind Regards, -- Evelyn Namara Manager, Global SIG & Community Engagement Internet Society Signal: +256754440893 Email: namara(a)isoc.org

4 years, 8 months

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[CNSIG-Council] Fwd: Chapter Performance Evaluations - What next

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi everyone. We have received this e-mail from ISOC. The most important part is the need to elect our officers for the next term. Should we set up a mumble call soon to talk about this? Cheers, Nico -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Chapter Performance Evaluations - What next Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 11:43:29 +0000 From: Evelyn Namara <namara(a)isoc.org> To: nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net <nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net> CC: manugonzur(a)gmail.com <manugonzur(a)gmail.com> Dear CN SIG leaders, Now that the Chapter/SIG performance evaluations are complete, I wanted to touch base and discuss the – What next. As you may have read from Christine’s email on the chapter delegates list, you now have until end of April to bring your SIG back from “pre-rejuvenation” to “in good standing”. For your SIG, You did not meet the minimum criteria requirements of; * Activity plan shared * Elections done and uploaded. Please work on these before end of April and should you need my help, please do not hesitate to reach out. Kind Regards, -- Evelyn Namara Manager, Global SIG & Community Engagement Internet Society Signal: +256754440893 Email: namara(a)isoc.org

4 years, 9 months

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[CNSIG-Council] Fwd: Fwd: [netsociety] Excellent News for Brazil, the IGF and Community Networks

by Adam Burns

FYI: An update from Melanie Dulong de Rosnay over the printed version of the netCommons project finale - a booksprint held at a monastry in Vic, Catalonia that produced an interdisciplinary book & guide through the all the territories to consider when seeding and ensuring sustainable, local, autonomous networks. Hope the printed version is released soon. Adam. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Fwd: [netsociety] Excellent News for Brazil, the IGF and Community Networks Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:09:23 +0100 From: Melanie Dulong de Rosnay <melanie.dulong(a)cnrs.fr> Reply-To: melanie.dulong(a)cnrs.fr Organisation: CNRS To: netcommons.all(a)list.disi.unitn.it <netcommons.all(a)list.disi.unitn.it>, netcommons.forum(a)list.disi.unitn.it, Ramon Roca <ramon.roca(a)guifi.net>, Adam Burns <adamb(a)free2air.net>, Juergen Neumann <j.neumann(a)junes.eu>, Andreas Wichmann <wichmann(a)solution-scout.de>, Leonardo MACCARI <leonardo.maccari(a)unive.it>, Virginie Aubrée <viaubree(a)protonmail.com>, Maria Michalis <M.Michalis(a)westminster.ac.uk>, panayotis antoniadis <panayotis(a)nethood.org>, Ileana Apostol <ileana(a)nethood.org> Dear netCommons colleagues, I hope the list is still working, just to share Luca's news on CNs policy recognition, and to confirm that we are still eagerly waiting for the printing of the book. After lots of editorial work last spring and summer and fall, the PDF with beautiful images can be downloaded (https://netcommons.eu/?q=news/release-netcommons-hands-guide-community-netw…) since right before Christmas, and except a few tweets, we were planning to wait for the print to arrive to do some promotion - the print still hasn't arrived and we are still completely unaware of how long it will take...! Hope everybody is doing well, All the best, Mélanie & Félix -------- Message transféré -------- Sujet : [netsociety] Excellent News for Brazil, the IGF and Community Networks Date : Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:53:43 +0000 De : Luca Belli <luca.belli(a)fgv.br> Pour : netsociety(a)lists.networkofcenters.net <netsociety(a)lists.networkofcenters.net>, network(a)lists.networkofcenters.net <network(a)lists.networkofcenters.net> Dear colleagues, I would like to share some excellent news from Brazil, that has also a very positive impact on the IGF and its work. The Brazilian Telecoms Regulator ANATEL has explicitly and officially recognized Community Networks as an option for Internet access in Brazil and, while doing so, and explicitly mentions (and links) “The Community Network Manual” (2018 outcome of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity) in the rational for this decision. https://www.anatel.gov.br/setorregulado/component/content/article/2-uncateg… This is, to date, the biggest country on hearth explicitly recognising the value of CNs. The creation of CNs in Brazil was already possible, as simplified ISPs, since 2017 (see our study here on CN in Latin America here https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2018/community-networks-in-la… ) but this is the first time ANATEL officially uses the CN terminology providing both legal and technical guidance (using the CN Manual!) on how to create them. This is not only important for Brazil but also represent another*piece of concrete evidence that the IGF is not a mere talking shop and when people want to use the IGF process to produce meaningful outcomes, they can. And, importantly, IGF outputs can have real impact on digital policies. My sincerest congratulations to ALL those who dedicated time to development and use of the CN Manual, particularly the members of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity that are on on this list! All the best Luca * In case you are looking for other concrete examples, please find a selection below: - In 2018, the inclusion of the Zero Rating Map (developed by DCNN) in the State of the Internet Report of the French Telecom Regulator ARCEP https://www.arcep.fr/uploads/tx_gspublication/report-state-internet-2018_co… - In 2016 the inclusion of the Recommendations on Terms of Service and Human Rights in the ToS and HR the joint FGV & Council of Europe report on the subject https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/home/-/asset_publisher/RAupmF… The Recommendations were later used for the elaboration of the CoE Recommendation (2018)2 of the Committee of Ministers on the roles and responsibilities of internet intermediaries https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=0900001680790e… - In 2013 the inclusion of the Model Framework on Net Neutrality in this expert report ( https://rm.coe.int/16805a09ca )that originated the elaboration of the CoE Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)1of the Committee of Ministers on network neutrality https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=09000016805c1e… http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio.jpg *Luca Belli, PhD* /Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation/// http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_tel.jpg+55 21 3799 *5763****t*@1lucabelli <https://twitter.com/1lucabelli> http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_direito_rio_map.j… de Botafogo, 190 13º andar Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - CEP: 22250-900 http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_email.jpg luca.belli(a)fgv.br <mailto:luca.belli@fgv.br> http://www.fgv.br/mailing/2018/direito_rio/assinatura/fgv_ass_url.jpg*www.c… <http://www.cyberbrics.info/> | www.CPDP.lat <http://www.CPDP.lat> *

4 years, 10 months

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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

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[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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[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

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[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

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[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

5 years, 1 month

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[CNSIG-Council] Welcome to the new Zenzeleni community network website

by Sol Luca de Tena

Hi CNSIG, Letting you know that we have just launched our new Zenzeleni community networks website http://zenzeleni.net/. Developed with a lot of love, care and hard work. Currently it is focused on core communications needs of Zenzeleni as a collective of Zenzeleni Cooperatives and the Zenzeleni non for profit company, where content speaks to a wide set of stakeholder to clarify basic information and to call for partnerships (hence it's in English). In future we hope to fill it with content produced for and by our communities in isiXhosa and other South African local languages, also aiming to incorporate videos, text and audios to creating a resource rich site with local content. Feel free to share and send us any feedback. Regards, Sol Sol Luca de Tena e: <mailto:sol@zenzeleni.net> sol(a)zenzeleni.net c: (+27/0) 839 47 4946 w: <http://zenzeleni.net/> zenzeleni.net Skype: sol.lucadetena <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxTPSWMX26M> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxTPSWMX26M <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, 2 months

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[CNSIG-Council] IGF 2019 Berlin accommodation

by Vasilis Chryssos

Greetings, has anyone already booked for accommodation for the upcoming IGF 2019 in Berlin? It would be nice for us to arrange to stay at a walking distance. Any suggestions? Cheers, -- 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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