[p2p-research] 10 days to go... SUPPORTING Smari McCarthy's P2P Electoral Candidacy for the Icelandic Constitutional Assembly

Fri Nov 19 11:47:15 CET 2010

ok, thanks sam, just curious ..<g>

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think in this case, it was because the post submitted accidentally
> before I inserted a title. I edited and put a title in, but it
> retained the URL without an alias with words in it. Normally,
> WordPress would try to base the URL off of the title.
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > thanks a lot Sa, by the way, how did you get that numbered URL on our
> blog?
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I did it. And if everyone likes what they see, I will post the same
> >> thing to smartmobs.com
> >>
> >> Plus, we'll let the following people know about it:
> >>
> >> boingboing.net
> >>
> >> Bruce Sterling (for his wired blog)
> >>
> >> John Robb on global guerillas
> >>
> >> The Espians
> >>
> >> perhaps some of those folks would be willing to talk about it or link
> >> to this on their blog
> >>
> >> Smari, do you have a website for your campaign?
> >>
> >> Please link to this in twitter, on facebook
> >>
> >> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Michel Bauwens
> >> <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > THANKS simona,
> >> >
> >> > smari: we're doing what we can with the material available, but I
> >> > suggest an
> >> > english text on your motivation and policy proposals,
> >> >
> >> > Sam: would you consider writing something for our regular blog, based
> on
> >> > your remark in facebook, which was well formulated I think,
> >> >
> >> > sorry, for the moment, still on the road and conferencing!
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Simona Levi <info at conservas.tk>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> I'll do my best but i don't have much influence in Icelandic
> electors.
> >> >> We will move it in the social network.
> >> >> I'll also publish it the 25 in Catlan main news agency...
> >> >>
> >> >> El 17/11/10 14:48, Michel Bauwens escribió:
> >> >>
> >> >> Dear Smari,
> >> >>
> >> >> of course, I want to fully support you on this, but I have a serious
> >> >> issue
> >> >> of timing, I just arrived in buenos aires, somewhat in a crisis mode
> as
> >> >> something went wrong with the coordination, no pick up and no
> >> >> reservation at
> >> >> the stated hotel, I need to solve this today, somewhat stressed
> you'll
> >> >> understand, then, tomorrow, there is the keynote and 2 days of
> >> >> conferencing,
> >> >> it's hard to say how much time I have.
> >> >>
> >> >> Most quickly, what I can do is just re-use what you write now, first
> at
> >> >> Ning, wait for someone to re-write it with some info about YOU, I can
> >> >> then
> >> >> always add a paragraph about why this is a truly historical occasion
> (a
> >> >> true
> >> >> p2p candidate, broader than single-issue oriented Pirate Party) then
> we
> >> >> publish it on the blog, and once it is there, we can repeat a few
> >> >> rounds of
> >> >> facebooking/twittering around the link,
> >> >>
> >> >> If you want us to do more, feel free to ask, we'll try our best
> >> >>
> >> >> As I said, for me, it's just bad timing when I'm on the road like
> this,
> >> >>
> >> >> I copied the list, in the hope and confidence that others on the list
> >> >> agree to support you even more, but I guess best is if you can
> provide
> >> >> material we can work around by adding a supportive paragraph,
> >> >>
> >> >> Don't hesitate to ask for anything, the worse that can happen is that
> >> >> people say no thanks <g>
> >> >>
> >> >> Michel
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> 2010/11/17 Smári McCarthy <smari at immi.is>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Hi Michel, Simona,
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  In reference to our conversation in Barcelona about my candidacy
> for
> >> >>> the Icelandic Constitutional Assembly, I'm thinking that it's about
> >> >>> time
> >> >>> to invoke the P2P culture and try and rally some external awareness
> >> >>> and
> >> >>> support.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  What I'd suggest is if we can draft some kind of letter of
> >> >>> endorsement
> >> >>> from the P2P community and get a bunch of signatures, then I could
> >> >>> wave
> >> >>> that around here.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  A slightly more involved but potentially useful thing would be some
> >> >>> kind of video clip, just a talking heads thing, with somebody
> speaking
> >> >>> about the importance of understanding of networked societies and
> that
> >> >>> this understanding be incorporated into modern state structure.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  And then of course there's the easiest thing to do, which is to
> click
> >> >>> the "like" button on my Facebook page. 97% of Icelandic adults use
> >> >>> Facebook and various sites are using Facebook ranking as a measure
> of
> >> >>> popularity, despite it being an incredibly skewed estimate.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Smari-McCarthy-a-stjornlagabing/161452417212255?ref=ts
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  Michel, could I request that you take initiative on this on the
> list?
> >> >>> I can provide you with background information but I do feel very
> >> >>> awkward
> >> >>> about asking people to support me. :P
