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

[Paola Di Maio]

OK, thanks! look forward
paola (she)

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> Paolo, we may have a specific contribution done in time or this
> Deadline. We'll do our best to contribute
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 2:07 PM, 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
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> This is a message from the OpenKollab Google Group located at
> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/openkollab?hl=en
> >>> To post to this group, send email to openkollab at googlegroups.com
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Paola Di Maio
> >> **************************************************
> >> “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
> >> Albert Einstein
> >> **************************************************
> >>
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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
> >
>
>
>
> --
> --
> 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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“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
Albert Einstein
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