[CNSIG-Council] CNSIG meeting in Paris

Hi everyone, The IGF in Paris is almost here. Panos and NicoPace have confirmed a location for our gathering: Gaite Lyrique 3bis Rue Papin, 75003 Paris https://goo.gl/maps/LrY4fbfnUoQ2 The CNSIG meeting will occur the 15th starting at 9AM and ending at noon. In the afternoon we will have an open meeting with other people that are related to Community Networks issues in the same location. Our proposed meetig agenda so far: - what is the role of our Trusted Advisors, how do we invite them to get more involved in the CNSIG? - LAC Summit document[1]. Does the global CNSIG wish to discuss and/or support the document? - Regional CNSIG groups. We have created the LAC CNSIG group, Sol is working on the African group. Does it make sense to create similar initiatives for other regions? How do regional groups integrate with the global CNSIG. - Global Community Networks summit. Do we want to be in charge of such an event? Who can help make it happen? ISOC will very probably provide funding during 2019. - Why have we created the CNSIG and what do we want to do with it? - Update of the work that we have done until now. - Sol would like to share about the African base CNs, the communication channels that could be most effective and the relation to the CNSIG. - Appropriation of the community network narrative and avoiding to become "cheap labor" for "connecting the unconnected" to Facebook and Google's servers. Matters that we consider to be more general and less directly related to the CNSIG can be discussed in the afternoon in the open meeting. CNSIG members attending IGF in Paris: (if you are attending and your name is not there, raise your hand) Karla Velasco John Dada Peter Bloom Nico Echaniz Nico Pace Panayotis Antoniadis Erick Huerta Velázquez Ramón Roca Roger Baig Shaun Pather Vasilis Chryssos Hiure Queiroz Damián Cejas Gioacchino Mazzurco Gui Iribarren Mai Sutton I would like to create a temporary whatsapp or telegram group so we can easily coordinate during the event, comment on interesting sessions, organize for off-the-event activities, etc. I don't have everyone's contact, so if you are OK with being added to the temporary group, please send me a message to this number: +549 3547 656593 Cheers! NicoEchániz