[p2p-research] Short Text On DIYNGO For Dissemination Please?

[Michel Bauwens]

Dear Tim,

I will reproduce this via Ning and the p2p blog,

Michel

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:36 AM, tim barker <dr.timothybarker at googlemail.com
> wrote:

> Hello everyone! I hope all are well? Since Tim and Michel have both
> recently asked for a quick update on DIYNGO to help disseminate our work,
> please find below a short text I just wrote. It was a little hurried but I
> think encapsulates where we are at for the time being. If you have any
> comments please do let us all know - you could hit "reply to all"? It would
> also be nice if we could please consider having a group chat or a group
> Skype call or some such please as soon as possible in the New Year. Events
> are moving quickly now and progress is good so I'd hate for anyone to be
> left behind as all have been incredibly supportive.
>
> Thanks so much and we look forward to your continued involvement.
>
> Peace,
>
> Tim
>
> The mission of DIYNGO is to take renewable energy powered information
> communications technologies to the people who really need them. This mostly
> includes people in Developing Countries but will also include any area of
> economic deprivation. Currently we have a prototype home made wind turbine
> and solar array which are used to power an Asus Eee PC. The Asus is a low
> powered Linux netbook ideally suited for work in the field. We are now
> focussing on more mobile devices which will ultimately prove to be more
> transportable. This kit is also about to be tested in the field. The
> intention with this technology is to provide access to healthcare,
> governance and education. As such a portal has been developed at
> www.thirdspace.mobi which offers online courses.
>
> We are also currently experimenting with software for Personal Digital
> Assistants which will provide Expert Systems encapsulating knowledge in the
> above areas. The whole philosophy of DIYNGO is to transfer methods and NOT
> technological solutions in an open a manner as possible. To this end the
> Blog at www.diyngo.org has been well maintained. Further software and
> hardware solutions were proposed in our White Paper (please click on the
> "culture" tab at www.diynog.org) which could facilitate intra-human
> networking. This software development is currently hosted at
> www.kommunitee.org.
>
> We are using the social networking software Webjam to loosely maintain the
> core DIYNGO team together with email and chat. The team is composed of
> members from a variety of backgrounds and includes the informal involvement
> of UN-GAID (www.un-gaid.org) which we hope to strengthen once this
> feasability stage is complete and DIYNGO is further concretised. A trip to
> Lake Naivasha will take place in April which, if successful, will be the
> catalyst for formally establishing DIYNGO. Overall, progress has been steady
> but with the help of untold parties has so far proven to be highly fruitful.
> The future therefore looks interesting and full of hope for the success of
> DIYNGO in terms of acheiving its mission.
>
> --
> www.timbarker.org
> renewing renewables!
>



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