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  Here's some initial background [sharable]:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> ----------------------
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  In 1874 Iceland received its first constitution from the Danish
> king
> >> >>> as a result of popular demand for increased home-rule. In 1918 the
> >> >>> country became sovereign under the Danish crown, and in 1920 a new
> >> >>> constitution to this effect was enacted.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  In 1944, after being disconnected with Denmark for over a year,
> >> >>> Iceland proclaimed independence. A temporary constitution, mostly
> >> >>> based
> >> >>> on the constitution of 1920, was accepted, with an article stating
> >> >>> that
> >> >>> it should be renewed within the year.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  Now 66 years have passed without the constitution being
> reevaluated.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  After the financial crash of 2008 the Icelandic people,
> understanding
> >> >>> the need for democratic reform as well as economic reform, started
> to
> >> >>> make demands for a constitutional assembly. After the government
> >> >>> collapsed in early 2009 the new government coalition of the Social
> >> >>> Democrat Party and the Left-Green Party agreed to organize a
> >> >>> constitutional assembly, although for many months this idea looked
> >> >>> like
> >> >>> it would be buried.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  In late October 2009 a national assembly was held in Iceland, where
> >> >>> 1500 people were randomly selected from the census to work over the
> >> >>> course of a day to create a new set of guiding principles for
> Iceland.
> >> >>> In the aftermath it was decided in parliament that the popular
> demand
> >> >>> for a constitutional assembly was so great that the issue could no
> >> >>> longer be ignored.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  On June 25th 2010 law 90/2010 was enacted creating a mandate for
> >> >>> general elections for a constitutional assembly consisting of 25-31
> >> >>> nonpartisan individuals, based on single transferable vote in
> addition
> >> >>> to a gender quota rule. The elections for this assembly are to be
> held
> >> >>> on November 27th 2010, 10 days from now.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  The electorate is the roughly 228000 voters in Iceland, and there
> are
> >> >>> 523 individual candidates running in the election, all as
> individuals
> >> >>> although some have known connections with special interest groups,
> >> >>> political parties, and such. These relationships have been mapped by
> >> >>> various websites. Various other websites provide filtering
> mechanisms
> >> >>> of
> >> >>> various sorts in order to help people weed out the best 25
> candidates
> >> >>> to
> >> >>> vote for.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  After the elections the assembly will convene in February 2011 and
> >> >>> operate for 2-4 months during that year to draft a new constitution
> >> >>> and
> >> >>> propose it to parliament, along with suggested adoption mechanisms
> and
> >> >>> protocols. If parliament accepts the new constitution it will be put
> >> >>> to
> >> >>> a referendum.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  There has been an alarming amount of P2P activity in relation to
> this
> >> >>> election. Campaigns are primarily being operated through social
> >> >>> networking sites, with a lot of pressure on candidates not to
> >> >>> advertise
> >> >>> in traditional media. A lot of individuals and organizations have
> been
> >> >>> in direct contact with the various candidates in order to provide
> >> >>> their
> >> >>> own arbitrary filters, and in general there is a lot of buzz, but
> also
> >> >>> a
> >> >>> lot of uncertainty, as the number of candidates and the
> >> >>> equidistribution
> >> >>> of the attention is the source of great confusion.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  To reduce this confusion somewhat and to promote the elections as
> an
> >> >>> important step towards more direct democracy, a broad coalition of
> >> >>> candidates from various political leanings has joined forces to
> raise
> >> >>> awareness about the forthcoming elections, operating on amicable
> >> >>> grounds, and further, there are discussions about creating a "shadow
> >> >>> assembly" using the Shadow Parliament Project's software and
> >> >>> organizational mechanisms, in order to facilitate broad discussions
> >> >>> amongst the general public during the operation time of the
> assembly.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  In short, it looks like the opportunity for Iceland is great, but
> >> >>> there are still a number of hurdles. It will be interesting to see
> the
> >> >>> results, and hopefully this will lead to a great democratic
> upheaval,
> >> >>> promoting and protecting networked societies in the future.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> ------------------------------
> >> >>>
> >> >>>  Hope you can use some of that in some meaningful way.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>     - Smári
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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> >> >> Think tank:
> >> >> http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> Sam Rose
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