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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Hey Joly –<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>This is also something that we have been saying (Last mile = first mile really – from the community out) – in our training, discussions and in the spectrum paper re CNs!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Let us know when the telecons might happen. It would be cool to join.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Jane<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Internet Society | www.internetsociety.org<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Skype: janercoffin<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Mobile/WhatsApp: +1.202.247.8429</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org> on behalf of Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com><br><b>Reply-To: </b>Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 12:04 PM<br><b>To: </b>Kyle Shulman <shulman@isoc.org><br><b>Cc: </b>"chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Chapter-delegates] Application to form new Special Interest Group: Community Networks<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi Kyle,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This is a welcome development!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On a recent North America Chapters call we found that Canadian Chapters, and US Chapters both, have plans to mount regular Community Networks activities e.g. zoom calls etc in 2018. And I'd like to point out this <a href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7x4y8a/net-neutrality-fcc-community-networks"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>recent op-ed</span></a> here in NYC, indicative of a more general popular understanding that the 'last' mile can also be thought of as the 'first' mile. I also recommend the '<a href="https://livestream.com/accounts/686369/indigenet17/videos/165678297"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Community Network Success Story</span></a>' presentation by Matt Rantanen at the recent Indigenous Connectivity Summit<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am going to write to Nico - <a href="mailto:nicoechaniz@altermundi.net">nicoechaniz@altermundi.net</a> - and offer my name as a fellow founder.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>joly<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Kyle Shulman <<a href="mailto:shulman@isoc.org" target="_blank">shulman@isoc.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues, <br><br>The following application to start a Special Interest Group (SIG): Community Networks has been received. It is being sent to the chapter delegates community for peer comment and review. Please note that the SIG has not yet formed and has not officially been recognized by the Internet Society. The period allowed for comments is two weeks from today and the deadline is 13th December 2017. Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list. <br><br>Regards,<br><br>Kyle Shulman<br>Global Engagement Project Manager<br>Special Interest Group (SIG) Manager <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Shulman@isoc.org" target="_blank">Shulman@isoc.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed<br>to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society<br>Chapter Portal (AMS): <a href="https://portal.isoc.org" target="_blank">https://portal.isoc.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------------------------------------------<br>Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast<br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>