DC3 November 2015

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RES: Re: Future IGF Dynamic Coalition on Connected Communities

by Luca Belli

Hi all, It seems that I missed Ritu’s and Parminder’s emails. My apologies. So, we now have 4 co-coordinators including Nico, myself, Ritu and Parminder. This is excellent, as we also diversify georgapgically. Also, Parminder raised the issue of the name of the DC. So far, the proposal was DC on Connected Communities but Parminder proposes DC on Community Broadband. My preference would be to keep the original proposal precisely because it is more comprehensive. Broadband is an option of connectivity (broad bandwidth) and the very definition of what may be considered as ‘broad’ is not universal. It rather depends on national standards. Also, I think that DC on Connected Communities has the merit on focusing on people and stressing the importance/role of communities. What do others think? All the best Luca ________________________________ De: parminder [parminder.js(a)gmail.com] Enviado: quarta-feira, 18 de novembro de 2015 15:13 Para: Luca Belli Assunto: Fwd: Re: Future IGF Dynamic Coalition on Connected Communities Luca It seems you did not receive this expression of interest and a few questions.... So resending from gmail id... parminder -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: Future IGF Dynamic Coalition on Connected Communities Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:15:39 +0530 From: parminder <parminder(a)itforchange.net><mailto:parminder@itforchange.net> To: Luca Belli <luca.belli(a)fgv.br><mailto:luca.belli@fgv.br>, dc3(a)listas.altermundi.net<mailto:dc3@listas.altermundi.net> <dc3(a)listas.altermundi.net><mailto:dc3@listas.altermundi.net>, bob19-0501(a)bobf.frankston.com<mailto:bob19-0501@bobf.frankston.com> <bob19-0501(a)bobf.frankston.com><mailto:bob19-0501@bobf.frankston.com>, lee.hibbard(a)coe.int<mailto:lee.hibbard@coe.int> <lee.hibbard(a)coe.int><mailto:lee.hibbard@coe.int>, Jamila Rodrigues Venturini <jamila.venturini(a)fgv.br><mailto:jamila.venturini@fgv.br>, ritu.sri(a)defindia.net<mailto:ritu.sri@defindia.net> <ritu.sri(a)defindia.net><mailto:ritu.sri@defindia.net>, otavio.vinhas(a)gmail.com<mailto:otavio.vinhas@gmail.com> <otavio.vinhas(a)gmail.com><mailto:otavio.vinhas@gmail.com>, catherine.middleton(a)ryerson.ca<mailto:catherine.middleton@ryerson.ca> <catherine.middleton(a)ryerson.ca><mailto:catherine.middleton@ryerson.ca>, janara.sousa(a)gmail.com<mailto:janara.sousa@gmail.com> <janara.sousa(a)gmail.com><mailto:janara.sousa@gmail.com>, edliano(a)hotmail.com<mailto:edliano@hotmail.com> <edliano(a)hotmail.com><mailto:edliano@hotmail.com>, plommer(a)gmail.com<mailto:plommer@gmail.com> <plommer(a)gmail.com><mailto:plommer@gmail.com>, donck(a)isoc.org<mailto:donck@isoc.org> <donck(a)isoc.org><mailto:donck@isoc.org>, vicentin(a)riseup.net<mailto:vicentin@riseup.net> <vicentin(a)riseup.net><mailto:vicentin@riseup.net>, yzdrrr(a)riseup.net<mailto:yzdrrr@riseup.net> <yzdrrr(a)riseup.net><mailto:yzdrrr@riseup.net>, bankston(a)newamerica.org<mailto:bankston@newamerica.org> <bankston(a)newamerica.org><mailto:bankston@newamerica.org>, foditsch(a)gmail.com<mailto:foditsch@gmail.com> <foditsch(a)gmail.com><mailto:foditsch@gmail.com> CC: nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net<mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net> <nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net><mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net> Luca I am happy to work with you on this, including if required with co-coordination.... In fact as a part of our current work on community braodband in India we have been proposing a coalition on community broadband and developing countries.... But this could be that space. Is there scope for discussing the name of proposed DC... I find connected communities a bit vague, and I think community broadband is rather more to the point. Connected communities connotes a much larger scop area, the kind of work for instance that we do in community informatics, and I am not sure we want the DC to spread itself that thin. In doing so it will lose focus form what independently is a very distinct and extremely important area of practise and policy right now. Other issue also is the role of private sector in this DC, hich unfortunately in the IGF space means big business and who are of course not at all well inclined to the very idea of community ownership of networks. In my conceptions of such ownership there is scope for private businesses working at the local level for actual implementations, although not necessarily. It depends on what model of community ownership different communities chose. But then in any case that private sector is never going to be able to reach the IGF spaces... Look forward to hear yours and other people's comments on this. parminder On Tuesday 17 November 2015 02:08 AM, Luca Belli wrote: Dear all, I hope you had nice trips back home after the IGF. (apologies for the long email) This is the first email to organise the future work of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Connected Communities. First of all a couple of words on what are IGF Dynamic Coalitions (DCs). Along workshops, DCs represent the structural elements of the IGF: they are self-organised, issue-specific groups comprising members of various stakeholder groups. The requirements for formulating a Dynamic Coalition: • An Action Plan • A mailing list • The contact person • Representatives from at least three stakeholder groups (i.e. Civil society; Private sector; Technical community; Academic community; Governments; Intergovernmental organisations) • Setting up a webpage or a blog is highly recommended. After the IGF workshop on Community Networks, you expressed your interest for the initiative. This email is to start discussing together how to shape our action plan. I have prepared this pad, so that everyone can make suggestions on what points should we focus on https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/dc_on_connected_communitieshttps://pu… Our goals could be the following (please do not hesitate to modify using the pad): * Identify good open-access readings that may be useful to communicate to non-techies what CN are and how do they work; * Mapping existing CN and try to foster communication amongst them; * Identify models of CN (e.g. rural CN, urban CN, etc.) and best practices that can make them particularly efficient and resilient both from a technical and organisational perspective; * Identify best practices and worst practices as regards national policies that facilitate or hinder the deployment of community networks. * Consolidate and publish all this ideas into some ‘Community Network Guidelines/Best practices’ to be presented at the next IGF and divulgated on the future DC3 website. Thanks to Nicolas, we already have a mailing-list! (many thanks Nicolas!!!) https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/dc3 Besides English, I think it would be fair to allow people to communicate in Spanish or Portuguese in order to be as inclusive as possible. What do you think? The following persons expressed their interest in the DC3 (feel free to state to which IGF stakeholder group you would like to be associated): • Bob Frankston • Nicolás Echániz • Ritu Srivastava • Janara Sousa • Otavio Vinhas • Catherine Middleton • plommer(a)gmail.com<mailto:plommer@gmail.com> please state your name :) • edliano(a)hotmail.com<mailto:edliano@hotmail.com> please state your name :) • Lee Hibbard • Frédéric Donck • Diego Vicentin • Nathalia Foditsch • yzdrrr(a)riseup.net<mailto:yzdrrr@riseup.net> also please state your name :) • Luca Belli • Jamila Venturini • Kevin Bankston I would be honoured to act as contact person/coordinator and I would love if anyone else wanted to share this task with me as co-coordinator(s). Just to provide some info regarding myself, I have been participating to the IGF over the past 5 years, I have worked for the IGF Secretariat and I have funded/coordinated two DCs (DC on Net Neutrality and on Platform Responsibility). I was previously working for the Council of Europe Internet Governance Unit and I am now researcher at Center for Technology and Society at FGV, Rio de Janeiro. My work is to produce research advising policy people on how to take sustainable decisions. I look forward to hearing from you and feel free to share this email. All the best, Luca

