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4 arguments against internet levy's
by Michel Bauwens 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

http://falkvinge.net/2011/03/09/an-internet-levy-is-a-terrible-idea/? I was not impressed in barcelona with the critiques against the flatrate, but I think this is different, and a well-argued critique, I wonder if Volcker or Philippe might have the time to engage with this, I'd love to publish an assessment on the p2p foundation blog, what can be rescued around the flatrate proposal, keeping this challenge in mind? Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Emergency Financial Managers Bill Passes Michigan House and Senate
by Samuel Rose 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

http://michiganmessenger.com/47203/emergency-managers-bill-sweeps-toward-fi… "An amendment to require Emergency Managers to hold monthly public meetings to let people know how they are governing was rejected by Senate Republicans, along with proposals to cap Emergency Manager compensation and require that those appointed to run school districts have some background in education." No public oversight, no education qualifications needed, no cap on compensation. Although the attention has been on Wisconsin, this action here in Michigan is even more draconian, unconstitutional, and the most undemocratic law ever proposed and passed in Michigan. As bad as this is, we are seeing it here as an opportunity to build a permanent platform for p2p political advocacy here in Michigan and in Wisconsin if people are interested there. We'll keep you updated. -- -- Sam Rose Future Forward Institute and Forward Foundation Tel:+1(517) 639-1552 Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451 skype: samuelrose email: samuel.rose(a)gmail.com http://forwardfound.org http://futureforwardinstitute.org http://hollymeadcapital.com http://p2pfoundation.net http://socialmediaclassroom.com "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition." - Carl Sagan

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Our proposed plugin architecture for diaspora: Keep it distributed and outside of the application
by Samuel Rose 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

http://bugs.joindiaspora.com/issues/311 Here's what I wrote: "We're experimenting with "plugin" architecture ideas for diaspora. We have a simple idea that is based off of the http://flows.panarchy.com draft RFC Our idea is to basically keep the "plugins" completely outside of the diaspora application. We think it could be worth thinking about making plugins/extensions that work with diaspora across a plurality of application layer protocols. "Plugins" could be coded in any programming language, provided that they conform to the diaspora API in terms of how they deal with data objects, and the plugins would run as a webservice with a variety of access/availability rules. The advantages here are that the problem of "my diaspora pod does not support that plugin" is effectively eliminated. As new types of content are available for sharing, if special functionality is required for making the new type of content viewable or usable in diaspora, it can live as one or more services available on servers to accomplish the needed processing. Diaspora instances could be set to use specific "plugin" services/sources, or could look for next nearest service available from a distributed registry for instance. I thought that now is a crucial time to think about a scalable way to allow people to develop extensions for diaspora in parallel. Keeping them outside of diaspora codebase keeps the code clean and lean and easier to refine without the burden of keeping extensions and plugins up to date because they are tightly integrated into the application. The extensions can instead be joined via external-facing API that supports multiple protocols. What do you all think?" -- -- Sam Rose Future Forward Institute and Forward Foundation Tel:+1(517) 639-1552 Cel: +1-(517)-974-6451 skype: samuelrose email: samuel.rose(a)gmail.com http://forwardfound.org http://futureforwardinstitute.org http://hollymeadcapital.com http://p2pfoundation.net http://socialmediaclassroom.com "The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition." - Carl Sagan

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accountability in a delegation system ? + legally legitimizing Panocratic Panarchy ?
by Dante-Gabryell Monson 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

