[p2p-research] [open] Open Source and Co-ops events

[Michel Bauwens]

hi nicholas,

don't hesitate to share more of your work and efforts on the p2p-f blog as
well!

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 3:04 AM, Nicholas Roberts <niccolo.roberts at gmail.com
> wrote:

> hi Josef
>
> is there any movement on the 3 open source software / cooperative events
> during Cooperative Fortnight ?
>
> I am interested in attending, participating
>
> we hope to present to the US Social Forum in Detroit and other groups some
> of our open-source, permaculture, worker cooperative project drawing on
> these themes
>
> I made some sketchy presentations in Australia
>
> http://permaculture.tv/formal-and-informal-permaculture-cooperation-to-save-the-world/
>
> http://permaculture.tv/climate-change-and-peak-debt-permaculture-cooperation/
>
> will be developing some more over the next 10 days in the Bay Area,
> attending Drupalcon and hopefully spending time with urban food and worker
> cooperative scene (with some overlap) and open source biology folks
>
> --
> Nicholas Roberts
> skype permaculturecoop
> plans http://gaiapermaculture.com
> video http://Permaculture.TV <http://permaculture.tv/>
>
>
>
>   On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Josef Davies-Coates <
> josef at uniteddiversity.com> wrote:
>
>>    Hi all,
>>
>> I'm thinking of co-ordinating the production of 3 events during
>> Cooperative Fortnight June 19th - July 3rd 2010 about the potential of
>> uniting the Open Source and Co-op movements.
>>
>> The rough idea for the 3 events is:
>>
>> 1) presenting the amazing achievements of open source software/
>> hardware to people in the co-op movement
>> 2) presenting the amazing achievemenets of the co-op movement to
>> people in the open source world
>> 3) a big open space event that bring everyone together to try and
>> answer a question like "how can the open source and co-operative
>> movements help each other to thrive (in the face of climate, energy
>> and economic uncertainty)?"
>>
>> The events would (most likely) take place in Manchester and London.
>>
>> Who would like to get involved/ present/ fund/ help make it happen?
>>
>> A bit of background...
>>
>> Ed Mayo, who headed up the new economics foundation (nef) when I
>> worked there for a while has recently taken on a job heading up
>> Co-opsUK.
>>
>> In his first speech
>>
>> http://www.cooperatives-uk.coop/live/images/cme_resources/Public/speeches/a_dog_helps_dog_world.pdf
>> he state that one of the central economic challenges is to:
>>
>> "6. to take advantage of the digital economy, we can embrace the
>> creative commons of co-operation online, from open source to platforms
>> for user generated content, rather than try to shore up traditional
>> private business. If there can be increasing as well as diminishing
>> returns to investment in a knowledge economy, then economic policy
>> should economic sharing and limit private monopolies, rather than
>> increasing the protectionism of intelletual property as the UK and EU
>> has done."
>>
>> I met with Ed shortly after he started his new job and we discussed
>> some of the amazing potential for Co-operative and Open Source
>> movements to well, cooperate.
>>
>> For example, imagine what could happen if the Mondragon Assembly
>> factory factory (i.e. they make things that makes things)
>> http://www.mondragon-assembly.com/ (itself part of a much larger co-op
>> group) co-operated with people on the Open Manufacturing list
>> http://openmanufacturing.org/ and amazing projects like Open Source
>> Ecology http://openfarmtech.org !
>>
>> Please let me know ASAP if you can help make this happen.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Josef.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Josef Davies-Coates
>> 07974 88 88 95
>> http://uniteddiversity.com
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>>
>
>


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