[p2p-research] [OK] Forward Foundation Distributed Manufacturing Networked Economic Development

Sat Jan 23 20:14:34 CET 2010

Paola,

If you are interested I could certainly do something that is a convergence
of the following:

   - The notion of ecosystems as the appropriate organizing principle in a
   networked world
   - The requirement for alternative funding models if we want to build
   infrastructure to support social entrepreneurs
   - The notion of ecosystems as an organizational principle for a funding
   structure that can mitigate financial risk for social investors
   - The specific case of mapping the Distributed Manufacturing ecosystem.
   - Also, from a related by somewhat different perspective I can
   demonstrate how an ecosystem can serve to provide the right model for
   intra-organizational collaboration that provides organizations to scale
   their set of global relationships etc.

I am also wondering if you provide funding to conference speakers.

Regards,

Suresh

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> Let me confer with colleagues and see if there is something we can do!
> Thanks!
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Sam, and all
> >
> > I am chairing collective intelligence track for an IEEE DEST 2010
> > (please do not judge this too poorly cause they have a bad website, thats
> > life)
> >
> > it would be great to have a paper if you could write something up
> (quickly,
> > deadline is Feb 1st or soon thereafter)
> >
> > http://dest2010.debii.curtin.edu.au/
> >
> > Please do let me know if you plan to submit something
> > thanks
> >
> > PDM
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Greetings OK community,
> >>
> >> As part of our collaboration in
> >> http://wiki.openkollab.com/wagn/OK_Pooled_Fund The Forward Foundation
> >> is setting aside time and resources to pursue networked economic
> >> development with a limited number of projects that are profiled in the
> >> Distributed Manufacturing Ecosystem mentioned in an email by Suresh
> >> Fernando.
> >>
> >> We are currently working with open pario (http://openpario.com)
> >> Cubespawn (http://cubespawn.com) and have discussed this with Smari
> >> from Tangible Bit http://tangiblebit.com/
> >>
> >> Based on initial ecosystem mapping, we are exploring the potentials
> >> for multiple revenue and self-sustenance models with the projects
> >> named above, then co-creating proposals with these projects for
> >> funding, or helping them launch and build these new activities. Our
> >> model is to make some form of partnership agreement with these
> >> projects that returns our investment back to us. Forward foundation
> >> creates these agreements per project.
> >>
> >>
> >> We also have parallel efforts in food production/sustainable
> >> agriculture, cultural production, energy production, and software
> >> systems.
> >>
> >> The main value that we'll bring to the table for distributed
> >> manufacturing will include:
> >>
> >> 1. Development of F/LOSS infrastructure for making, sharing and using
> >> the technologies that you are developing
> >>
> >> 2. Useful strategies for digitizing your project, sharing, attracting
> >> and sustaining contributors and collaborators based on the needs of
> >> others
> >>
> >> 3. Research and development of multiple *sustainable* and *ethical*
> >> revenue models, and a strategy for connecting these usefully to F/LOSS
> >> hardware without derailing/destroying the nature of the commons of the
> >> project itself
> >>
> >> We are working towards creating new relationships based on goals,
> >> needs and resources (the Open Kollab Model) between projects that are
> >> mapped in the Distributed Manufacturing Ecosystem, so we want to feed
> >> this work *back into* the
> >> http://wiki.openkollab.com/wagn/OK_Pooled_Fund in order to strengthen
> >> the portfolio being built by this community.
> >>
> >> Over the next 4 months, we have resources to work with one more
> >> distributed manufacturing project in this manner. If you are
> >> interested please reply here, or to me personally. Thanks, and look
> >> forward to hearing from you.
> >>
> >> --
> >> --
> >> Sam Rose
> >> Forward Foundation
> >> Social Synergy
> >> Tel:+1(517) 639-1552
> >> Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451
> >> skype: samuelrose
> >> email: samuel.rose at gmail.com
> >> http://socialsynergyweb.com
> >> http://forwardfound.org
> >> http://socialsynergyweb.org/culturing
> >> http://flowsbook.panarchy.com/
> >> http://socialmediaclassroom.com
> >> http://localfoodsystems.org
> >> http://notanemployee.net
> >> http://communitywiki.org
> >>
> >> "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human
> >> ambition." - Carl Sagan
> >>
> >> --
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Paola Di Maio
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> Sam Rose
> Social Synergy
> Tel:+1(517) 639-1552
> Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451
> skype: samuelrose
> email: samuel.rose at gmail.com
> http://socialsynergyweb.com
> http://forwardfound.org
> http://socialsynergyweb.org/culturing
> http://flowsbook.panarchy.com/
> http://socialmediaclassroom.com
> http://localfoodsystems.org
> http://notanemployee.net
> http://communitywiki.org
>
> "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human
> ambition." - Carl Sagan
>
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