9 Jul
2018
9 Jul
'18
1:13 p.m.
Hi all,
we have also contacted Michuki Mwangi (ISOC - Africa).
Here's his reply:
"
The 3rd summit on Community Networks in Africa is scheduled for 3 - 7
September in Mankosi, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It will be hosted at
the Zenzeleni CN in the community that they serve called Mankosi. We are
finalizing the logistics and venue information. It should be available
in the next 2 weeks.
Do you have any strategy on how to increase membership to the CNSIG? If
you have any outreach materials that we can share with the CN operators
in the regions, that might help getting more of them involved with the
CNSIG.
"
So... we are locals there! :)
Sol, maybe you can share a bit more detail on this event and how the
CNSIG could participate as a collective.
Should I add you in CC in the thread we started with Sebastian, Michuki
and Naveed ?
Same as with the APAC meeting, I propose we appoint one person as CNSIG
contact for the organization of the event, Sol you seem like the natural
choice, but you are also already swamped with work; what's your take on
this.
Michuki also asked about outreach materials. We can start a different
thread about this.
Cheers!
Nico
12 Jul
12 Jul
10:03 a.m.
Hi all,
Apologies for my silence the last weeks, I really have been swamped. Let me
report here on both the African CN Summit Sept 2018, and my participation
in the ISOC/APC organised Workshop on CNs at the African Union that I
attended as CNSIG last month.
*CN workshop at the African Unio**n commission June, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.*
As CNSIG representive I aimed to get a sense of how the SIG and African
Chapter and initiatives could work together. My perspective is that there
are a few well developed CNs that the CNSIG would very much benefit from
including - some work closely with Chapter other not. I think what African
CNs offer is a new context in which to understand CNs, solidarity, people's
movement, like every place the African continent has a whole set of unique
characteristics. I will send a separate email with Tunapanda's (Kenya CN)
request to join the CNSIG.
Over and above this, there was a strong interest on CNs from all the +20
African countries represented at the meeting, from the regional regulators
and from the African Union. I think the meeting has a strong potential to
support the acknowledgement and respect for CNs on an institutional level.
A strong point here is that 2 months ago Zenzeleni was referred to in South
African Parliament by the national ministry of telecomms. This seems a
strong signal and encouragement to other governments, although for now its
all lip service and I foresee a long haul. But overall positive.
One of the things I discussed with Jane, Michuki and Carlos that seems
necessary in furthering the CN movement (for ISOC, APC and us all) is a
quick fact sheet from each CN. I would encourage us to get this ready asap
(I think a separate email is needed for this).
*African CN Summit: *
As mentioned by Nico the dates are 2-7 Sept. It will take place in the
rural Eastern Cape where Zenzeleni was born and is expanding. Zenzeleni is
the host CN and we have been working with the ISOC Africa team and APC CN
project. We are most excited that we managed to have it located in the
rural area where we operate and not a city..so please all who can COME! I
believe the webpage will be live soon. In terms of CNSIG representation, I
think its a good opportunity to do outreach - for the reasons above and
perhaps using the quick fact sheet/ presentation that I mentioned. I
believe as it is an African summit the fellowships are focused on African
initiatives, but I dont know this for certain. My suggestion is that if you
are interested to attend please say so, and we can see what we can organise
(maybe APC travel funds, or other funds can be use...).
Yes, please Nico add me to comms with Muchuki and co - it will help
centralise what Im already doing.
As Zenzeleni I also want to encourage all who can to participate in the
Summit, as an experience for yourselves. And also mention that Zenzeleni is
looking for volunteers in general from near and far to build capacity and
help with installations. So you are most welcome!
Cheers,
Sol
2018-07-09 15:13 GMT+02:00 Nicolás Echániz <nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net>et>:
Hi all,
we have also contacted Michuki Mwangi (ISOC - Africa).
Here's his reply:
"
The 3rd summit on Community Networks in Africa is scheduled for 3 - 7
September in Mankosi, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It will be hosted at
the Zenzeleni CN in the community that they serve called Mankosi. We are
finalizing the logistics and venue information. It should be available
in the next 2 weeks.
Do you have any strategy on how to increase membership to the CNSIG? If
you have any outreach materials that we can share with the CN operators
in the regions, that might help getting more of them involved with the
CNSIG.
"
So... we are locals there! :)
Sol, maybe you can share a bit more detail on this event and how the
CNSIG could participate as a collective.
Should I add you in CC in the thread we started with Sebastian, Michuki
and Naveed ?
