31 December 2025, 12:00 CET / 22:00 AEDT
Attendants: Adam
Absent:
Mathew, Nils, Mathias, Jan, Nancy
Update
Adam:
- emailed Kyle re title change & IT Addendum people & query
- Drafting Action plan items
12:12 CET: Optimistic to hold meeting on NYE, meeting cancelled.
12:15 EOM
26 December 2025, 12:00 CET / 22:00 AEDT
Attendants: Adam, Nancy,
Nick (guest), Mathew (arrived 45 minutes later)
Apologies:
Jan
Absent: Mathew, Nils, Mathias
Agenda
1. update Kyle's initial list of topics
CNCI SIG Naming majority
vote: CNI - Community Network Infrastructures
IT Addendum for Access to SIG email and Zoom Accounts (Adam still TODO)
Branding
Webpage/Community Portal (Nancy has placed sample SIG images on NC)
Budget (Goals need development before budget)
Spending Budget (see above)
Fundraising
3-7 need to align with SIG goals - review from application and refine
Priority: landing page text &
manifesto (Adam/Nancy TODO)
20 December 2025
In attendance - Adam Burns, Nancy Mauro-Flude, Mathias Jud, Jan Hendrik Brueggemeier, Mathew Lubari, [apologies - Neils Brock]
Next meeting dates - 26th 12 cet / 22hrs AEST
Discussion / to dos
Tactical Action Plan 2026-7
What does CNI SIG do that both builds on and differentiated from https://www.internetsociety.org/our-work/connectivity/?
Intially scoping CNI projects - comparative analsysis pain points what can we learn?
Name Community Networks Infrastructures CNI
Nextcloud Resources https://nextcloud.networkcommons.org/index.php/s/2eN8zTsTHmtSxje
Regular meeting time 2026 - Stammtisch
Melbourne (Australia – Victoria) |
\ 10:00:00 pm |
UTC+11 hours |
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Berlin (Germany – Berlin) |
\ 12:00:00 noon |
UTC+1 hour |
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Kampala (Uganda) |
\2:00:00 pm |
UTC+3 hours |
Agenda 17.12.26
1. Kyle's initial list of topics
CNCI SIG Naming
IT Addendum for Access to SIG email and Zoom Accounts (gateway to all social media accounts)
Branding
Webpage/Community Portal
Budget
Spending Budget
Fundraising
2. Our Goals for this SIG and how to implement them.
Goals
Decentralized & Participative SIG
Implementation suggestions
Having working groups on important topics
Develop a specific event that we can suggest to Communities around the world
to get structured feedback about:
to find about import topics for these groups
to be able to create working groups
to create things (e.g. something like a hackathon)
Having regular community meeting calls Wednesdays
3. Coming year's actions, budgets and outcomes
4. AOB - existing matrix channel for comms.
1.1. Discussion long name CNCI SIG Naming
Community Networks Community Infrastructures CNCI
alternative suggestions:
CNCI CN_CI CNCI CN&CI
Community Networks & Infrastructures CN&I
Community Network Infrastructures CN. Friday
Community Infrastructures CI
Adam: CNI
Nancy: CNI
Mathias: CNCI
Niels: CNI
Jan:
CNI (first) CNCI (second thought ;)
Matthew: CNCI
CNI - To be discussed further Friday consensus
reached.
1.2. IT Addendum for Access to SIG
email and Zoom Accounts (gateway to all social media accounts)
Outcome: Mathias (Team Member), Matthew (Vice Facilitator) & Nancy (Secretary), Jan (Member) also request access
1.3. Branding Great to have a logo designed for us! <3 \0/
1.4. Webpage/Community Portal Need to start drafting material for portal.Goes Live 2026
Nancy voluntered to draft initial words and stuff! https://www.internetsociety.org/sigs
DRAFT IS HERE https://pad.dyne.org/doc/#/2/doc/edit/2iX989E-mDphw9mChxeUwXrc/
1.5. Budget
CNI SIG will be allocated a budget of $15k for the year, which can be leveraged for various purposes, such as hosting events, conducting research, guest speaker fees, printing, swag, and captioning/translation. What we cannot use the funds for is Travel. So, no stipends for accommodations, planes, transportation, and automobiles. Here is a generic action plan template that you can use. It is up to you how in-depth you go, but High-level is fine.
Nancy: a plan is needed
Mathias:
Adam: action plan
2.1. Our Goals for this SIG and how to implement them
LOCNet meeting in Feb
IETF GAIA reach-out
Map all existing ISOC CN initiatives & people on CNI space
Action Budgets and outcomes timeline (shared document for working group to make some note for comparison for future plans)
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proposed activities.