It looks like their grantees are all hailing from the global south?
Building a community-owned and -operated wireless network in Oakland, California!


On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 10:50 AM Nicolas Pace <nicopace@altermundi.net> wrote:
The funding is for members only, and members can ask for this fund one
time per year.

On 2018-10-11 12:25 PM, Jenny Ryan wrote:
> great tip, thanks!!
> how common is it for them to grant stipends to such?
> --
> Jenny Ryan
> People's Open Network <https://peoplesopen.net>
> /Building a community-owned and -operated wireless network in Oakland,
> California!/
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:47 AM Nicolas Pace <nicopace@altermundi.net
> <mailto:nicopace@altermundi.net>> wrote:
>
>     Those that are part of APC remember that you also can count on the APC
>     METF fund for getting to the IGF, and that could allow others to get to
>     this funds to go.
>
>     On 2018-10-08 06:23 PM, Jenny Ryan wrote:
>     > Unfortunately, this overlaps partially with the Nonprofit Software
>     > Development Summit (Nov 14-16), an awesome unconference that takes
>     place
>     > annually in Oakland. I've pinged the group to see if anyone's
>     interested
>     > or will already be in Europe around that time - we could fund this
>     > ourselves.
>     >
>     > Would the CNSIG meetup be before or after the IGF?
>     >
>     > <3
>     > --
>     > Jenny Ryan
>     > People's Open Network <https://peoplesopen.net>
>     > /Building a community-owned and -operated wireless network in Oakland,
>     > California!/
>     >
>     >
>     > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 10:30 AM Nicolás Echániz
>     > <nicoechaniz@altermundi.net <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net>
>     <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net
>     <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     I understand Panos (NetHood) will also be there, as well as
>     advisors
>     >     (Carlos Rey Moreno and Luca Belli), for whom we haven't really
>     defined a
>     >     role or work dynamic yet.
>     >
>     >     So this is the members we still don't know if they'll be
>     represented:
>     >     - guifi.net <http://guifi.net> <http://guifi.net>
>     >     - freifunk.net <http://freifunk.net> <http://freifunk.net>
>     >     - Ninux
>     >     - SudoMesh/People's Open
>     >     - Gram Marg
>     >
>     >     We will already have quorum (>=8) in Paris, so I think it will
>     be a
>     >     great opportunity to have a Council Meeting and maybe discuss some
>     >     issues that are difficult to address through our list and Mumble.
>     >
>     >     I will start a thread to discuss an agenda for that potential
>     meeting.
>     >
>     >
>     >     Cheers,
>     >     Nico
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >     On 10/08/2018 11:55 AM, Nicolás Echániz wrote:
>     >     > This is what has been mentioned so far.
>     >     >
>     >     > Have funding:
>     >     > - TIC (Karla?)
>     >     > - Rhizomatica (Peter?)
>     >     > - Fantsuam (John)
>     >     > - Atalaya Sur (Damián)
>     >     > - AlterMundi (NicoPace)
>     >     >
>     >     > Need funding:
>     >     > - Zenzeleni
>     >     > - Sarantaporo.gr
>     >     > - Coolab (Hiure)
>     >     > - Atalaya Sur (+1)
>     >     > - AlterMundi (+1)
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     > Other things to consider:
>     >     > - have any of the organizations that need funding received a
>     BNET
>     >     grant
>     >     > this year?
>     >     > - are any of those organizations partnering with ISOC in CN
>     deployment
>     >     > projects?
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     > I'm asking because we have been told that those two conditions
>     >     might get
>     >     > you IGF travel support independently of your CNSIG
>     affiliation. This
>     >     > will help us get to a final proposal to ISOC.
>     >     >
>     >     > What about the organizations that did not reply?
>     >     >
>     >     > A CN meeting is being planned for the day after IGF and it
>     would be
>     >     > great to have as many as possible from the CNSIG participate
>     there...
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     > Cheers!
>     >     > Nico
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     > On 09/27/2018 01:00 PM, bruno vianna wrote:
>     >     >> Hi Nico
>     >     >>
>     >     >> We would like to have Hiure represent Coolab and other
>     Brazilian
>     >     CNs at
>     >     >> IGF, if we can get funding for his trip.
>     >     >>
>     >     >> Bruno
>     >     >>
>     >     >> On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 11:50 AM Vasilis Chryssos
>     >     >> <vchryssos@sarantaporo.gr <mailto:vchryssos@sarantaporo.gr>
>     <mailto:vchryssos@sarantaporo.gr <mailto:vchryssos@sarantaporo.gr>>
>     >     <mailto:vchryssos@sarantaporo.gr
>     <mailto:vchryssos@sarantaporo.gr> <mailto:vchryssos@sarantaporo.gr
>     <mailto:vchryssos@sarantaporo.gr>>>>
>     >     wrote:
>     >     >>
>     >     >>     Hi Nico,
>     >     >>     we would be interested to attend and we don't have any
>     >     funding yet.
>     >     >>
>     >     >>     Cheers,
>     >     >>     V.
>     >     >>
>     >     >>
>     >     >>     Στις Τρί, 25 Σεπ 2018 στις 10:01 μ.μ., ο/η Nicolás Echániz
>     >     >>     <nicoechaniz@altermundi.net
>     <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net>
>     >     <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net
>     <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net>>
>     >     <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net
>     <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net>
>     >     <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net
>     <mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net>>>> έγραψε:
>     >     >>
>     >     >>         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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