DC3 November 2016

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IGF 2016 DC3-related activities

by Nicolás Echániz

I've checked some dates now that the schedule is online: https://igf2016.sched.org/ So, these are the DC3-related activities during IGF 2016 in Guadalajara, Mexico 1) An IGF pre-event on the afternoon of 5 December (IGF Day 0) 2) Disco-Tech, on the evening of 5 December (last years’ programme https://www.apc.org/en/node/21284 ) 3) DC on Community Connectivity, December 7, 12:00 - 13:30 featuring the authors of the papers included in the DC3 Report https://igf2016.sched.org/event/8htn/dc-on-community-connectivity 4) WS238: Community Connectivity: empowering the unconnected. December 7, 15:00 - 16:30 https://igf2016.sched.org/event/8htE/ws238-community-connectivity-empowerin… https://www.intgovforum.org/cms/igf2016/index.php/proposal/view_public/238 5) Post-IGF event on community networking, on 10 December, 10:00 - 17:00. University of Guadalajara. Open to interested people. I'd like us to plan a bit so we can make the most of all these sessions. Activities 3 and 4 don't seem to need any further planning. Do they? Disco-Tech needs to be coordinated among APC, DC3 and other interested parties. I'm not aware of any planification about this so far. Regarding the pre and post evente, I believe we should have some time for a DC3 "internal meeting" that's not open to the general public but rather more of a round table like the one we had in Bogotá. Jane has told me the idea during the post-event is to make it open, so that would leave the pre-event for a more inner DC3 meeting. Or maybe we could plan to make part of the post-event dedicated to inner planning and discussion and another part open to the public? The purpose of such inner meeting for me is to come together, have everyone update the group on what are the news, the ongoing activities and plans ahead. For example, we have discussed previously about the importance of having a presence and some clear objectives for the 2017 World Telecommunication Development Conference (http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/WTDC/Pages/default.aspx) but so far we haven't discussed about this on the DC3 list. This to me is an important topic to discuss in person so we can maximize results. This was proposed by Rhizomatica and most of us (present in Bogotá) agreed that it's important to push the Community Connectivity perspective there, considering results from that conference can have more binding outcomes than other events. We have also talked about working on creating a global Community Networks database that we can keep updated over time. This was discussed a bit on the "Network Communities data" thread[1]. It was also brought up again by Conraad lately in the "Rural access success stories" thread[2]; with a different perspective. My approach to this is to frame it in the lines of what PCC.I/RES.268 from CITEL's 2016 meeting in El Salvador[3] says: """ a) Documentation, systematization, sharing, and dissemination of results and experiences of national initiatives related to the implementation of Recommendation ITU-D 19 [4] as it pertains to the development of small nonprofit community operators that serve the communications needs of these (rural and remote) areas. """ I believe this would put the DC3 in a position of visibility in the American continent (CITEL) but also elsewhere, as a point of reference regarding the issues we address. I guess we have many other important matters to discuss. I'd very much like the DC3 to be a proactive collective and not just a "community connectivity think tank"... YMMV :) Sorry for the long e-mail... I've been wanting to propose this for quite some time but had no opportunity to write before. Cheers, Nico [1] http://listas.altermundi.net/pipermail/dc3/2016-June/000208.html [2] http://listas.altermundi.net/pipermail/dc3/2016-November/000370.html [3] https://www.citel.oas.org/en/SiteAssets/PCCI/Final-Reports/CCPI-2016-28-400… [3] (spanish) https://www.citel.oas.org/en/SiteAssets/PCCI/Final-Reports/CCPI-2016-28-400… [4] http://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-d/rec/d/D-REC-D.19-201003-I!!PDF-E.pdf