10 years

Request for establishment of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity (DC3)

by Luca Belli

Dear Chengetai, Dear Secretariat, This email is to formally request the establishment of the Dynamic Coalition on Community Conncetivity (DC3). Please, find both in attachment and below the elements necessary for the creation of the DC3. A dedicated website will be set up as soon as possible. Please, let me know if you need any further information. Kind regards, Luca Request for establishment of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity (DC3) The necessity of creating the DC3 The need for a Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity (DC3) emerged during the IGF workshop 223 "Community Networks: a Revolutionary Paradigm", held in João Pessoa, during the 10th IGF. Workshop participants agreed on the potential of community networks in order to promote sustainable Internet connectivity and foster the full enjoyment of fundamental rights such as freedom of expression and self-determination. To this extent participants stressed the need to move forward the discussion on community networks and further analyse how such networks may be used to foster sustainable Internet connectivity while empowering Internet users. During the workshop, consensus emerged with regard to the need for international cooperation aimed at fostering synergy and coordination amongst different community networks. Such cooperation may be particularly useful in order to identify: • best practices for the development and maintenance of community networks; • sustainable organisational and financial models for community networks; • efficient software and hardware technology. To address the aforementioned issues while fostering cooperation, many participants expressed interest with regard to the establishment of a new IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity. Action Plan The Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity (DC3) emerged as an outcome of the IGF workshop 223 "Community Networks: a Revolutionary Paradigm", held in João Pessoa, during the 10th IGF. The DC3 has been created in order to foster multistakeholder analysis of the various types and models of community networks, with the aim of identifying and promoting best practices and sustainable approaches to Internet connectivity in the context of communities. The DC3 participants will foster joint efforts aimed at: * • Making Community Networks (CN) visible to policy makers so they can be properly considered as an actor in the telecommunications ecosystem. * • Identifying good open-access resources that may be useful to communicate to non-techies what CN are and how they work; * • Mapping existing CN and try to foster communication amongst them, promoting strategies to achieve common goals; * • Identifying models of CN (e.g. rural CN, urban CN, etc.) and best practices that can make them particularly efficient and resilient both from a technical and organizational perspective; * • Identifying best practices and worst practices as regards national and international policies that facilitate or hinder the deployment of community networks. * • Consolidating and publishing these ideas into some ‘Community Network Guidelines/Best practices’ to be presented at the next IGF and divulgated on the future DC3 website. * • Supporting CN gatherings and hands-on work meetings at a regional and global level. * • Addressing common technology development needs, from identifying technological bottlenecks to helping find the resources needed to solve them in a manner that will be beneficial to the sector as a whole. * • Develop a framework for easy access to promote the deployment of CN in remote areas Members Technical Community Bob Frankston, IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Frédéric Donck, ISOC Civil Society Nicolás Echániz, Altermundi Ritu Srivastava, Digital Empowerment Foundation Kevin Bankston, New America Foundation Raoul Plommer, Electronic Frontier Finland Leandro Navarro, UPC, community-lab.net and guifi.net Mike Jensen, Association for Progressive Communications (APC) Parminder Jeet Singh, IT4Change Academia Janara Sousa, Universidade de Brasília Catherine Middleton, Ryerson University Diego Vicentin, UNICAMP Nathalia Foditsch, American University Luca Belli, Center for Technology & Society, Fundação Getulio Vargas Jamila Venturini, Center for Technology & Society, Fundação Getulio Vargas Henrique Mohr, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria Private Sector Edliano Valeriano Azevedo da Silva, Systems Analyst Maureen Hernandez, Systems Engineer Intergovernmental Organisations Lee Hibbard, Council of Europe Mailing list https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/dc3 Contact Person Luca Belli luca.belli(a)fgv.br<mailto:luca.belli@fgv.br> DC3 Co-coordinators Luca Belli, Center for Technology & Society, Fundação Getulio Vargas Nicolás Echániz, Altermundi Parminder Jeet Singh, IT4Change Ritu Srivastava, Digital Empowerment Foundation

