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

Hello everyone, I think the idea of having a list in Spanish/Portuguese sounds great. Best, Karla Velasco Ramos www.redesac.org.mx +52 1 55 36 66 69 24 On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 5:10 PM Jesica <giudicejesica(a)altermundi.net> wrote: > +1 > > English: > > It would be important for me, individually and as a member of the CNSIG. > The use of Spanish was very decisive to quickly prepare the project that > we sent to BtN. If we had done it in English, we would not have finished > on time. > > Anyway, it would be good to have one o more people who are responsible for > retransmitting what happens there periodically, to keep us all aware. > > Español: > > Sería muy importante para mi, individualmente y como participante del > CNSIG. > El uso de español fue decisivo para preparar rápidamente el proyecto que > presentamos en BtN. En inglés no hubiéramos entregado a tiempo. > De todas maneras, sería bueno que haya quien o quienes se encarguen de > retransmitir lo que allí pase periódicamente, para mantenernos a todos al > tanto. > > > El 26/08/18 a las 12:19, Nicolás Echániz escribió: > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Council mailing > listCouncil@lists.cnsig.infohttps://lists.cnsig.info/mailman/listinfo/cou > ncil > > _______________________________________________ > Council mailing list > Council(a)lists.cnsig.info > https://lists.cnsig.info/mailman/listinfo/council