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Re: [DC3] RES: Rapporteur for our workshop on Community Connectivity

by Maureen Hernandez

Excellent! thank you Luca. On Nov 30, 2016 01:56, "Luca Belli" <luca.belli(a)fgv.br> wrote: Excellent Maureen! You are confirmed then. Thanks a lot for your help and see you next week! Best Luca ------------------------------ *De:* dc3-bounces(a)listas.altermundi.net [dc3-bounces(a)listas.altermundi.net] em nome de Maureen Hernandez [hernandezgmaureenp(a)gmail.com] *Enviado:* terça-feira, 29 de novembro de 2016 19:39 *Para:* Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity *Assunto:* Re: [DC3] Rapporteur for our workshop on Community Connectivity Dear Luca, I think I was named the rapporteur on the initial draft, anyway I can be the rapporteur! Let me know if it's ok. Warm regards, Maureen Hernandez On Nov 29, 2016 16:13, "Luca Belli" <luca.belli(a)fgv.br> wrote: Hi all, We need a rapporteur for our workshop “Community Connectivity: empowering the unconnected.” https://igf2016.sched.org/even t/8htE/ws238-community-connectivity-empowering-the-unconnected The rapporteur should have some good drafting skills and is supposed to take notes and draft a brief summary of the discussion. The report should be delivered in the two weeks after the IGF. Hence the rapporteur should prepare a draft with the main points discussed and the main outcomes of the workshop, by 15 December. Obviously, the rapporteur will be acknowledged at the beginning of report. Let me know if anyone is interested. All the best Luca [image: FGV Direito Rio] *Luca Belli, PhD* *Senior Researcher* *Head of **Internet Governance @ FGV <http://internet-governance.fgv.br/>* luca.belli(a)fgv.br +55 21 3799 *5763* [image: http://www.fgv.br/mailing/Direito_Rio/assinatura_email/Ondas.png] _______________________________________________ DC3 mailing list DC3(a)listas.altermundi.net https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/dc3 _______________________________________________ DC3 mailing list DC3(a)listas.altermundi.net https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/dc3

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Re: [DC3] Rapporteur for our workshop on Community Connectivity

by Maureen Hernandez

Dear Luca, I think I was named the rapporteur on the initial draft, anyway I can be the rapporteur! Let me know if it's ok. Warm regards, Maureen Hernandez On Nov 29, 2016 16:13, "Luca Belli" <luca.belli(a)fgv.br> wrote: Hi all, We need a rapporteur for our workshop “Community Connectivity: empowering the unconnected.” https://igf2016.sched.org/event/8htE/ws238-community- connectivity-empowering-the-unconnected The rapporteur should have some good drafting skills and is supposed to take notes and draft a brief summary of the discussion. The report should be delivered in the two weeks after the IGF. Hence the rapporteur should prepare a draft with the main points discussed and the main outcomes of the workshop, by 15 December. Obviously, the rapporteur will be acknowledged at the beginning of report. Let me know if anyone is interested. All the best Luca [image: FGV Direito Rio] *Luca Belli, PhD* *Senior Researcher* *Head of **Internet Governance @ FGV <http://internet-governance.fgv.br/>* luca.belli(a)fgv.br +55 21 3799 *5763* [image: http://www.fgv.br/mailing/Direito_Rio/assinatura_email/Ondas.png] _______________________________________________ DC3 mailing list DC3(a)listas.altermundi.net https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/dc3

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Rapporteur for our workshop on Community Connectivity

by Luca Belli

Hi all, We need a rapporteur for our workshop "Community Connectivity: empowering the unconnected." https://igf2016.sched.org/event/8htE/ws238-community-connectivity-empowerin… The rapporteur should have some good drafting skills and is supposed to take notes and draft a brief summary of the discussion. The report should be delivered in the two weeks after the IGF. Hence the rapporteur should prepare a draft with the main points discussed and the main outcomes of the workshop, by 15 December. Obviously, the rapporteur will be acknowledged at the beginning of report. Let me know if anyone is interested. All the best Luca [FGV Direito Rio] Luca Belli, PhD Senior Researcher Head of Internet Governance @ FGV<http://internet-governance.fgv.br/> luca.belli(a)fgv.br +55 21 3799 5763 [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/Direito_Rio/assinatura_email/Ondas.png]

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My TEDx talk

by dc3＠bob.ma

http://rmf.vc/TEDx2016Video is a temporary link to the talk I gave at TEDx this month. I tried a different approach to explaining connectivity in 13 minutes. I'm open to questions and suggestions about how I can better explain it. This is the raw video - The TEDx people will be posting a more polished version for wider sharing when they finish the post-production work. I plan to use some elements of the talk for my IGF presentation as I try to explain that the Internet is not something far away but rather something people create themselves and is as much for local connectivity as reaching distant places. The main challenge is to get past the telecommunications narrative that drives so much of today's policies and metrics. For example the idea of accessing an Internet somewhere makes it seem like just another long distance company. In fact, in the US you used to both choosing your long distance carrier and your Internet provider in the same way. As I try to explain the Internet has little to do with traditional telecommunications except as just one more resource we can buy rather than running new wires. The key is to moot the business model and the very idea that bits are physical objects carried as precious cargo. More later . Bob Frankston http://Frankston.com @BobFrankston

