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[CNSIG-Council] ISOC support for the upcoming IGF

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi fellow Council members, We have received this communication from Jane Coffin (ISOC): > We wanted to give you a head’s up that we may be allocating funds > for 2-3 CN-SIG members to attend the IGF in Paris. We would want the > CN-SIG to choose those 2-3 humans/run the process for choosing. > > We will need to coordinate with you as we also are planning to > provide funding to people working on some of our CN deployments or > those receiving BNET grants for CN grants. And, for example Karla > Velasco just made our 25 under 25 for IGF. Sol and I have talked a bit about this and we want to propose: 1) everyone who has already secured funding for their participation in the next IGF please say so; 2) if your organization is part of CN deployments mentioned by Jane or have been awarded BNET 2018 grants, let us know; 3) those willing to participate but have not yet secured funding, also please say so; and please detail if you are invited to take part in IGF panels or activities. With this information at hand, we can then collectively choose those 3 people we will propose to receive the travel support. Cheers! Nico

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[CNSIG-Council] CLRC2018 final document

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi everyone, I'm sharing the spanish (original) version of the final document from the Cumbre Latinoamericana de Redes Communitarias (latinamerican Summit) that we held last month in Argentina. This document has been collectively produced by the participants. We hope it will help guide future discussions in our region and spark new ones in other continents. We will have an english translation soon. I'm also sharing the video material that was produced during the CLRC2018; it has no subtitles; help is welcome. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_Dpv4cu0bApJXyFk0I1P6I28ucCsMZQW two additional videos will be added soon. Cheers! Nico

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[CNSIG-Council] Indigenous connectivity summit

by Nicolas Pace

Hi friends, The summit is online! https://livestream.com/internetsocietyi/indigenet2018 Regards -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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[CNSIG-Council] [CNSIG- Council] [Decision] Regional mailing list - Africa

by Sol Luca de Tena

Hello all, I am writing to you to revive the issue of including more African CNs in the CNSIG, and to get your vote to create an African mailing list for the CNSIG. *A bit of background:* - As you may recall John Dada from Fatsuam and I participated in a workshop on CNs at the African Union Commission in June, this coincided with the African ISOC Chapter meeting where CNs were also further explored. - In addition earlier this month Zenzeleni hosted the African Summit on CNs <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa/201…> in South Africa (ISOC and APC). - Both events and many other interactions between CNs in the continent have led to a growing movement, interested, support and the creation of common/shared resources between CNs, support from awesome groups such as AfChix <http://www.afchix.org/>and also politically. - There is a growing momentum to support current and fledgling CNs and I believe that it would be very positive for the CNSIG to have input and interactions with African based CNs, and visa versa. - I have previously proposed including another African CN and this request got very little feedback. After chatting about it in the SIG and individually with members it seems that there are two main barriers when it comes to working together cross regionally: 1) there are some language/ social barriers, 2) there are certain region specific contexts that only interest/ pertain to the region at hand. These barriers seem to hinder participation not because anyone is against it, but rather through lack of time, focus or understanding. *Proposal*: I would like to find a way to align the CN movement in Africa to the CNSIG. After chatting to Nico E it seems that a good way to start engaging with other interested members is through a mailing list - as with LAC. The mailing list (africa(a)lists.cnsig.info) would be open to all, and focus on African CN based themes. What Nico and I agreed is that we must make sure that the regional mailing lists somehow feedback to the council so we can also gain from the global experience. *Kindly give your vote regarding the opening of the African mailing list for the CNSIG*. Thanks, Sol -- Sol Luca de Tena e: sol(a)zenzeleni.net c: (+27/0) 839 47 4946 w: zenzeleni.net Skype: sol.lucadetena https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxTPSWMX26M *Zenzeleni Networks NPC* - Winner of Best Innovation with Social Impact Award, Innovation Bridge 2017 - Finalist of Mozilla Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, 2017

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[CNSIG-Council] [Decision] Regional mailing lists (LAC)

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi all, During the planning of the meeting in Buenos Aires, we have been talking through informal channels with people who are starting to work on community networks in Latin America, in order to invite them to the event in September. Two factors have led to the idea that regional CNSIG mailing lists would be useful: 1) the language barrier. Many projects don't have fluent english speakers among their members. 2) project maturity: an increasing number of projects are only now starting their journey in community networking. This led to the idea that a CNSIG-LAC mailing list with spanish/portuguese as main languages would allow connecting these groups as well as serving as a seedbed (is that the correct term for "semillero"?) for groups that could be part of the Council later on. Regional lists would opens up the opportunity for cases such as Tunapanda (Africa) and other projects that have already expressed interest in joining the SIG, to join first in their regional lists and later on apply for the Council when the time is right. I would like to know your opinions on this. I'm only proposing to open the LAC regional list in this decision thread, but if other members wish to propose opening now their regional lists, go ahead and open other decision threads :) Cheers! Nico

