I see here Andrius exposing his thoughts openly. BUT I see that can be seen as divisive and argumentative by some. I think that this call for communities working together is actually a reflection of what we want in real life.<br>
<br>Luckily I have a community where at times I can play a leadership rôle and at others a supporting rôle. Pispala is good that way with solidarity a part of how we are. I urge any of you to come and spend some time here with projects I can help you find and you can see how that culture works.<br>
<br>Annette is doing this right now. <br><br>Markus<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:33 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ms@ms.lt">ms@ms.lt</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I'm glad for Franz Nahrada's and other letters at Global Villages<br>
<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalvillages/" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalvillages/</a> in response to the closing<br>
down of the free-of-charge Ning services and what we might do next.<br>
<br>
I wish that:<br>
* We organize around people who have demonstrated successful leadership as<br>
networkers working openly, whether its Suresh Fernando (Open Kollab),<br>
Tiffany Von Emmel (Dreamfish), myself (Minciu Sodas), Michel Bauwens (P2P<br>
Foundation), etc. And actually double check what has been successful.<br>
So, for example, our Pyramid of Peace <a href="http://www.pyramidofpeace.net" target="_blank">http://www.pyramidofpeace.net</a> was<br>
undeniably successful. Franz Nahrada is a key person at Minciu Sodas, but<br>
not a "hub" for "working openly", rather a person who destructively<br>
"compartmentalizes" activity, which is to say, works in a closed,<br>
untransparent manner. Sam Rose is less of a "hub" and Alex Rollins even<br>
less so. How can we make progress if we don't acknowledge merit?<br>
* We organize around social goals - for example, I'm interested in an<br>
"economy of dreams". Suresh (and Janet Feldman!) is interested in how to<br>
organize millions of people to tackle big problems like world poverty.<br>
Tiffany Von Emmel is interested in a new kind of work cooperative.<br>
Whereas Franz was interested in Ning and Sam is interested in Elgg and<br>
Alex in Drupal. I think that's backwards and unhelpful.<br>
* Let's organize around existing groups. Tiffany already has an Elgg site<br>
running at <a href="http://dreamfish.com" target="_blank">http://dreamfish.com</a> Why do we need more Elgg sites? Or why<br>
can't we build around existing ones in a more general way? Why can't we<br>
build on existing software teams like Dreamfish's? Why couldn't we build<br>
a team for Minciu Sodas, there was such need? I was very disturbed when<br>
Franz walked away from years of free service I provided - without any<br>
consultation - just set up a new server with Ralf - and what has he<br>
gained? Or pays 3,000 EUR per year to closed version of ProWiki, why?<br>
Why aren't we trying to share resources? (And thank you to Franz for<br>
sharing in many other ways, I recently stayed 6 weeks with him in Vienna.)<br>
* Let's look at technologies and see if there's any examples that actually<br>
encourage us. I can't think of a single Drupal website that impresses me<br>
as a community. Nor a Ning or Elgg site for that matter. Certainly none<br>
as strong as the Minciu Sodas community, which isn't all that strong.<br>
* What are our personal goals, values, questions, concerns,<br>
accountability, etc.? Why are we wasting time with people who offer<br>
"help" when we have no idea of their own dreams, values, endeavors, quests<br>
nor they of ours? That's why I believe it's important to start with a<br>
cultural commitment as I'm trying to with "12 Questions"<br>
<a href="http://www.12questions.org" target="_blank">http://www.12questions.org</a><br>
* Let's make a technology strategy that can support a culture. In a<br>
Facebook/Twitter world it's no longer possible to develop a culture<br>
through venues, there's no reason for people to be loyal to an online<br>
space. So the cultural commitment has to be I imagine a cultural code but<br>
not a set of venues.<br>
<br>
I'm very troubled that leadership is offered without credibility, and that<br>
people like myself who have demonstrated credibility are not supported.<br>
How can we have a meaningful network then?<br>
<br>
Andrius<br>
<br>
Andrius Kulikauskas<br>
Minciu Sodas<br>
<a href="http://www.ms.lt" target="_blank">http://www.ms.lt</a><br>
<a href="mailto:ms@ms.lt">ms@ms.lt</a><br>
+370 699 30003<br>
<br>
<br>
> I agree with Michel and Alex on what Michel talks about below. We can<br>
> discuss and plan first, then choose tools and build together. Makes<br>
> sense to me.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Michel Bauwens<br>
> <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I'm personally a least effort guy, but that mostly because I'm<br>
>> overextended<br>
>> myself,<br>
>><br>
>> the first thing is asking ourselves, but what it is for?<br>
>><br>
>> as i said, the social features and threading were the added value, but<br>
