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Internet Society DirectoryMay 27, 2025
May 27, 2025
Financial Viability 
Financial Viability
- The costs associated with setting up and operating a community network
- The different community network business models
- Financial projections and spending limits
- The most common services adopted to diversify and grow the income of a CN
May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025
Telecommunications Frameworks and Technical Considerations Organizational Structures 
Telecommunications Frameworks and Technical Considerations Organizational Structures
- Telecommunications sector stakeholders that are necessary to engage when deploying and running a sustainable CN
- Technical considerations necessary for deploying a CN including, service provision licenses, spectrum licenses, operating infrastructure
- Types of legal vehicles and considerations related to operating a CN and some of the perceived challenges associated with the different structures.
May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025
Stage 3 – Techno-Economic Tool Stage 4 - Evaluating Readiness 
Stage 3 – Techno-Economic Tool Stage 4 - Evaluating Readiness
- How to use the techno-economic tool and update the concept document.
- How to test the core assumptions and viability of the final assessment.
- How to ascertain if the community and key stakeholders are capable and willing to take the concept forward.
May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025
Introduction to The Community 
Introduction to The Community
- The Community Network movement and the common governance structures and models adopted for deploying a successful CN.
- The Community Network actors, role of champions and some of the common challenges and assumptions.
- The different functions and services of the Community Network
May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025
Stage 2: Stakeholder Engagement 
Stage 2: Stakeholder Engagement
- How to carry out a community mapping exercise and create buy-in
- Documenting connectivity needs
- Engaging the telecom sector stakeholders to test the research
- Testing availability of backhaul services and the initial network design
- Discussing and defining the tasks, skills, responsibilities, and structure of the community network
- Discussing and testing the costs and income assumptions
May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025
Stage 1: Creating the Baseline 
Stage 1: Creating the Baseline
- The how to perfom the task of Identify the community; and Identify the champions and defining the value proposition for a CN
- Identify functions and service of the community network and defining potential community network user groups.
- Develop a list of the potential functions, service, and roles for the community network. Identify the telecommunications frameworks for the service, network, and spectrum.
- Design appropriate strategic and sustainable organizational structures and partnerships. including Identify potential types of legal vehicles and defining the initial capacity and skills required to operate. 6) Draft a financial sustainability plan, including how to conduct market research, listing the initial types of costs to set up and run the community network
- Design appropriate strategic and sustainable organizational structures and partnerships. including Identify potential types of legal vehicles and defining the initial capacity and skills required to operate.
- Draft a financial sustainability plan, including how to conduct market research, listing the initial types of costs to set up and run the community network