Hi all, We have received communication from ISOC regarding the annual chapters and SIGs evaluation. This requires completing information in the online ISOC platform which I'll be doing soon. Those who have participated in events using the "CNSIG hat", please send a one paragraph summary (and any relevant links) so we can add it to the activities form in the platform. Out of the top of my head I can remember participation in "Mesh is in the air", participation in two african events, participation/organization of the LAC CN Summit and participation in the IGF2018 after-event meeting. We also need to organize our annual Council Meeting. An important excerpt from the Bylaws[1]: " The officers of the Executive council shall be Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. Alternate members must be appointed for Secretary and Treasurer. The officers shall be elected at the Annual Council Meeting. Officers must be members -representing an Organization- of the Executive Council to be elegible for office. Officers shall take office immediately upon election and serve until their successor is elected. They shall serve for one (1) year. Consecutive re-election to occupy any office will only be allowed for three terms. All candidates to officer positions shall present their candidacy, including a program and a declaration of interests, at least 30 business days before the Annual Council meeting. [...] The Annual Council meeting shall be held at the last meeting of the program year. At this meeting, the Secretary and Treasurer each shall present a report. Also, the election of officers for the Council, Standing committees and temporary committees shall be held. Also, the Chair shall announce the results of the election of officers which may have been held through e-mail ballot, for the coming year " These are our current executive council officers: Chair Nicolás Echániz Vice Chair Sol Luca de Tena Treasurer Karla Velasco Alternate Treasurer Gioacchino Mazzurco Secretary Manuela González Ursi Alternate Secretary Peter Bloom So, according to our bylaws, anyone willing to be considered for a position should "present their candidacy, including a program and a declaration of interests, at least 30 business days before the Annual Council meeting." Please do so soon! According to these requirements, the meeting will need to occur during the last weeks of January. Let's decide on a suitable meeting date; can someone get on top of coordinating this?

African CN Summit, where I presented the CNSIG as a space were African CNs could gather and use as a platform for their growth. (3rdAfCNSummit.jpg) Community Networks Exchange (what became the Asian CN Summit for now), where I presented the CNSIG as a space were they could have their conversations and organize... and also shared about the LibreRouter and LibreMesh community technologies. (cnx2018.jpg) 2nd Indigenous Connectivity Summit, where I presented the CNSIG as an option for the Indigenous North American Communities for them to organize (2ndIndienousCSummit.jpg), and also presented the LibreRouter. MozFest, where I gave a small workshop to allow activists to imagine how a Community Network is born, grows and lives. https://mozillafestival.org/ I guess I have mentioned the CNSIG a lot more times that I can recall... will try to take not of them from now on, and also to use it more! :D Thanks NicoE for taking the time to do the reporting! On 12/22/18 2:49 PM, Nicolás Echániz wrote: > We really need to address these issues. > > The current exec council period ends in two weeks and we will have > problems to keep operating within ISOC if we do not take action. > > Please everyone take 10min to reply. > > > Cheers, > Nico > > > On 12/15/2018 06:41 PM, Nicolás Echániz wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> We have received communication from ISOC regarding the annual chapters >> and SIGs evaluation. This requires completing information in the online >> ISOC platform which I'll be doing soon. >> >> Those who have participated in events using the "CNSIG hat", please send >> a one paragraph summary (and any relevant links) so we can add it to the >> activities form in the platform. Out of the top of my head I can >> remember participation in "Mesh is in the air", participation in two >> african events, participation/organization of the LAC CN Summit and >> participation in the IGF2018 after-event meeting. >> >> >> We also need to organize our annual Council Meeting. >> >> An important excerpt from the Bylaws[1]: >> >> " >> The officers of the Executive council shall be Chair, Vice Chair, >> Secretary and Treasurer. >> Alternate members must be appointed for Secretary and Treasurer. >> The officers shall be elected at the Annual Council Meeting. Officers >> must be members >> -representing an Organization- of the Executive Council to be elegible >> for office. >> Officers shall take office immediately upon election and serve until >> their successor is elected. They >> shall serve for one (1) year. Consecutive re-election to occupy any >> office will only be allowed for >> three terms. >> All candidates to officer positions shall present their candidacy, >> including a program and a >> declaration of interests, at least 30 business days before the Annual >> Council meeting. >> [...] >> >> The Annual Council meeting shall be held at the last meeting of the >> program year. At this meeting, >> the Secretary and Treasurer each shall >> present a report. Also, the election of officers for the >> Council, Standing committees and temporary committees shall be held. >> Also, the Chair shall announce the results of the election of officers >> which may have been held >> through e-mail ballot, for the coming year >> >> " >> >> These are our current executive council officers: >> >> Chair Nicolás Echániz >> Vice Chair Sol Luca de Tena >> Treasurer Karla Velasco >> Alternate Treasurer Gioacchino Mazzurco >> Secretary Manuela González Ursi >> Alternate Secretary Peter Bloom >> >> >> So, according to our bylaws, anyone willing to be considered for a >> position should "present their candidacy, including a program and a >> declaration of interests, at least 30 business days before the Annual >> Council meeting." Please do so soon! >> >> >> According to these requirements, the meeting will need to occur during >> the last weeks of January. >> >> >> Let's decide on a suitable meeting date; can someone get on top of >> coordinating this? >> >> >> >> Cheers! >> Nico >> >> >> >> [1] http://cnsig.info/assets/CNSIG-Bylaws_v1.1.pdf >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Council mailing list >> Council(a)lists.cnsig.info >> https://lists.cnsig.info/mailman/listinfo/council >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Council mailing list > Council(a)lists.cnsig.info > https://lists.cnsig.info/mailman/listinfo/council > > > _______________________________________________ > Council mailing list > Council(a)lists.cnsig.info > https://lists.cnsig.info/mailman/listinfo/council

Myself and Thiago Novaes (not to mention Panos, Monic, Gio) took part of the CNSIG panel at Mesh is in the AIr <https://wireless-meshup.org/doku.php> this year in Berlin. We also gave a presentation on CNs in Brazil at the same event. On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 6:47 PM Vasilis Chryssos &lt;vchryssos(a)sarantaporo.gr&gt; wrote: -- bruno(a)pobox.com ▀─█▄██▄▀▄ http://brunovianna.net ─█▄██▄▀█▀█▄ skype: randomico▀─█▄██▄▀█▀█▄▌██─█▌█▌ _______________________________________________ Council mailing list Council(a)lists.cnsig.info https://lists.cnsig.info/mailman/listinfo/council