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Fwd:must read, foundational and interesting article by Ugo Mattei
by Michel Bauwens 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

I'm really recommending this one: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Bollier <david(a)bollier.org> Date: Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 3:49 AM Subject: interesting article To: Silke Helfrich <Silke.Helfrich(a)gmx.de>, Michel Bauwens < michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> There is an article by Ugo Mattei that I thought you might like to read: Ugo Mattei (2011) The State, the Market, and some Preliminary Question about the Commons (French and English Version), http://works.bepress.com/ugo_mattei/40. -- David Bollier david(a)bollier.org www.viralspiral.cc Commons Strategy Group Now blogging at www.Bollier.org 511 Old Farm Road Amherst, MA 01002 USA 413-259-2009 -- 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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Fwd: Poor Richard 's idea: a national public wikipedia
by Michel Bauwens 02 Apr '11

02 Apr '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Facebook <update+pjiidwm(a)facebookmail.com> Date: Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 9:54 AM Subject: Poor Richard commented on your link. To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> facebook<http://www.facebook.com/n/?mbauwens%2Fposts%2F110189509064116&mid=4008d19G1…> Hi Michel, Poor Richard commented on your link. Poor wrote: "I think it is time for a National Public Wikipedia that would aggregate many wiki domains including the legacy Wikipedia and forks like Citizendium. This public metawiki would not intervene in legacy subwiki editorial and political issues but would establish a universal presentation, user interface, and meta-data standard so it could serve as a two-way portal (editing and presentation) and a single point of access to all wikis. This National Public Wikipedia could also have a layer that aggregates and standardizes all the reputation/quality/confidence metrics. In conjunction with this, the same organization could also host a National Public Search Engine and a National Public Social Networking platform based on transparent open source software. Further, the same organization could maintain a distribution of Linux that would include a p2p cloud server node on which all these National Public Internet services could run in distributed fashion." See the comment thread<http://www.facebook.com/n/?mbauwens%2Fposts%2F110189509064116&mid=4008d19G1…> Reply to this email to comment on this link. Thanks, The Facebook Team See Comment<http://www.facebook.com/n/?mbauwens%2Fposts%2F110189509064116&mid=4008d19G1…>The message was sent to michelsub2004(a)gmail.com. If you don't want to receive these emails from Facebook in the future or have your email address used for friend suggestions, you can unsubscribe<http://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=c05bf5&u=528245547&mid=4008d19G1f7c632bGe2d…>. Facebook, Inc. P.O. Box 10005, Palo Alto, CA 94303 -- 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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local info toolkit
by Michel Bauwens 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Dear Sepp, if you have time, thanks for looking into this and eventually presenting it: see http://workingwikily.net/?p=1448 many many thanks for your continued publication and research support! -- 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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migrating from ning to open source 'federating' platform? (like BuddyPress)
by elf Pavlik 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hello, Recently I try to keep track on open source social networking platforms, with emphasis on those who work on implementing 'federation' protocols. BuddyPress belongs to them and I've just found this plugin which should import ning network, short post about it available here: http://teleogistic.net/2010/07/import-from-ning-now-imports-ning-content-in… Example of BuddyPress installation you can see for example at: http://hitchwiki.org/community/ I wonder if anyone from P2P foundation 'IT department' would like to experiment with it? I could also try to research more about current capacity of BP to federate with other networks (and platforms). =) elf Pavlik

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Fwd: Green Digital Fabrication event in Ireland, possibly May Day 2011 (i.e. next month)
by Michel Bauwens 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

