[p2p-research] the connective

[Michel Bauwens]

mark,

thanks for considering a status report on your project at some point in
time,

and also use our ning blog to communicate about this project,

Michel

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 8:48 AM, m w <instantmw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks so much for the kind endorsement Michel ... and also for generously
> bringing your colleagues into the discussion. It's wonderful to see
> everyone's interest and support here.
>
> A few quick notes ...
>
> We usually think of community owned connectivity as primarily a technical
> challenge. And while the technical challenges are real, there are equally
> significant political, legal, business, financing, marketing, education, and
> design challenges ahead of us. The connective touches virtually every aspect
> of our society and is going to need wisdom and experience from many
> different fields.
>
> So please don't feel that you need to have technical expertise to get
> involved. If you share a sense of urgency in protecting the shape of our
> emerging network culture, and you see an intersection between the connective
> and your own work (and play) then, please, jump in.
>
> In fact, I've started reaching out to the permaculture community  - a
> movement with very little, if any, involvement in digital technologies; But
> they have plenty of insights and wisdom to share on empowering people to
> design resilient, self-sufficient systems in their own local environments
> ... which cuts straight to the core of the connective. A citizen owned
> internet can't be built like a highway ... it has to grow from the inside
> out.
>
> ---
>
> Michel is probably right  in saying that any bigger group discussion will
> probably have to wait until the new year, but hopefully I'll be able to
> connect with a few of you individually before then.
>
> Until then, we can connect the dots of our conversations with the hashtag
> #theconnective.
>
> thanks again for your support,
> peaceandlove
> /mark
>
> http://theconnective.net
> twitter @theconnective
> http://www.headmine.net
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> On 11-Dec-10, at 1:12 AM, Michel Bauwens wrote:
>
> Dear Marc,
>
> I would be very happy to support this important initiative in any way I
> can, but I may not have the technical expertise you expect,
>
> so I would rather process a collective skype with some of our more expert
> sympathizers and contributors, such as sepp and sam, and others, who may
> indicate their interest now,
>
> Michel
>
>


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