On 09/26/2018 08:42 PM, Jenny Ryan wrote:
> an enthusiastic +1!
>
> what is quorum for CNSIG decisions?

We are 14 organizations right now, so we need 8 positive (organization)
votes to approve a decision.


> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 16:24 Sol Luca de Tena <sol@zenzeleni.net
> <mailto:sol@zenzeleni.net>> wrote:
>
>     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/2018/>
>     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@lists.cnsig.info
>     <mailto:africa@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@zenzeleni.net <mailto:sol@zenzeleni.net>
>     c: (+27/0) 839 47 4946
>     w: zenzeleni.net <http://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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