In what I sometimes call "Corporatist Republics" , also sometimes called "Democracies", I personally question accountability, in such system of power delegation, when the politicians to whom such decision power is delegated to may have more of an interest to take decisions in the interest of multinational companies, as to possibly join their well paid board of directors after their political term, then in the interest of their citizens, or even their electorate, which is supposed to guarantee their re-election. Or when even their re-election depends on supporting multinational company interests, as to get the money to sponsor their re-election media campaigns. What sense does it still make to vote as to legitimize some form of a Corporatist Republic system, where not even the Tripartism Neo-Corporatist flavour of it can be counted on to enable democratic dialogue, and not even mass demonstrations seem to enable democratic dialogue ? *What other options are left ?* * * *Can we set up our own legal government framework , in accordance with constitution ?* *Can we set up our own complementary system to legitimize an alternative form of governance "instead" of a seemingly current unequal Corporatist Republic system ?* * * *What does it require to legitimize , legally speaking, a Panocratic Panarchy ?* * * *and if such alternative can be legally set up,* *how would it function, and what are the laws that would be based on contract based on the government we choose to legitimize,* *and what laws would be bounded by a common constitution to all forms of government corporations ?* * * *-------------* * * *http://p2pfoundation.net/Panocracy* * * A principle underlying systems of organisation that asserts that everyone has the right to make and act on decisions about things that affect them and that no one else has the right to take that away from them. and *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panarchy* *“an inclusive, universal system of governance in which all may participate meaningfully."* more links : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatism* * * *" One of the most prominent forms of corporatism is economic tripartism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartism> involving negotiations between business, labour, and state interest groups to set economic policy. "* * * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripartism

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March 21 Deadline! Call for Session Proposals for Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy
by Joe Rinehart 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

Hey, I thought this might be of interest to some folks on the list. We are certainly interested in making connections with folks from the P2P/Open Source movement. Thanks, Joe Rinehart ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ECWD <info(a)east.usworker.coop> Date: Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 12:18 PM Subject: March 21 Deadline! Call for Session Proposals To: ashevillejoe(a)gmail.com [image: Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy] ------------------------------ Dear Friends of the Eastern Conference for Workpace Democracy, As you may know, the ECWD will be held July 8-10, 2011 on the campus of University of Maryland, Baltimore County. We're in the process of recruiting presenters and proposals for panels, caucuses, or other sessions, and we'd love to hear from you! Click here to submit a proposal today!<https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG9fa3VNd2hhMDZSRng5Unp3bk…> To be clear, we're working with a modest budget and* can neither waive registration fees nor subsidize travel*. We do, however, have some room to help presenters and participants meet financial needs through scholarships if they income-qualify. The *deadline to submit proposals is March 21* and we expect to confirm presenters by the end of March. So far we've tentatively confirmed or are working to confirm: - *Keynote Address w/ Melissa Hoover*, US Federation of Worker Cooperatives - Plenary: "*Trends in Worker Co-op Development and Community-Based Solutions*" (presenters TBD) - "*Connecting Within Great Swaths of the Nation: How Worker Owners Can Gather Without Bankrupting Their Cooperative*" with Frank Adams & others - "*How to Bring Evergreen to Your Community*" with Steve Dubb, Democracy Collaborative - "*Legislation and Urban Cooperative Development*" with Lisa Stolarski, Keystone Development Center - "*Latino/Latina-Owned Cooperatives: Challenges and Success Stories*", a roundtable discussion (presenters TBD) - "*Lessons from Wisconsin: Worker Co-ops Defending Workers Rights*" John McNamara & Rebecca Kemble - "*Interfaith Movement Building*", a panel moderated by Esther West, Equal Exchange (speakers TBD) - "*Building Alliances to Meet Community Needs in a Post-Global Economy*" with Deborah Olson, Center for Community Based Enterprise, Detroit - "*Putting the Human Back in Human Resources: Policies and Structures that Create a Culture of Care*" (presenter TBD) - "*Building Inclusive Board Practices: Elections, Governance, and Engaging Your Constituents*" with Ole Olsen, Isthmus Engineering - 1-2 sessions with the *Anti-Oppression Resource Training Alliance*(AORTA) We'll consider any and all proposals, but our wish list includes: - Communication and Conflict Resolution - Engaging Members in Multi-stakeholder Co-ops, including food/consumer cooperatives - Marketing/Building Public Awareness of Co-ops - Financial Management and Planning - Internal Orientation, Education and Training - Organizational Structure - Collaborative/Open Source Technology Please note that we only have space for roughly 24 sessions. ECWD will prioritize the voices of women, people of color, people with disabilities and other members of groups that have been historically marginalized within our movement. We appreciate all proposals! Please visit our website for more information: http://east.usworker.coop Questions? Comments? Please contact Neily Jennings at neily(a)east.usworker.coop or 802.448.0972(US) / 514.433.6164 (Canada) Thank you! Neily Jennings and Esteban Kelly, ECWD Organizers -- If you do not want to receive any more newsletters, this link<http://broadcast.east.usworker.coop/?p=unsubscribe&uid=700e1e620a99438532f6…> To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit this link<http://broadcast.east.usworker.coop/?p=preferences&uid=700e1e620a99438532f6…> Forward a Message to Someone this link<http://broadcast.east.usworker.coop/?p=forward&uid=700e1e620a99438532f64f3d…> powered by phplist <http://www.phplist.com> v 2.10.12, © tincan ltd<http://tincan.co.uk/powered>

