Dear all,
Over the past weeks, many list members have supported the elaboration of a declaration of principles and good practices on community connectivity to be presented at the IGF.
So far, we have had some very good ideas coming up. Particularly, we may start drafting a "Guadalajara Declaration" (proposed by Steve) building on the excellent material circulated by Leandro (FONN principles https://guifi.net/en/FONNC ) and Jane (RFC 7962 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7962.txt)
I would be very happy to facilitate the elaboration of an initial draft to circulate for comments. The goal of the draft would be to (i) elaborate a common definition of connectivity as well as of community network (ii) and identifying shared principles and good practices that facilitate the deployment of community networks.
Is anyone interested in helping me facilitating the drafting process (meaning elaborating a first draft that will be shared for comments and consolidating the comments we will receive)?
As mentioned previously, we could elaborate the draft declaration over the next two months and finalise it at our IGF pre-event, on 5 December, and lastly submit it to the assessment of the IGF community during the IGF.
What do you think?
Best
Luca
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Dear all,
Just a brief email to take stock of the various IGF activities we will have at the IGF so that you can start organising your agendas
1) An IGF pre-event on the afternoon of 5 December (IGF Day 0) where we can discuss case studies, have practical demonstration on how to build CNs and refine the declaration of principles on community connectivity https://pad.codigosur.org/GuadalajaraDeclaration
2) Disco-Tech, on the evening of 5 December (here is last years' programme to give you an idea https://www.apc.org/en/node/21284 )
3) DC3 Session featuring the authors of the papers included in the DC3 Report (date to be defined between 6 and 9 December)
4) Our Workshop on 'Community Connectivity: empowering the unconnected' (date to be defined between 6 and 9 December) https://www.intgovforum.org/cms/igf2016/index.php/proposal/view_public/238
5) A post-IGF event on community networking, on 10 December, at the University of Guadalajara
The IGF will take place at the PALCCO Centre from 6-9 December in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Here is the dedicated website of the IGF 2016 http://www.igf2016.mx/
Hope this is useful
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
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Estimadas/os,
Quién de nuestro grupo participará de esta conferencia? Me parece
relevante que tengamos alguién allá para aportarnos un reporte,
documentación etc:
http://events.forum-europe.com/interface/external_view_email.php?AO94446343…
3.ra Conferencia Anual sobre la Gestión del Espectro en América Latina
13 y 14 de octubre, 2016 / Ciudad de México, México
El PDF de la página está adjunto.
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Estimadas/os,
Quién de nuestro grupo participará de esta conferencia? Me parece
relevante que tengamos alguién allá para aportarnos un reporte,
documentación etc:
http://events.forum-europe.com/interface/external_view_email.php?AO94446343…
3.ra Conferencia Anual sobre la Gestión del Espectro en América Latina
13 y 14 de octubre, 2016 / Ciudad de México, México
El PDF de la página está adjunto.
[]s fraternos
--c.a.
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Dear All,
Thank you for continuing to contribute to the planning for Dynamic
Coalitions' main session at IGF 2016!
With apologies for cross-posting (!), as we move closer to the meeting
and begin to refine the content of the session, all DCs should kindly note
the requirement to produce individual substantive papers. As agreed during
DC Coordination meetings, submission of the paper will be necessary for
the DC to participate in the main session. The deadline for a first draft
is 30 September 2016.
Further details on the paper are included below this message and as an
attachment. The information is also available on the DCs Coordination page
, together with any other documents pertaining to main session planning.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Secretariat for any questions
or feedback on this! We would be happy to help.
Very best,
Eleonora
IGF Secretariat
IGF 2016 DCs Main Session: Substantive Paper
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would produce a substantive paper by deadline in order to participate in
the DCs Main Session this year.
The papers will serve as collective background material for the session
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and during the IGF itself. It was proposed and agreed that feedback be
collected through online and hard-copy DC issue surveys (or ?Idea Rating
Sheets?), piloted at IGF 2015.
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or do so on a regular basis and introduce their work into other fora, the
paper for the main session can build on or be an updated version of any of
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Timeline & Process for Main Session Paper
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-A second draft, as well as the extraction of five key points for aligning
with the DC issue surveys, should be completed on/ about 1 November. This
also conforms with the deadline for the IGF Best Practice Forum (BPF)
outputs and with the general practice of submitting papers 6 weeks ahead
of a meeting.
-An email to the IGF community promoting the papers and the online version
of the DC issue surveys is sent on/ about 1 November.
-The DCs? shared IGF booth opens with the hard-copy version of the papers,
as well as DC issue surveys, from 6 December.
General Paper Guidelines
- The paper should not exceed 5 pages.
- Should not read as an ?activities report? and should contain a few
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Hello Everyone,
This IETF RFC may be of interest.
