10 September 2021
Week 1: Community Networks 101 (ICS Training Joint Session)
10 September 2021
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Community Networks Training Webinar
Agenda
17 September 2021
Week 2: The Business of Community Networks
17 September 2021
24 September 2021
Week 3: Mapping and Planning Networks
24 September 2021
01 October 2021
Week 4: Building Wireless Networks
01 October 2021
08 October 2021
Week 5: Building Fiber Networks
08 October 2021
12 October 2021
Week 6: Hands On Crimping and
The Community of Networking (ICS Training Joint Session)
12 October 2021
Week 1: Community Networks 101
(ICS Training Joint Session)
Thursday, 9 September 2021, 3:00pm EDT / 12:00pm PST / 9:00am HST
This session brings together the policy and technical tracks to provide an overview of what to expect from this year’s ICS trainings, providing an overview of the policy issues facing community networks (CNs) and a discussion on what it’s like to build and maintain a network.
Dr. Rob McMahon
Associate Professor, University of Alberta; Master of Arts in Communication and Technology (MACT) and Master of Arts in Community Engagement (MACE)
Heather Hudson
Professor and Consultant, ICTs for Development, Rural Communications, Telecommunications Management and Policy
H Trostle
Research Professional, American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University
Resources:
- 2020 ICS Community Network Training (Internet Society)
- 2020 ICS Policy & Advocacy Training (Internet Society)
- Stories from the First Mile: Digital Technologies in Remote and Rural Indigenous Communities (First Nations Innovation and First Mile Connectivity Consortium)
- Rural Connectivity Task Force – Final Report (Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan)
- 2020 ICS Recommendations (Internet Society)
- Building Indigenous Future Zones: Four Tribal Broadband Case Studies (Trostle, Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
- American Indian Policy Institute August 2021 Legislative Update (American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University)
- Tribal Broadband Resources (American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University)
- Reclaiming Geospatial Data and GIS Design for Indigenous-led Telecommunications Policy Advocacy: A Process Discussion of Mapping Broadband Availability in Remote and Northern Regions of Canada (McMahon, Smith, & Whiteduck)
- Time for the ‘well-meaning man’ to return spectrum rights to Native American tribes (Blackwater, Indian Country Today)
- The Impact of Internet Access in Indigenous Communities in Canada and the United States (Hudson, Internet Society)
Week 2: The Business of Community Networks
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 3:00pm EDT / 12:00pm PST / 9:00am HST
Resources:
- Toolkit for First Nations – Municipal Community Economic Development Partnerships (Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Cando)
- Tribal Broadband Resources (American Indian Policy Institute, Arizona State University)
- Indigenous Broadband Netowrks (ILSR)
- Broadband Ready toolkit (Next Century Cities)
- Building Indigenous Future Zones: Four Tribal Broadband Case Studies (Trostle, Institute for Local Self-Reliance)
- Stories from the First Mile: Digital Technologies in Remote and Rural Indigenous Communities (First Nations Innovation and First Mile Connectivity Consortium)
- Short video: Matt Rantanen (SCTCA) on “The Business of a Community Network”
- The Business of a Community Network (2020 ICS Training Recording)
- Guide to Federal Broadband Funding Opportunities in the U.S. (Internet Society)
- Another Event Series: Tribal Broadband Learning Community
- WJBTN Stakeholder Banner
- Network Management
- Network Health
- Network Health 2
- Business Model – Limited Partnership
- Business Model – Not-for-profit
- Community Engagement Poster
- Sample Financial Model
Week 3: Mapping and Planning Networks
Thursday, 23 September 2021
Week 4: Building Wireless Networks
Thursday, 30 September 2021
Gerald Thunderbird-Sky
Deborah Simpier
Jennings (Max) Orcutt
Week 5: Building Fiber Networks
Thursday, 7 October 2021
Travis Carter
Resources:
Week 6: Hands On Crimping and
The Community of Networking (ICS Training Joint Session)
Monday, 11 October 2021
(week of Indigenous Connectivity Summit)
Adam Burqa
Robert Johnson
Leading image: © Angela Gzowski