10 years

Coalition Draft document / pad

by Nicolás Echániz

Hi all, First of all welcome to this list that we are hosting in support of Luca Belli's initiative to create this Dynamic Coalition on Connected Communities (DC3), in the context of the IGF. He has also created a pad so we can work together on a short document to describe what this Coalition will be about: https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/dc_on_connected_communities Please review it and feel free to edit there, add your own ideas and comment in this list. I think it could be interesting to add a paragraph or short list of specific subjects we are interested in exploring further, like spectrum, community licences, organizational and business models, technologies involved, etc. Welcome, and let's make this work! Cheers, Nico

10 years

Future IGF Dynamic Coalition on Connected Communities

by Luca Belli

Dear all, I hope you had nice trips back home after the IGF. (apologies for the long email) This is the first email to organise the future work of the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Connected Communities. First of all a couple of words on what are IGF Dynamic Coalitions (DCs). Along workshops, DCs represent the structural elements of the IGF: they are self-organised, issue-specific groups comprising members of various stakeholder groups. The requirements for formulating a Dynamic Coalition: • An Action Plan • A mailing list • The contact person • Representatives from at least three stakeholder groups (i.e. Civil society; Private sector; Technical community; Academic community; Governments; Intergovernmental organisations) • Setting up a webpage or a blog is highly recommended. After the IGF workshop on Community Networks, you expressed your interest for the initiative. This email is to start discussing together how to shape our action plan. I have prepared this pad, so that everyone can make suggestions on what points should we focus on https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/dc_on_connected_communitieshttps://pu… Our goals could be the following (please do not hesitate to modify using the pad): * Identify good open-access readings that may be useful to communicate to non-techies what CN are and how do they work; * Mapping existing CN and try to foster communication amongst them; * Identify models of CN (e.g. rural CN, urban CN, etc.) and best practices that can make them particularly efficient and resilient both from a technical and organisational perspective; * Identify best practices and worst practices as regards national policies that facilitate or hinder the deployment of community networks. * Consolidate and publish all this ideas into some ‘Community Network Guidelines/Best practices’ to be presented at the next IGF and divulgated on the future DC3 website. Thanks to Nicolas, we already have a mailing-list! (many thanks Nicolas!!!) https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/dc3 Besides English, I think it would be fair to allow people to communicate in Spanish or Portuguese in order to be as inclusive as possible. What do you think? The following persons expressed their interest in the DC3 (feel free to state to which IGF stakeholder group you would like to be associated): • Bob Frankston • Nicolás Echániz • Ritu Srivastava • Janara Sousa • Otavio Vinhas • Catherine Middleton • plommer(a)gmail.com<mailto:plommer@gmail.com> please state your name :) • edliano(a)hotmail.com<mailto:edliano@hotmail.com> please state your name :) • Lee Hibbard • Frédéric Donck • Diego Vicentin • Nathalia Foditsch • yzdrrr(a)riseup.net<mailto:yzdrrr@riseup.net> also please state your name :) • Luca Belli • Jamila Venturini • Kevin Bankston I would be honoured to act as contact person/coordinator and I would love if anyone else wanted to share this task with me as co-coordinator(s). Just to provide some info regarding myself, I have been participating to the IGF over the past 5 years, I have worked for the IGF Secretariat and I have funded/coordinated two DCs (DC on Net Neutrality and on Platform Responsibility). I was previously working for the Council of Europe Internet Governance Unit and I am now researcher at Center for Technology and Society at FGV, Rio de Janeiro. My work is to produce research advising policy people on how to take sustainable decisions. I look forward to hearing from you and feel free to share this email. All the best, Luca

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