[p2p-research] Important communication for future p2p plans

[Dante-Gabryell Monson]

Hi Michel,
Hi p2p research
list<http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org>
 people,  Nomadbase <http://nomadbase.org/> people , Cogawa people (
list<http://groups.google.com/group/cogawa/>
, social net <http://cogawa.org/> ),

following Michel's email on the potential to annex a p2p space to hes house
in Chiang Mai, Thailand  ( comment : great ! )

http://listcultures.org/pipermail/p2presearch_listcultures.org/2009-October/005243.html

( also see mail below )

I feel like sharing this info between different lists and resonances with a
common feeling to them :-)

I also feel there could be potential in networking cultural research labs (
such as http://fo.am ?  ) and on the long run, through partnerships,
potentially apply for grants at, for example, http://asef.org  ( offices in
Singapore )

Also, for those of us interested, in relation to
nomadbase<http://sharewiki.org/en/Nomadbase>
,

A informal un-conference will be held in Berlin at the end of November 2009


   - wiki: http://sharewiki.org/en/she
   - mail: https://lists.0xb5.org/mm/listinfo/nomadbase
   - net : https://we.riseup.net/nomadbase
   - web : http://nomadbase.org




Dante
http://hitchwiki.org/en/Dante


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:18 AM
Subject: [p2p-research] Important communication for future p2p plans
To: Peer-To-Peer Research List <p2presearch at listcultures.org>


Dear friends,

This is very early phases, but I have made an important decision.

I will, in a few weeks or months, have access to some personal finance.

The key plan is to finish a building that is located in front of my (wife's)
house in Chiang Mai, and was originally intented to be a kindergarten. I
will finish it, and it will host both a co-working environment, and a
physical P2P Research Center.

I originally wanted this to be a official Hub, but I fear that the
franchising, and architectural requirements, are beyond my means at present.
I also feel that the P2P Foundation 'brand' is strong enough, to do this
separately. (however, my wife's sister has land just next door, that could
conceivable host a real hub, if I would find investment partners)

Associated with this, is the idea to create a business, that will focus on:
1) helping me develop my keynoting, and eventually consulting career around
p2p; 2) create sustainable income streams around the p2p knowledge commons
(not just for me, but for others in the community as well); think of
publishing, cd's, etc... 3) create an income stream around the physical
center ..

I'm talking to a few people I'd like to be 'business managers' around this,
willing to live in Chiang Mai.

Of course, this project poses all kinds of problems, like the legal format,
the distinction between my personal interests, and those of the community or
other participants. My aim is to balance my own need for physical
sustainability, and to restore some reserves due to the different years I
spent in 'scarcity', but also to do this ethically, and with the overall
goal in mind of strengthening p2p work.

My own aim is to continue exactly what I was doing before becoming a teacher
again: full time researching, speaking, etc... and to help the 'business
mgr.' whenever needed ... but my focus will remain research, speaking,
political, policy, and community and platform building

Time wise, I will start working more seriously on these plans coming
February (end of thai semester)

Michel

-- 
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http://www.dpu.ac.th/dpuic/info/Research.html - Think thank:
http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI

P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net  - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net

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