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IGF Events

by Luca Belli

Hi all, Below some links to the CN-related events that you can find on the IGF Schedule platform (shed). Feel free to add them to your shed. Also, let me know if there is any mistake (can always happen :) All the best Luca Pre-event General Assembly on Community Connectivity https://igf2016.sched.org/event/8hsI/isoc-apc-fgv-community-networks-how-to… DC3 Session (with presentation of the Report) https://igf2016.sched.org/event/8htn/dc-on-community-connectivity Workshop Community Connectivity: empowering the unconnected.<https://igf2016.sched.org/event/51954b1c22e1b25cc77c525dd3e3fb28> https://igf2016.sched.org/event/51954b1c22e1b25cc77c525dd3e3fb28 [FGV Direito Rio] Luca Belli, PhD Senior Researcher Head of Internet Governance @ FGV<http://internet-governance.fgv.br/> luca.belli(a)fgv.br +55 21 3799 5763 [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/Direito_Rio/assinatura_email/Ondas.png]

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IGF Survey on the DC3 Declaration

by Luca Belli

Hi all, Just wanted to quickly say that the IGF survey to collect feedback on our outcome is online http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/surveys You are very welcome to take the survey and to share it through your networks so that we maximize feedback. The survey only includes the "compact" version of the Declaration but the Outcome paper including the Declaration and the DC3 Report overview is also available on the IGF website. http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/index.php?q=filedepot_download/3737… All the best Luca [FGV Direito Rio] Luca Belli, PhD Senior Researcher Head of Internet Governance @ FGV<http://internet-governance.fgv.br/> luca.belli(a)fgv.br +55 21 3799 5763 [http://www.fgv.br/mailing/Direito_Rio/assinatura_email/Ondas.png]

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an Internet for the poor vs. empowering the people

by Nicolás Echániz

During my participatin in the WEF meeting that I was invited to, I came up with this concept that I believe must be a strong point in our strugle forward in order to differentiate what we are doing from so many other initiatives to "connect the unconnected": Facebook's Free Basics and Internet planes, Google's Loon project as well as many government plans to bring "Internet access" to public spaces in poor villages and disadvantaged areas are all initiatives to create an Internet for the Poor. One where the people get a second class digital citizenship. On the other hand, we from the community networks movement are empowering the people to build meaningful infrastructures that create the local portion of the Internet in a manner that is respectful of human value and not just motivated by access statistics or profit. I'd like to make this idea part of our Declaration. What do the rest of you think? cheers, Nico

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My TEDx talk

by dc3＠bob.ma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSKkxPm7as8 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSKkxPm7as8&feature=youtu.be> &feature=youtu.be I expect my talks at IGF will be similar and, if time allows, will expand on some the points and how to reduce the ideas to practice. Bob Frankston http://Frankston.com @BobFrankston

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Thinking from the declaration... Was an Internet for the poor vs. empowering the people

