[gaia] Re: IETF 126 Vienna Call for Speakers

[Dan York <[e-mail]>]

Marcelo,

I think this is a great idea for a presentation. The more information out
there to help with forming community networks the better. I did have a
couple of comments below:

On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 4:22 PM Marcelo Anderson Batista Dos Santos
<marcelo.santos=[e-mail]> wrote:

>
> But from my experience working with underserved communities, one recurring
> challenge is the lack of a shared, process-oriented reference that helps
> practitioners navigate the full journey of deploying and sustaining a
> community network — from early community engagement through governance,
> operations, and long-term sustainability.
>

I am aware of several resources available within the technical community
that may provide something along the lines of what you are seeking.

At the GAIA meeting just now at IETF 125, Jonathan Bower offered an
application that walks people through the steps:
- Community Network Builder: https://locnet.io/

We at the Internet Society offer a couple of resources:
 - Community Networks Do-It-Yourself Toolkit:
https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/community-network-diy-toolkit/
 - Community Network Readiness Assessment Handbook:
https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2022/community-network-readiness-assessment-handbook/
 (and a related online training class
<https://www.internetsociety.org/learning/community-network-readiness/>)

The American Association for Public Broadband and the Benton Institute
released this one (which is US-centric but does have general info):
 - Own Your Own Internet: How to Build a Public Broadband Network -
https://publicbroadbandhandbook.com/

The Association for Progressive Computing (APC) offers a Community Networks
Manual in Portuguese:
- https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/community-networks-manual

It's a little bit older (2018) but the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Community
Connectivity (DC3) published this:
- The community network manual: how to build the Internet yourself -
https://comconnectivity.org/the-community-network-manual-how-to-build-the-internet-yourself/

I don't know if any of those come close to what you are seeking, or if you
are looking for something more, but they are the ones I know of.

Regards,
Dan



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