Earth Defenders Toolkit — Community Networks Guide
What it is
Over the years I have written manuals to consolidate the knowledge built with communities. The most recent one is a social technology for community organization to manage community communication networks: how to choose the network type that fits your scenario, governance models and organizational methodologies for community ICT projects.
The biggest challenge was using very simple terms for themes that are unusual for most communities. The result is a guide published in the Earth Defenders Toolkit by Digital Democracy, available in Portuguese.
Why it matters
A community network is as much an organizational project as a technical one. Governance, maintenance roles and collective decision-making decide whether a network survives its first year.