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Re: [P2P-F] P2P Foundation
by Michel Bauwens 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

thanks Jennifer, will have a look, Michel On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Jennifer Lynch <jenniferlynch86(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Michel, > > > > I work with Toponlinecolleges.com, where we just published entitled *"10 > Protests that Changed the World"* Considering this overlap in subject > matter with your blog; I thought perhaps you would be interested in sharing > the article with your readers? If so, you can find the article here: *(* > http://www.toponlinecolleges.com/blog/2011/10-protests-that-changed-the-wor… > *)*. > > > > Either way, I'm glad to have come across your blog. If there's anything > else on our site that interests you, please feel free to let me know. Thanks > again for the great content! > > > > > > Sincerely, > > Jennifer Lynch > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Unions for Immaterial Production?
by Patrick Anderson 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

The effectiveness of collective bargaining has always been threatened by independent peers who are willing to accept lower wages and endure poor working conditions. For traditional manufacturing jobs, these 'alternate' workers can usually be kept from accessing the Means of Production by forming a physical barrier around the worksite or through various threats that can be carried out because it is easy to monitor who is actually entering the establishment. Yet these valuable techniques of intimidation and coercion so vital to protecting Worker Rights are unlikely to be applicable in the realm of "immaterial production". When it comes to something like Free Software, how can we, the International Programmers of the World, unionize effectively to *stop* independent programmers from creating the solutions that consumers need? This is a catastrophic issue, as many of these independents are willing to work not just for a low Wage, but for Free! They often fix bugs and add features without any pay at all! How can workers in the 'immaterial' sphere possibly "make a living" with such anarchy and disrespect for organized labor, and with no ability to stop that production?

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google's voip
by Michel Bauwens 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/08/google.voice.can.make.pure.in… Hi Sepp, could you look into this for the P2P blog? Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem
by Michel Bauwens 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

http://p2pfoundation.net/Digital_Manufacturing_Ecosystem Dear Sam, I hadn't seen this before but it is a very useful overview of the Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem Could you help me to put this in a table, so that we can seed in various strategic places such as the http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Manufacturingsection, etc.. Michel -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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Re: [P2P-F] Video--Social media and its role in revolutions
by Michel Bauwens 10 Mar '11

10 Mar '11

thanks for informing us, we will certainly check it out, Michel On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 2:04 AM, Avi Ben-Zvi <abraham.benzvi(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hey P2P Foundation, > > My name is Avi Ben-Zvi and I work for a music website in New York called > BreakThru Radio. Although our primary focus is music, we do have culture > related material, especially in our video segment *The Pulse*. On this > week's episode, we have one of our video correspondents ask Egyptian > Americans in New York about the recent revolution and their thoughts on the > matter. We also talk with a Human Rights Expert on Lybia about the > situation and the impact of social media on the developing uprisings. Below > is a link for you to check out. > > HD YouTube link: http://bit.ly/i8ngCH > > <http://bit.ly/i8ngCH>I thought your fans and site viewers at P2P > Foundation might enjoy this video, with a different perspective from > Egyptians in this country and an expert analysis of all the factors. > > Let me know what you think and I look forward to hearing from you soon! > > > -- > Avi Ben-Zvi // Social Media Director > http://www.breakthruradio.com > -------------------------------------------------- > Follow us on Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/breakthruradio> > Like us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Breakthru-Radio/206923305736> > > > > > -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens

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