Best,
Jane
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On 8/30/16, 3:45 AM, "gaia on behalf of rfc-editor(a)rfc-editor.org" <gaia-bounces(a)irtf.org on behalf of rfc-editor(a)rfc-editor.org> wrote:
A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
RFC 7962
Title: Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy,
Characterization, Technologies, and Architectures
Author: J. Saldana, Ed.,
A. Arcia-Moret, B. Braem,
E. Pietrosemoli, A. Sathiaseelan,
M. Zennaro
Status: Informational
Stream: IRTF
Date: August 2016
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Pages: 43
Characters: 97574
Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None
I-D Tag: draft-irtf-gaia-alternative-network-deployments-08.txt
URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7962
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7962
This document presents a taxonomy of a set of "Alternative Network
Deployments" that emerged in the last decade with the aim of bringing
Internet connectivity to people or providing a local communication
infrastructure to serve various complementary needs and objectives.
They employ architectures and topologies different from those of
mainstream networks and rely on alternative governance and business
models.
The document also surveys the technologies deployed in these
networks, and their differing architectural characteristics,
including a set of definitions and shared properties.
The classification considers models such as Community Networks,
Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs), networks owned by
individuals but leased out to network operators who use them as a
low-cost medium to reach the underserved population, networks that
provide connectivity by sharing wireless resources of the users, and
rural utility cooperatives.
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Hello all –
Just a note about our Beyond the Net grants program.
We have grants that range from $10,000.00 - $30,000.00
If you run a community network or other project, please think about applying.
Applications are due by 15 September.
Best,
Jane
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From: Bnet_committee <bnet_committee-bounces(a)elists.isoc.org> on behalf of Ilda Simao <simao(a)isoc.org>
Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 4:55 AM
To: "Bnet_committee(a)elists.isoc.org" <Bnet_committee(a)elists.isoc.org>
Subject: [Bnet_committee] Beyond the Net September cycle - Timeline & members Goodbye
Dear Committee members,
Just a quick email to remind you that September cycle application call is going on and will close on 15 September.
The timeline for review and evaluation is attached, I apologize if I did not send it before. Please check it and let me know if it works for you.
I have taken in consideration key events going on internally and externally of ISOC, however, I know how busy everyone is and I I hope it will still fit in your planning.
I have set the online call for Friday, 4 November – so it allow some sleep on Saturday for those is places faraway ☺. But please let me know if you prefer us to hold the call another day that week.
This cycle it is also time to say goodbye to our members; Edmon and Victor. We would like to thank them for their time, dedication and fabulous work serving the Bnet Selection Committee.
I have already received some suggestions from the specific regions and welcome any suggestions from you. Note that once we have the full list only 1 or 2 candidates will be contacted.
Suggestions for Asia-Pacific:
Dr. Syed Ismail Shah, Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, ismail(a)pta.gov.pk<mailto:ismail@pta.gov.pk>
Amitabh Singhal, Director of Telxess Consulting Services, amitabh.singhal(a)gmail.com<mailto:amitabh.singhal@gmail.com>
Sumon Sabir, Chief Strategy Officer, Fiber@Home Pvt Limited, sumon(a)fiberathome.net<mailto:sumon@fiberathome.net>
Chester Soong Chairman of ISOC HK
Nestor Michael C. Tiglao: ISOC Philippines and previous grantee <nmctiglao(a)yahoo.com>
Suggestions for Africa: (note that preference is given to candidates that speak FR and English)
Alain Aina, ISOC Togo member aalain(a)trstech.net<mailto:aalain@trstech.net>
Alex Corenthin, ISOC Senegal Chapter President and previous grantee
Khoudia Gueye SY; member of ISOC Senegal and Head of Network and Internet Services Division at the University Cheikh Anta DIOP
Jean Paul Nkurunziza, member of ISOC Burundi
I look forward to your suggestions after what we will make the final suggestions and contact candidates.
Thank you and kind regards,
Ilda
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Internet Society
Grants Manager
Website: www.InternetSociety.org/beyondthenet
Full day workshop sounds like a great idea.
One of the things we talked about at the Go Local! event was the
possibility of coming up with a set of model conditions for local telco
initiatives to thrive. This might range from Open Access policies around
fibre backbones to reduced importation taxes on unlicensed equipment to
license fees that favour small and/or non-profit organisations engaged in
connectivity.
One possibility would be to come up with a set of principles /
recommendations / conditions necessary to the growth of "local telco"
initiatives, both community and for-profit and build some momentum around
the idea/declaration. In the past advocates for change have used a
"declaration" to move an agenda forward. For Open Access academic
publishing, a diverse set of actors developed a set of principles known as
the Budapest Open Access Initiative (http://www.
budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/) to make common cause around access to
scholarly materials and similarly groups involved in Open Education came up
with the Cape Town Declaration on Open Education (http://www.
capetowndeclaration.org/). There are others. The point is that the
"declaration" allowed a number of disparate groups to make common cause on
an issue and became a rallying banner.