by Coenraad Loubser

*How do we measure and avoid failure?* 1. Besides the handful of great projects that some of us are involved in and has seen, we've all seen the failure: a) regulation/government mandated "white elephant" computer labs and satellite connections that mostly go unused, that big providers have supplied to meet universal service license obligations b) or those installed by mismanaged universal service funds c) or those installed as "corporate social investment" schemes, for tax incentives d) or those installed purely for marketing - a "do good" story for some photos and a presentation or two to score points with a government or regulator e) or those installed because they are what someone thought is needed f) Large telco networks with services priced beyond the usablity of the majority of the population covered 2. I'm sure there are many reasons - a) No community consultation and buy-in b) no co-creation c) lack of skills d) lack of access / guidance / materials / tangible benefits to community e) lack of supporting infrastructure f) lack of corporate incentive g) ufavorable social environment - eg. unsafe, abused, misused h) unprofitable (in the case of big telco network / extension thereof) 3. And then there are the potentials solutions: a) Starting with community education / making the community request / ask for it / earn it b) establishing a long term relationship with the community c) empowering the community to build- and maintain it themselves d) ensuring utility by guiding the community to on-line solutions to their everyday problems - and a shared place where common problems and solutions can be listed e) future tax incentives to corporates to make it worth as a long term investment These are just off the top of my head. Coudn't such a declaration reference places to find common problems and solutions, and reference research on failed programmes and the critical parts of successful implementations - based on research that will be taken seriously. 4) Imagine we could create an atmosphere where it is not seen as insulting to ask real questions at a presentation, or where it's not even necessary - where it is common sense what questions should be answered. An environment where no presentation that doesn't answer certain basic quetions, would ever be taken seriously. Perhaps a list of questions that could and should be answered in any presentation - or metrics that should be included, such as: a) Live data and contact people on the ground - How many people are connected to it right now? b) Let's do a video call to certain community members right now, and lets see the network stats. c) How long have they been connected? d) How much has been spent on the network? e) How was the hardware obtained? f) Is vendor agnosticism promoted? g) Ongoing costs - what does running the operation cost and where does the funding come from? h) How long before funding runs out / before it is self sustaining? i) What is the life expectancy of the hardware and technology used? j) Does any institution which stands to economically benefit from the network, excercise control over training, initiation or landing page materials? k) Is any privileged network metrics available? Ie. if Google or Facebook builds a network, even if they fund it - the data they collect should be in the public domain, because measurable knowledge about our access patterns is a public resource that if not made avaiable neutrally can benefit those with access to it disproportionately and lead to growing inequity. *Universal set of metrics?* Shouldn't we perhaps aim toward seeing if there is a universal set of metrics or measurable parameters, that if a adhered to, significantly improves the probablity of success or the benefit to the community? Metrics such as cost of access being under a certain percentage of the average lowest income, or eqating to the cost of certain foodstuffs, or the lowest tolerable contention ratio for certain applications, or the number of years required for a community to be able to reap certain types of benefits - and how these may differ form country to country or community type to community type... how many usefully identifiable kinds of communities are there? Rural, urban, rural agricultural, rural migratory, ... Even though it may seem obvious what we want to achieve - perhaps it is important to check to see if all items on our wishlists are universally applicable. Ie. How do we meaure success or failure? What's is the ultimate goal? More responsible citizens? More communicative neigbourly citizens? Better consumers? Better producers? More independence? More decentralization of the market? More street wise citizenry? Happier taxpayers? More successufl anarchists? A balance between a new global culture without it being at the expense of local traditions? Whichever way, how do we know that everything we are striving towards is unversally applicable to all these purposes? Is connectivity ultimately purely in aid of a new supplementary global identity for us all? Or is it simply an amplifier and multiplier - of both good and bad things? And who are we to judge what is good and what is bad? What is the smallest component of each, and at what point does it creep into society - and isn't that the point where it is easiest to influence it? And if it is, is someone smarter than us doing just that? Think about how those who want to tell us what we should and shouldn't do started out, and who gave them their say and power... and what authority and incentive and purpose do they have doing what they are trying to? Anyways, just all some ideas thought out loud that I hope will give someone something to think about. Coenraad Loubser Wireless Internet Services & Hardware (Pty) Ltd. 210 Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, ZA Office: +27 21 481 1824 Skype: Coenraad_Loubser Email: coenraad(a)wish.org.za Cell: +27 73 772 1223 Web: http://wish.org.za -- Spending Money is like watering a plant. On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 4:06 AM, Nicolás Echániz <nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net > wrote: > During my participatin in the WEF meeting that I was invited to, I came > up with this concept that I believe must be a strong point in our > strugle forward in order to differentiate what we are doing from so many > other initiatives to "connect the unconnected": > > Facebook's Free Basics and Internet planes, Google's Loon project as > well as many government plans to bring "Internet access" to public > spaces in poor villages and disadvantaged areas are all initiatives to > create an Internet for the Poor. One where the people get a second class > digital citizenship. > > On the other hand, we from the community networks movement are > empowering the people to build meaningful infrastructures that create > the local portion of the Internet in a manner that is respectful of > human value and not just motivated by access statistics or profit. > > > I'd like to make this idea part of our Declaration. > > > What do the rest of you think? > > > cheers, > Nico > > _______________________________________________ > DC3 mailing list > DC3(a)listas.altermundi.net > https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/dc3 >

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