[Chapter-delegates] Application to form new Special Interest Group: Community Networks

[Nic Bidwell]

Dear Joly
This is indeed a welcome development. I would like to suggest that more
women are involved in the team. In particular, if she is willing I would
like to propose Annastasia Shipepe, who is VC of Namibia ISOC chapter, and
the first woman to present at the 1st Summit of African Community Networks.
I am happy support Annastasia, should she feel the need, as I have some
experience of CNs, however, there are other women that could be included
too such as Ryan Gearty.

I would not like to presume a certain gender representation, but I think
impact and advocacy will be more successful if we avoid manels and aim for
inclusivity.

Well done.
nic bidwell

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 7:06 PM, Jane Coffin <coffin at isoc.org> wrote:

> Hey Joly –
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> 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!
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> Let us know when the telecons might happen.  It would be cool to join.
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> Best,
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> Jane
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> *From: *Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org> on
> behalf of Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com>
> *Reply-To: *Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com>
> *Date: *Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 12:04 PM
> *To: *Kyle Shulman <shulman at isoc.org>
> *Cc: *"chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org" <chapter-delegates at elists.
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> *Subject: *Re: [Chapter-delegates] Application to form new Special
> Interest Group: Community Networks
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> Hi Kyle,
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> This is a welcome development!
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> 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 recent
> op-ed
> <https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7x4y8a/net-neutrality-fcc-community-networks>
> 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 'Community Network Success Story
> <https://livestream.com/accounts/686369/indigenet17/videos/165678297>'
> presentation by Matt Rantanen at the recent Indigenous Connectivity Summit
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> I am going to write to Nico - nicoechaniz at altermundi.net - and offer my
> name as a fellow founder.
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> joly
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> On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Kyle Shulman <shulman at isoc.org> wrote:
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> Dear Colleagues,
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> 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.
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> Regards,
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> Kyle Shulman
> Global Engagement Project Manager
> Special Interest Group (SIG) Manager
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> Shulman at isoc.org
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Kindly
nic


Nicola J Bidwell
Professor of Computer Science (HCI), University of Namibia, Namibia
Professor Extraordinaire Informatics, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Affiliated Researcher: Digital Ethnography Group, Royal Melbourne Institute
of Technology, Australia
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