will be in dublin around that time as well, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) <hexayurt(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 8:52 PM Subject: Green Digital Fabrication event in Ireland, possibly May Day 2011 (i.e. next month) To: Smari McCarthy <smari(a)immi.is>, Phoebe <pvm.doc(a)gmail.com>, Anu < narnua(a)gmail.com>, Eleanor Saitta <ella(a)dymaxion.org>, Arthur Doohan < arthur.doohan(a)gmail.com>, dougald hine <writetodougald(a)gmail.com>, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com>, pat kane <playethical(a)gmail.com>, alan.patrick(a)broadsight.com, indy.johar(a)gmail.com, alice < Alice(a)research00.net> All, As you know (and, yes, I *know* this is April 1st, but this is *NOT* - repeat *NOT* an April 1st gag) I've recently got involved with the Cloughjordan Ecovillage (http://thevillage.ie) which is *NOT* repeat *NOT* a containment facility for political prisoners being kicked out of the British civil-service-military-big-society-complex* regardless of how much the place occasionally resembles Portmerion designed by Salvador Dali. (this is a reference to the British TV show, "The Prisoner.") Onwards, to the point. May 1st, or there abouts, there's talk of a substantial meeting-of-minds in Dublin to discuss the potential for three things: 1> Putting a fab-lab type facility (similar tooling, possibly different goals) at http://thevillage.ie 2> Discussing the interface between their deep green (i.e. they don't like you to use concrete in building your house if you can avoid it) values and digital fabrication 3> Putting Cloughjordan on the map at a cultural level in Europe, as they've actually come a hell of a long way in the past two years, and are potentially going to be quite important in setting cultural direction in Ireland as the shit hits the fan financially in the country this year. As a guidepost on that, homes which were standing empty at 250,000 EUR for several years are now on the market at 70,000 EUR. That's new in the past two months, as the consensus that the old valuations will return in the distant future cracks and people begin to accept that Something New Is Happening. The venue will be http://cultivate.ie, the date is still somewhat fluid, and I'm basically giving you a brief heads-up and "consider saving the date" now, with all details up in the air and to be decided. NOT, repeat NOT an April Fool's. I just wasn't going to wait until Monday to send this. Vinay * The Industrial part of Britain's former Military-Industrial-Imperial complex was shut down in the cuts of 1986 -- Vinay Gupta Free Science and Engineering in the Global Public Interest http://hexayurt.com - free/open next generation human sheltering http://hexayurt.com/plan - the whole systems, big picture vision "In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer" - Albert Camus Twitter/Skype/Gizmo/Gtalk/AIM: hexayurt UK Cell : +44 (0) 7500 895568 / USA VOIP (+1) 775-743-1851 -- 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] marcin's audio intro
by Phoebe Moore 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

I gave a presentation to the graduate students here in Manchester Wednesday this week on open source, free software, open hardware, collaborative communities, permaculture, fab labs, etc. I talked quite a lot about the Open Source Ecology and the work of Marcin Jacubowski and in my presentation this week I talked about the microfactory they're working on. The online journal of Fibreculture special issue on media ecologies will be out this weekend or early next week, edited by Jussi Parikka and Michael Goddard. A relevant paper I've written on these matters is published therein. On 1 Apr 2011 06:42, "Michel Bauwens" <michelsub2004(a)gmail.com> wrote:

