<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Folks</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I think if an ISOC chapter came up with a good proposal they would be happy to consider it an institution. (I haven't asked) Details below.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">If I had the time, I'd pull in some of the wireless engineers I know to improve the accuracy of the main wireless articles. I recently noticed, and corrected, a mistake about who invented MIMO, a technology now in every Wi-Fi box and most phones. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">If you have the expertise, bringing in current information about Internet access in your country would be a good project, whether for this or at another time. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">For example, I recently listened to the CTO of Safaricom discussing some remarkable results of M-Pesa. One example is funding the installment purchase of a small system with a solar panel and two LED lights. (12 monthly payments <span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thibaud Rerolle says are less than many families spend on kerosene for lighting.) There's much more going in Kenya than I've seen on Wikipedia or the western press. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif">The two fastest growing broadband countries are Vietnam and Egypt, I'm about to report from the latest Point-Topic data. Results in those countries would seem good information. (Do we have a chapter in Vietnam? If not, something to fix.)</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif">I can't volunteer too much, but can point people to reliable sources in wireless and broadband.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dave</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><div style="color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:rockwell,"courier bold",courier,georgia,"times new roman",times,serif;font-size:1.2em">About Inspire Campaigns</div><div style="color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;float:right;margin-right:1em;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;height:250px;width:135px;padding-right:20px;padding-left:5px"><div class="gmail-center" style="width:135px;text-align:center"><div class="gmail-floatnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inspire_Campaign_Knowledge_Networks_Logo.png" class="gmail-image" title="link=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inspire Campaign Knowledge Networks Logo.png" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><img alt="link=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inspire Campaign Knowledge Networks Logo.png" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Inspire_Campaign_Knowledge_Networks_Logo.png/160px-Inspire_Campaign_Knowledge_Networks_Logo.png" width="160" height="249" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"></a></div></div></div><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px">Inspire Campaigns are month-long events to focus collaborative efforts on some of the most pressing challenges of the Wikimedia movement. Each campaign focuses on a unique theme and participation is open to everyone. Campaigns are hosted in <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/IdeaLab" title="Special:MyLanguage/IdeaLab" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial">IdeaLab</a>, where participants can work together to solve problems, create partnerships and develop concrete solutions through project development. <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Start" title="Special:MyLanguage/Grants:Start" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial">Grants are available</a> to support events, research, community organizing, technical or other initiatives in need of funding. Let's turn ideas into collective action!</p><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px"><br></p><div style="color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:rockwell,"courier bold",courier,georgia,"times new roman",times,serif;font-size:1.2em">What is the current theme?</div><p style="margin:0.5em 0px;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px">This campaign is focused on <b>developing outside knowledge networks</b> to support creation and improvement of content on Wikimedia projects. We invite your ideas on topics such as:</p><ul style="margin:0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;color:rgb(83,83,83);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><b>Cooperative projects with institutions to improve Wikimedia projects</b>: In addition to places like <a href="https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/GLAM" class="extiw" title="outreach:Special:MyLanguage/GLAM" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);background-image:none;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial">libraries and museums</a>, partnerships with other organizations that are not as well represented in our movement – such as cultural centers, halls of fame, film societies, and volunteer organizations – are encouraged.</li></ul></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Editor, Fast Net News, 5GW News, Net Policy News and DSL Prime<br>Author with Jennie Bourne DSL (Wiley) and Web Video: Making It Great, Getting It Noticed (Peachpit)</div></div></div></div>
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