I have already added LAC members of the Council to the list.
Anyone else willing to join please use the link.
We will be coordinating the LAC meeting through that list and Mattermost
channel with the same name: LAC.
Cheers!
Nico
On 08/29/2018 06:35 AM, Jenny Ryan wrote:
  +1 <3
 --
 Jenny Ryan
 People's Open Network <https://peoplesopen.net>
 /Building a community-owned and -operated wireless network in Oakland,
 California!/
 
 
 On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:08 AM Jaspreet Singh <jassi2713(a)gmail.com
 <mailto:jassi2713@gmail.com>> wrote:
 
     +1
 
 
 
     With Regards
     Jaspreet Singh
     Project Manager
     Grammarg, Electrical Engg Dept
     IIT Bombay
     +91 98963 89883
 
 
     On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 8:56 PM Gio <gio(a)diveni.re
     <mailto:gio@diveni.re>> wrote:
 
         +1
 
         On Tuesday, 28 August 2018 01:19:31 CEST Karla Velasco wrote:
  Hello everyone,
 I think the idea of having a list in Spanish/Portuguese sounds 
         great.
 
 Best,
 Karla Velasco Ramos
 
www.redesac.org.mx <http://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
         <mailto:giudicejesica@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
         > >