>> otherwise, the Ning site underperformed, and I was the only one taking<br>
>> care<br>
>> of admin tasks (but thanks to sepp especially for his forum articles<br>
>> which<br>
>> attracteda lot of discussion)<br>
>><br>
>> personally, I won't necessarily miss Ning that much, but of course,<br>
>> would be<br>
>> happy for others to really build the p2p foundation as a movement,<br>
>><br>
>> this is what is appealing in alex' proposals, to devise a 3-year<br>
>> strategy<br>
>> for movement building and funding,<br>
>><br>
>> I'm of course really for it, but it is beyond my individual effort,<br>
>><br>
>> what I'm doing with Sam, through civicCRM is devising a mailing list of<br>
>> our<br>
>> sympathizers, for some more specialized outreach purposes<br>
>><br>
>> Michel<br>
>><br>
>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Samuel Rose <<a href="mailto:samuel.rose@gmail.com">samuel.rose@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Michel Bauwens<br>
>>> <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>> > Hi Franz,<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > if you want to know what the p2p network is trying to find as<br>
>>> solutions,<br>
>>> > you<br>
>>> > can talk to Sam, who had some proposals for us, and we're working on<br>
>>> > them,<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Michel<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> My suggestion was that we can use ELGG <a href="http://elgg.org/" target="_blank">http://elgg.org/</a> as a<br>
>>> replacement for Ning<br>
>>><br>
>>> There's currently lots of discussion, offers and ideas at<br>
>>> <a href="mailto:p2presearch@listcultures.org">p2presearch@listcultures.org</a> as well, mostly centered around Drupal.<br>
>>> Drupal's great, but I still stick by my suggestion and offer of ELGG<br>
>>> as the best 1 to 1 replacement for Ning, requiring the least amount of<br>
>>> effort.<br>
>>> --<br>
>>> --<br>
>>> Sam Rose<br>
>>> Forward Foundation<br>
>>> Tel:+1(517) 639-1552<br>
>>> Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451<br>
>>> skype: samuelrose<br>
>>> email: <a href="mailto:samuel.rose@gmail.com">samuel.rose@gmail.com</a><br>
>>> <a href="http://forwardfound.org" target="_blank">http://forwardfound.org</a><br>
>>> <a href="http://socialsynergyweb.org/culturing" target="_blank">http://socialsynergyweb.org/culturing</a><br>
>>> <a href="http://flowsbook.panarchy.com/" target="_blank">http://flowsbook.panarchy.com/</a><br>
>>> <a href="http://socialmediaclassroom.com" target="_blank">http://socialmediaclassroom.com</a><br>
>>> <a href="http://localfoodsystems.org" target="_blank">http://localfoodsystems.org</a><br>
>>> <a href="http://notanemployee.net" target="_blank">http://notanemployee.net</a><br>
>>> <a href="http://communitywiki.org" target="_blank">http://communitywiki.org</a><br>
>>> <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human<br>
>>> ambition." - Carl Sagan<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Work: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhurakij_Pundit_University" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhurakij_Pundit_University</a> - Think<br>
>> thank:<br>
>> <a href="http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI" target="_blank">http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI</a><br>
>><br>
>> P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> -<br>
>> <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a><br>
>><br>
>> Connect: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.ning.com" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.ning.com</a>; Discuss:<br>
>> <a href="http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org" target="_blank">http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.org</a><br>
>><br>
>> Updates: <a href="http://del.icio.us/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://del.icio.us/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens</a>;<br>
>> <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> --<br>
> Sam Rose<br>
> Forward Foundation<br>
> Tel:+1(517) 639-1552<br>
> Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451<br>
> skype: samuelrose<br>
> email: <a href="mailto:samuel.rose@gmail.com">samuel.rose@gmail.com</a><br>
> <a href="http://forwardfound.org" target="_blank">http://forwardfound.org</a><br>
> <a href="http://socialsynergyweb.org/culturing" target="_blank">http://socialsynergyweb.org/culturing</a><br>
> <a href="http://flowsbook.panarchy.com/" target="_blank">http://flowsbook.panarchy.com/</a><br>
> <a href="http://socialmediaclassroom.com" target="_blank">http://socialmediaclassroom.com</a><br>
> <a href="http://localfoodsystems.org" target="_blank">http://localfoodsystems.org</a><br>
> <a href="http://notanemployee.net" target="_blank">http://notanemployee.net</a><br>
> <a href="http://communitywiki.org" target="_blank">http://communitywiki.org</a><br>
> <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a><br>
><br>
> "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human<br>
> ambition." - Carl Sagan<br>
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