Hi all!

New to this group, but a relative 'intermediate' in the community wireless realm.. As a relatively hasty intro, I work on the People's Open Network in Oakland, California :) Very happy to be here!

At the Battlemesh v10 in Austria last year, I recall multiple discussions re: hosting the next convening in possibly:
* Oakland, California (I'm a co-founder of the Omni Commons, a large collective space here that could likely accommodate such an event) - this was largely disagreeable given the US' stringent visa requirements for Central & South Americans in particular - tho there is a growing North American federation of community/mesh wireless networks and I'm looking forward to the State of Our Networks conference being hosted by Toronto Wireless in Canada this July!)http://coolab.org [i apologize in advance for using so much nationalist/colonialist terminology :/ please help me improve!]
* Madurai region of India - large educational space proposed by Senthil,. who gave this talk at Battlemesh in 2017 on working with a 200+ class of young women learning to code, and using mesh to further the reach of educational curriculae in rural parts of India - http://openfreenet.org
* Several folks spoke from South America, if I recall correctly...was it Gui or Nico Pace from Altermundi in Argentina? 
** ... and Rodrigo from Brazil? [i know, it's a big place - but he was working on building networks to connect favelas all over the country..] - can't remember if he had a particular space in mind, and he warned many areas (particularly Sao Paulo) can be quite dangerous to tourists. - http://coolab.org 

Big fan of any options that entail my saving up to travel to either South America or India toward building networks for a more libre future!

<3

Building a community-owned and -operated wireless network in Oakland, California!

On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 5:17 AM, Sarbani Banerjee Belur <sarbanibelur@iitb.ac.in> wrote:
Hi Sol,

Thanks much. I am currently in San Francisco for ACM Compass. I will be
back next week. I hope you don't mind if I can get back on this in the
next week.

Thanks
With regards,
Sarbani

> Hi all,
>
> I support Monic's point about having the global summit in India - hosts
> willing. I think its important that we diversify (the continent) and I
> think the global South is a good place to focus on.
>
> To Nico's point on piggy-backing, Sarbani and Jaspreet, how do you feel
> about hosting (with help) a CN global summit in 2019? If interested, is
> there any event on which we could plan this Summit that could make the
> event better attendance/ lower cost?
>
> Thanks, Sol
>
> 2018-06-20 16:10 GMT+02:00 bruno vianna <bruno@pobox.com>:
>
>> If we don't want to do both Latin American and Global meetings in
>> Cordoba,
>> there is a place with good infrastructure in Hiure's town, Monteiro
>> Lobato,
>> a 3 hours car ride from São Paulo.
>>
>> We used the rooms of a boarding school where 20 can sleep. There are
>> also
>> hostels and people who can host guests. And the neighbors are building a
>> fine network
>> .
>> Here are pictures from the school: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmfmwaow
>> And the CN: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmhJqg4F
>>
>> How many people are we thinking of?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 8:53 PM, Nicolás Echániz <
>> nicoechaniz@altermundi.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/19/2018 02:52 PM, peter wrote:
>>> > Hi Nico,
>>> >
>>> > This can happen anywhere, or the idea is to do it in Cordoba,
>>> Argentina?
>>>
>>> My proposal for Córdoba and more specifically Quintana was for the
>>> global gathering, and it's just one option.
>>>
>>>
>>> So, for the regional meeting we can propose any location.
>>>
>>>
>>> un abrazo,
>>> Nico
>>>
>>>
>>> > On 19/06/18 12:33, Nicolás Echániz wrote:
>>> >> Hi all,
>>> >>
>>> >> Sebastián Bellagamba from ISOC has proposed that the CNSIG be in
>>> charge
>>> >> of the initiative to organize an ISOC sponsored Community Networks
>>> >> regional meeting in Latin America during 2018. And we are also
>>> planning
>>> >> to organize a global summit during 2019.
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm starting this thread so we can begin (or continue) to discuss
>>> the
>>> >> matter.
>>> >>
>>> >> We need to start defining the details. One important decision is if
>>> we
>>> >> will try to "piggyback" on other events to reduce travel costs; and
>>> if
>>> >> so, which options do we have?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheers,
>>> >> Nico
>>>
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