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Fwd: News on the commons: April Fools 2011
by Michel Bauwens 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jay Walljasper <jay(a)jaywalljasper.com> Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:54 PM Subject: News on the commons: April Fools 2011 To: Jay Walljasper <jay(a)jaywalljasper.com> Dear Friends: Because we all need a good laugh these days, plus snickers and guffaws, I am forwarding you the April Fools Edition of the On The Commons newsletter. The rest of the year we do more serious reporting about the key issues and opportunities of our time. You can sign up for the newsletter at www.OnTheCommons.org. Happy April Fools, Jay Walljasper [image: On the Commons] APRIL FOOLS EDITION, 2011 What’s on the Commons [image: President Obama making a speech at a podium] Obama Creates Cabinet Post for Commons In a policy shift, Adminstration highlights importance of equity, environment and public spaces *READ MORE …*<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Fsc54LShetszMPSYdCEhH…> On the Commons<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Bvp5uoSRnCggvjTJV2IGF…>is a network of citizens and organizations working toward a commons-based society. The commons refers to the natural and socially-created commons belonging to all of us that-when used wisely and fairly-will benefit everyone, including future generations. INITIATIVES AND IDEAS FROM *ON THE COMMONS* Key Voting Bloc Targeted by Both Parties in 2012 Common Security Club members are the new soccer moms … *READ MORE*<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SMasoEat8tsQcKMH4Z4Ny…> NEWS OF THE *COMMONS* COMMONERS Koch Brothers In a shocking exposé, energy moguls and privatization gurus are found to use the commons almost every day … *READ MORE*<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1XW1Qb%2BuR%2F0qncYoo…> Elinor Ostrom on New Postage Stamp Nobel-winning commons economist honored alongside Eleanor Roosevelt and Rachel Carson … *READ MORE*<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EuNgj2W1Bv6EcE8JJEZ0o…> [image: GE logo] GE Logo Now Tops Washington Monument National Park Service complaints overruled by Supreme Court decision … *READ MORE*<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6tRIFrT1MILKKp%2Fnc3I…> Bill Gates Funds $10 Billion Open Source Software Initiative Not to be outdone, Mark Zuckerberg throws in $12 billion … *READ MORE*<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=olaJM6Mqnk%2By162r4RZ…> [image: Bill Gates] [image: A map of the Ogallala Aquifer] T. Boone Pickens Drops Bid to Buy Ogallala Aquifer Legendary raider stopped in his tracks by coalition of farmers, greens, and native people … *READ MORE*<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fl9a105%2FnY5GiTiVnww…> Wal-Mart Hounds Richer than Most U.S. Families Net worth of Walton family dogs ten times higher than average American household … *READ MORE*<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=clPAuCf2ztSX%2FUxzUFG…> [image: An Afghan hound] [image: On the commons] Click here to unsubscribe<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2lWOaPXDr9aIJkMNeNtdh…> Jay Walljasper **Writer *Speaker *Storyteller* JayWalljasper.com <http://www.jaywalljasper.com/> * * * * -- 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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using market and state forms in the context of p2p social change
by Michel Bauwens 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hi Orsan, I could not find Red Star mentioned here, can you help? see http://nightsoflabour.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/state-or-market-what-links-r… if you have time to find the other 2, it would be great: One of the arguments which underpin the previous posts on Red Star, Cybersyn and Flower Market, yet are not explicitly stated is that socialist reconfigurations should be free enough to use state and market instruments alike. In this post I will try to better formulate this argument in this post by deriving insights from Rough Theory and Hack the State ( http://www.roughtheory.org and http://hackthestate.org) -- 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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turkish labour blog?
by Michel Bauwens 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

hi orsan, any commentary on this site: http://nightsoflabour.wordpress.com/ -- 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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extra comments welcome on: Replacing systems management with complex responsive processes in peer to peer work environments
by Michel Bauwens 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

I'm excerpting this on the 6th: http://bobcannell.blogspot.com/2010/10/break-free-from-our-systems-prison.h… all major management schools are based on the idea of organisations being systems. From 1920s scientific management to 2000s complexity edge of chaos ideas. Systems thinking requires a separation between controlled and controllers even if they are the same people Excerpted<http://bobcannell.blogspot.com/2010/10/break-free-from-our-systems-prison.h…>from *Bob Cannell*: *“As a worker cooperator I have struggled for years to use ‘normal’ management techniques in worker co-ops. Often they don’t work. Members don’t like them even when they have agreed a business plan, they feel oppressed and trapped by their own agreements.* *The biggest problem has been strategic development. While ‘normal’ operational (next week) and tactical (next year) management ‘best practices’ are ok, I have never seen or experienced a ‘normal’ strategic development method being successful in a worker co-op in the UK. After several years of searching I think I may have found the reason. ‘Normal’ management methods are fundamentally unsuited to our open, egalitarian cultures. Indeed at their core, they are designed to suppress workers and privilege the vested interests of their controllers. So, you say, we knew that, but the depth of this ideology is the surprise.* *Ralph D Stacey of the University of Herfordshire claims that all major management schools are based on the idea of organisations being systems. >From 1920s scientific management to 2000s complexity edge of chaos ideas. Systems thinking requires a separation between controlled and controllers even if they are the same people (hence the bizarre feeling of being oppressed by your own business plan).* *This idea is revolutionary. Furthermore the IT revolution is driving changes in business which are making systems based management methods unworkable anywhere. We are being pushed towards Stacey’s alternative; to understand organisations as complex processes of relationships and communications between people, with little opportunity for prescriptive planning and executive control.* *The picture of this “Complex Responsive Process” thinking in practice is much more sympathetic to collectively organised worker co-ops and other egalitarian workplaces. It encourages a much more co-operative way of organising and operating businesses which we can use much more easily than our investor owned or executive controlled competition.* *What do we do? Stop trying to stuff worker co-ops into systems control and start to take advantage of the liberation of process thinking.” * -- 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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