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[CNSIG-Council] [URGENT] Chapterthon Proposal: Disaster.Radio

by Jenny Ryan

Greetings all! Apologies for the n00b and last-minute nature of this submission! Nico just informed me of the proper procedure. I had submitted an earlier draft of this proposal via the ZoomGrants interface on the ISOC website just prior to the original August 10th deadline, but hadn't passed it through the CNSIG chapter first. The proposal is for financial support for the development of basic mesh routing on disaster.radio hardware. Disaster.Radio is a long-range, low-power, low-bandwidth communications network built on open software and hardware. More info on the project can be found here: https://disaster.radio We are already in communication with groups across the US as well as organizations in Canada, India, Brazil, Argentina, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and New Zealand who are interested in building disaster-resilient communications networks and utilizing the hardware. We've also begun having discussions with some first responder and human rights organizations, such as the Human Rights Foundation. Given the low cost (< $50 USD) and open soft/hardware nature of the project, its potential global impact is clear. Regarding the project's relationship to community networks, we are in conversations with the folks behind Libre Router about adding a LoRa radio to the next iteration of their open hardware WiFi mesh routers. We plan to deploy disaster.radio nodes (and in truth have already deployed several) in tandem with our community WiFi network here in Oakland, California, and are chatting with multiple other community wireless projects about deploying Disaster.Radio networks for backup, off-grid communications. Support from the CNSIG would be greatly appreciated! This is an urgent request, as the deadline was evidently today. Gratitude to both Nicos for their efforts to get this pushed to the larger ISOC through the CNSIG! :) <3 Jenny Ryan People's Open Network <https://peoplesopen.net> *Building a community-owned and -operated wireless network in Oakland, California!* Sent via Migadu.com, world's easiest email hosting

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[CNSIG-Council] Fwd: [Chapter-delegates] WEBINAR MONDAY: Community Networks / Innovations in Spectrum Management #SwitchItOn

by Nicolás Echániz

In case you wanna participate...

6 years, 3 months

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[CNSIG-Council] [CNSIG-Counsil] [Decision] Tunapanda membership request

by Sol Luca de Tena

Dear CNSIG, Please see below the membership request and info from the Kenyian CN Tunapanda. Kindly share your vote for or against. Thanks, Sol Brief Description I am the project manager for TunapandaNET community network, championed by Tunapanda Institute in Kibera Nairobi. The goal of the network is to promote use and adoption of ICTs by the community through affordable access and capacity building. We are currently looking to connect schools and community centers and provide them learning resources and skills to utilise ICTs. Additionally, I focus on promoting gender equity in technology through mentorship and training for women and girls. Topics vary from careers in technology to ICTs and governance for women. Community Networks SIG Country where you operate: Kenya Brief description: TunapandaNET is a community network located in Kibera, Nairobi Kenya.TunapandaNET is a community network championed by Tunapanda Institute in Kibera Nairobi. The goal of the network is to promote use and adoption of ICTs by the community through affordable access and capacity building. We are currently looking to connect schools and community centers and provide them learning resources and skills to utilise ICTs. Areas of interest: Education, Affordable access, Connecting underserved communities, Policy & regulation Representatives (up to 3): Josephine Miliza - josephine(a)tunapanda.org Nelson Mandela - mandela(a)tunapanda.org Renice Owuor - renice(a)tunapanda.org -- Sol Luca de Tena e: sol(a)zenzeleni.net c: (+27/0) 839 47 4946 w: zenzeleni.net Skype: sol.lucadetena https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxTPSWMX26M *Zenzeleni Networks NPC* - Winner of Best Innovation with Social Impact Award, Innovation Bridge 2017 - Finalist of Mozilla Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, 2017

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Re: [CNSIG-Council] Regional Meeting (LAC)