Perhaps we might come up with a Guadalajara Declaration on local telcos or
last mile diversity or bottom-up networks or, or, or. It would take a lot
of work prior to the event to build consensus but might be worth doing.
Thoughts?
Regards... Steve
On 11 August 2016 at 14:53, Raoul Plommer <plommer(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds good and hopefully I can make it! :)
>
> -Raoul
>
> On 11 August 2016 at 20:06, Luca Belli <luca.belli(a)fgv.br> wrote:
>
>> Hi Carlos and all,
>>
>>
>>
>> A couple of days ago, I had an off-list conversation with Jane and Mike
>> and we thought about proposing an IGF pre-event on the afternoon of 5
>> December and follow-up with APC Disco-Tech https://www.apc.org/en/news/hi
>> ghlights-2013-disco-tech
>>
>> What do you and other list-member think?
>>
>>
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Luca
>>
>>
>>
>> *De:* dc3-bounces(a)listas.altermundi.net [mailto:dc3-bounces@listas.alt
>> ermundi.net] *Em nome de *Carlos Rey-Moreno
>> *Enviada em:* quinta-feira, 11 de agosto de 2016 11:38
>> *Para:* Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity <
>> dc3(a)listas.altermundi.net>
>> *Cc:* ermanno(a)gmail.com; Steve Song <stevesong(a)nsrc.org>; Marco Zennaro <
>> mzennaro(a)ictp.it>
>> *Assunto:* Re: [DC3] IGF workshop proposal accepted!!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Jane et al,
>>
>> I think your idea is great. I had the chance to participate in a similar
>> event organized by Steve and Peter in 2014 around ACMDev and GAIA in
>> Berkeley (http://decentralizethis.org/Go_Local!_Workshop) and the energy
>> and knowledge I gathered at that event is still with me. If I can choose I
>> would prefer the event to be before IGF.
>>
>>
>> By the way, these are the videos from CNs in Africa that I know about,
>> maybe you can add them to your list:
>> - The BBC dedicated one of their Click Programs to one of the most
>> important Community Netowrks in Africa: Macha Works, in Macha, Zambia:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei4Inh3W03M
>> - Video about Tunapandanet, a mesh network in Kibera, Kenya:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKcdLC48fzo
>>
>> - We have also created a documentary about Zenzeleni Networks, the CN I'm
>> personally involved in, located in Mankosi, South Africa:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxTPSWMX26M
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> calros
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2 August 2016 at 19:00, Nicolás Echániz <nicoechaniz(a)altermundi.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> On 07/29/2016 11:37 AM, Jane Coffin wrote:
>> > Given the amazing energy around this great workshop, and that so many
>> > people may be in one place.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I wondered – should we take advantage of all of the great people coming
>> > to Guadalajara and hold a day-long Community Networking event?
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I believe it is a good idea to have day-long roundtable meetings
>> (similar to what we had in Bogotá a few months ago). But I would propose
>> that we consider a more detailed agenda that considers what we have been
>> doing and the plans that are already in place so we can focus on moving
>> forward.
>>
>> During the Bogotá meeting we proposed to use the Wiki to keep track of
>> projects and initiatives and I did this only partially:
>>
>> http://dc3.libre.social
>>
>>
>> BTW, Ernmanno and Marco, you are more than welcome to join the DC3
>> mailing list!
>>
>>
>> https://listas.altermundi.net/mailman/listinfo/dc3
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nico
>>
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxTPSWMX26M
>> Cel: +27 (0) 76 986 3633
>> Skype: carlos.reymoreno Twitter: Creym
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Luca and All –
Given the amazing energy around this great workshop, and that so many people may be in one place.
I wondered – should we take advantage of all of the great people coming to Guadalajara and hold a day-long Community Networking event?
We could focus in greater detail on topics related to:
-Community Building/Getting Started
-Business Case/Sustainability
-Tools for setting up networks/The “How”
-Tools for training/The “How” and sustainability
-Software/Hardware Tools
-Spectrum issues
-Legal/policy (as related to spectrum or authorizations)
-Other
We could do it before, during, or after the IGF.
Or, if this complicates things – we could find another event – maybe ICTP has something in early 2017 where we could gather, meet/dicuss.
Talk to me ;)
Best,
Jane
Internet Society | www.internetsociety.org
Skype: janercoffin
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From: <dc3-bounces(a)listas.altermundi.net> on behalf of Luca Belli <luca.belli(a)fgv.br>
Reply-To: Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity <dc3(a)listas.altermundi.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 7:09 AM
To: Dynamic Coalition on Community Connectivity <dc3(a)listas.altermundi.net>
Subject: [DC3] IGF workshop proposal accepted!!!!
Hi all,
this is just to say that our proposal has been accepted!!
Thanks to all those who have participated in the elaboration of the proposal.
FYI, here are the workshop-proposals evaluation results http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/igf16-workshops/igf2016-workshops-evaluation…
All the best
Luca