Same as with the APAC meeting, I propose we appoint one person as CNSIG
contact for the organization of the event, Sol you seem like the natural
choice, but you are also already swamped with work; what's your take on
this.
Michuki also asked about outreach materials. We can start a different
thread about this.
Cheers!
Nico
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- Finalist of Mozilla Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, 2017
2:31 p.m.
Hi Sol and council,
It is great to hear that regulators and CNs are working together, and
more awareness and support is coming from governments.
It is also great to hear that the African CN Summit is happening this year.
One thing to mention: I don't remember if Sol shared the participation
of the CNSIG in the commission, and I am sure it was not as an official
participation, so this is more about preemptive decision making:
I would propose that official participations of the CNSIG in
conferences, debates, and related, be informed on the council list in
order for the council to be able for their voices to be expressed.
I think this would also allow each other to learn from the experience of
each other and to build more cohesion to the group.
regards,
On 2018-07-12 04:03 AM, Sol Luca de Tena wrote:
Hi all,
Apologies for my silence the last weeks, I really have been swamped. Let
me report here on both the African CN Summit Sept 2018, and my
participation in the ISOC/APC organised Workshop on CNs at the African
Union that I attended as CNSIG last month.
*_CN workshop at the African Unio_*_*n commission June, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.*_
As CNSIG representive I aimed to get a sense of how the SIG and African
Chapter and initiatives could work together. My perspective is that
there are a few well developed CNs that the CNSIG would very much
benefit from including - some work closely with Chapter other not. I
think what African CNs offer is a new context in which to understand
CNs, solidarity, people's movement, like every place the African
continent has a whole set of unique characteristics. I will send a
separate email with Tunapanda's (Kenya CN) request to join the CNSIG.
Over and above this, there was a strong interest on CNs from all the +20
African countries represented at the meeting, from the regional
regulators and from the African Union. I think the meeting has a strong
potential to support the acknowledgement and respect for CNs on an
institutional level. A strong point here is that 2 months ago Zenzeleni
was referred to in South African Parliament by the national ministry of
telecomms. This seems a strong signal and encouragement to other
governments, although for now its all lip service and I foresee a long
haul. But overall positive.
One of the things I discussed with Jane, Michuki and Carlos that seems
necessary in furthering the CN movement (for ISOC, APC and us all) is a
quick fact sheet from each CN. I would encourage us to get this ready
asap (I think a separate email is needed for this).
*_
_*
*_African CN Summit: _*
As mentioned by Nico the dates are 2-7 Sept. It will take place in the
rural Eastern Cape where Zenzeleni was born and is expanding. Zenzeleni
is the host CN and we have been working with the ISOC Africa team and
APC CN project. We are most excited that we managed to have it located
in the rural area where we operate and not a city..so please all who can
COME! I believe the webpage will be live soon. In terms of CNSIG
representation, I think its a good opportunity to do outreach - for the
reasons above and perhaps using the quick fact sheet/ presentation that
I mentioned. I believe as it is an African summit the fellowships are
focused on African initiatives, but I dont know this for certain. My
suggestion is that if you are interested to attend please say so, and we
can see what we can organise (maybe APC travel funds, or other funds can
be use...).
Yes, please Nico add me to comms with Muchuki and co - it will help
centralise what Im already doing.
As Zenzeleni I also want to encourage all who can to participate in the
Summit, as an experience for yourselves. And also mention that Zenzeleni
is looking for volunteers in general from near and far to build capacity
and help with installations. So you are most welcome!
Cheers,
Sol
2018-07-09 15:13 GMT+02:00 Nicolás Echániz <nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net
<mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net>>:
Hi all,
we have also contacted Michuki Mwangi (ISOC - Africa).
Here's his reply:
"
The 3rd summit on Community Networks in Africa is scheduled for 3 - 7
September in Mankosi, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It will be hosted at
the Zenzeleni CN in the community that they serve called Mankosi. We are
finalizing the logistics and venue information. It should be available
in the next 2 weeks.
Do you have any strategy on how to increase membership to the CNSIG? If
you have any outreach materials that we can share with the CN operators
in the regions, that might help getting more of them involved with the
CNSIG.
"
So... we are locals there! :)
Sol, maybe you can share a bit more detail on this event and how the
CNSIG could participate as a collective.
Should I add you in CC in the thread we started with Sebastian, Michuki
and Naveed ?
Same as with the APAC meeting, I propose we appoint one person as CNSIG
contact for the organization of the event, Sol you seem like the natural
choice, but you are also already swamped with work; what's your take on
this.
Michuki also asked about outreach materials. We can start a different
thread about this.
Cheers!
Nico
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