by Nicolás Echániz

On 08/16/2018 05:10 PM, bruno vianna wrote: > hi Nico > > Sorry for not following up. Coolab is all in favor of doing this meeting > in BsAs. So yes, let's discuss it - if it is not too late. ISOC has already invited some of us to the BsAs event. Peter from Rhizomatica, Thiago from Coolab and myself from AlterMundi will be there. AtalayaSur are located in Buenos Aires. The Spectrum Management Conference is on days September 5 and 6. There's a meeting organized by UIT, CAF, Citel, ISOC on the 7th which is dedicated to Community Networks and Spectrum. Then on the 8th we could use the day for a CNSIG/LAC meeting, considering most members will have a representative there already. If someone else from the LAC region wishes to join, we can ask for ISOC's support. So, if we are OK with having our CNSIG/LAC meeting there and then, we should work on our agenda for the meeting. Cheers, Nico > Em qua, 8 de ago de 2018 13:36, Nicolás Echániz > <nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net>> escreveu: > > On 07/09/2018 01:23 PM, bruno vianna wrote: > > I also prefer the idea of meeting in a place where a strong CN exists > > (or one is being built) > > I don't know if it is the case with BsAs? > > Bruno, Atalaya Sur works in Buenos Aires. It would be very interesting > if we could all visit their experience. But I'll let them talk for > themselves! :) > > ISOC is moving forward with organizing a workshop on Community Networks > after this event. Rhizomatica and AlterMundi will already be there; > Atalaya Sur is in Buenos Aires, so we would only need to invite Coolab > and People's Open to have the full CNSIG Americas participation. > > This seems like a good opportunity, and we haven't offered other > alternatives so far. > > Can we discuss if it makes sense for us to have a regional CNSIG meeting > after that event? > > Cheers! > Nico > > > > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 12:43 PM, Nicolás Echániz > > <nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net> > <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net > <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net>>> wrote: > > > > On 06/27/2018 08:04 PM, Peter wrote: > > > Thanks for opening the thread. I am going to that spectrum > mtg most > > > likely. That said not sure it is an appropriate candidate for > > > piggybacking off of. > > > > It doesn't seem like a friendly venue for us... but there's no > need to > > associate our name with the event in any way, we should just > choose an > > event to which many of us are already traveling, so we can > have our > > regional meeting prior or after said event. > > > > Maybe we can all mention what events in LAC we are planning to > travel > > to, so we can decide which one best fits our needs. > > > > I'll start: > > > > - The 5th Annual Latin America Spectrum Management Conference: > > Wed 5 September to Thu 6 September, Buenos Aires > > https://eu-ems.com/summary.asp?event_id=4368&page_id=9568 > > <https://eu-ems.com/summary.asp?event_id=4368&page_id=9568> > > > > - LACIGF: July 31 - August 2, Buenos Aires > > https://lacigf.org/lacigf-11/ > > > > > > > > > On June 27, 2018 3:06:04 PM CDT, "Nicolás Echániz" > > > <nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net > <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net> > <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net>>> > > wrote: > > > > > > I'm opening a thread about this regional meeting so we can > > discuss it in > > > particular. > > > > > > As soon as we receive more info on the other two regional > > meetings I'll > > > let everyone know and we can start a thread for each. > > > > > > Christian O'Flaherty (ISOC) has just pointed out (again > > because Thiago > > > already mentioned this event), that it would be > interesting to > > have > > > CNSIG participation here: > > > > > > https://eu-ems.com/summary.asp?event_id=4368&page_id=9568 > > <https://eu-ems.com/summary.asp?event_id=4368&page_id=9568> > > > > > > ... and he proposed that we consider it as a possible > > opportunity to > > > "piggyback" for our regional meeting. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my > brevity. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Council mailing list > > Council(a)lists.cnsig.info <mailto:Council@lists.cnsig.info> > <mailto:Council@lists.cnsig.info <mailto:Council@lists.cnsig.info>> > > https://lists.cnsig.info/mailman/listinfo/council > > <https://lists.cnsig.info/mailman/listinfo/council> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > bruno(a)pobox.com <mailto:bruno@pobox.com> <mailto:bruno@pobox.com > <mailto:bruno@pobox.com>> ▀─█▄██▄▀▄ > > http://brunovianna.net <http://brunovianna.net/> ─█▄██▄▀█▀█▄ > > skype: randomico▀─█▄██▄▀█▀█▄▌██─█▌█▌ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Council mailing list > > Council(a)lists.cnsig.info <mailto:Council@lists.cnsig.info> > > https://lists.cnsig.info/mailman/listinfo/council > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Council mailing list > Council(a)lists.cnsig.info <mailto:Council@lists.cnsig.info> > https://lists.cnsig.info/mailman/listinfo/council >

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[CNSIG-Council] council meeting and CNSIG work

by Sol Luca de Tena

Hello, so this email is an attempt to a) get a sense of what activity has been happening in the SIG, b) suggest we have a meeting to regroup. I havent received any emails from the working groups Im in, have people been active on the chat groups facilitated by Nico? Any answers on BTN? Who is keen for a meeting? Maybe to simply regroup, maybe to restart some WG work? if I get majority response Ill set up a meeting poll. Looking forwards, Sol 2018-04-02 21:25 GMT+02:00 Sol Luca de Tena <sol(a)zenzeleni.net>: > Hi all, > > Using the impetus from our meeting today, and following the decision to > keep council meetings to every 6 weeks, I am sending out a meeting poll for > our 3rd council meeting. Please indicate your availability here: > https://framadate.org/ulw3LUg8NewCplln > > Cheers, > > Sol Luca de Tena > > e: sol(a)zenzeleni.net > c: (+27/0) 839 47 4946 > w: zenzeleni.net > Skype: sol.lucadetena > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxTPSWMX26M > > *Zenzeleni Networks NPC* > - Winner of Best Innovation with Social Impact Award, Innovation Bridge > 2017 > - Finalist of Mozilla Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, 2017 > -- Sol Luca de Tena e: sol(a)zenzeleni.net c: (+27/0) 839 47 4946 w: zenzeleni.net Skype: sol.lucadetena https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxTPSWMX26M *Zenzeleni Networks NPC* - Winner of Best Innovation with Social Impact Award, Innovation Bridge 2017 - Finalist of Mozilla Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, 2017

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