[P2P-F] update on Campaign for Commons Literacy

[George Por]

> (Chris, could you ning this crowdfunding campaign update from our friends?,
many thanks!!)

Chris, if you do that, would you pls change ³you² in the 4th paragraph to
Michel Bauwens, who was the addressee of my original message.

thanks -

george
> 
> 
> Via George Por:
> 
> The Campaign for Commons Literacy is definitely progressing although not as
> rapidly as we would like it. So far the
> http://www.indiegogo.com/CommonsCampaign page with our video got 2935 page
> views; we have 14 crowdfunders who donated a total of $946; our Facebook page
> http://www.facebook.com/SchoolOfCommoning attracted 144 ³Likes.²
> 
> Even more important than those figures is the outpouring of interest and
> solidarity that triggers good conversations, in which people from different
> continents and walks of life tell us about their enthusiasm for getting
> involved with the campaign in various ways. So the Campaign is already
> becoming what it was intended to: one of the dynamic hubs of the commons
> movement. 
> 
> Another important news is that we¹re merging with the Commons Learning
> Alliance, under the name of School of Commoning. By the end of next week, we
> plan to launch the Campaign Commons, a multi-platform web space, centered on
> the SoC site as its coordination and learning hub.
> 
> We are also planning to use James Quilligan visit to the UK later this month,
> to feature him in our Meetings with Remarkable Commoners that you graciously
> inaugurated in May. In December, we hope to introduce Silke Helfrich to the
> London commoning scene, in the same series.
> 
> To finish this message, let me quote a graffiti on our Facebook wall:
> 
>> All boats rise with the tide. And so it is with commoning. Working together
>> raises our collective potential for a higher quality of life.
>> The current tide of history is the Commons.
> 
> Here¹s a beautiful illustration, giving us a visual reminder of that simple
> fact of life: 
> http://www.schoolofcommoning.com/content/about-soc
> 
> for the Commons!
> 
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: George Por <george at community-intelligence.com>
> Date: Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:39 PM
> Subject: [Commoning] p.s. to School of Commoning / Campaign for Commons
> Literacy
> To: Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net>
> Cc: Anna Betz <anna at schoolofcommoning.com>, mark jagdev
> <mark at schoolofcommoning.com>, commoning at lists.wissensallmende.de, Tia Carr
> Williams <tia at schoolofcommoning.com>
> 
> 
> I was so eager to get the previous message with all those news to you that I
> forgot to check the spelling. If you plan to re-transmit the message anywhere,
> please correct:
> 
> in the first line, Litearcay to Literacy
> and
> in the last line, gerge to george
> 
> thanks -
> 
> g.
>> 
>> The Campaign for Commons Litearcay is definitely progressing although not as
>> rapidly as we would like it. So far the
>> http://www.indiegogo.com/CommonsCampaign page with our video got 2935 page
>> views; we have 14 crowdfunders who donated a total of $946; our Facebook page
>> http://www.facebook.com/SchoolOfCommoning attracted 144 ³Likes.²
>> 
>> Even more important than those figures is the outpouring of interest and
>> solidarity that triggers good conversations, in which people from different
>> continents and walks of life tell us about their enthusiasm for getting
>> involved with the campaign in various ways. So the Campaign is already
>> becoming what it was intended to: one of the dynamic hubs of the commons
>> movement. 
>> 
>> Another important news is that we¹re merging with the Commons Learning
>> Alliance, under the name of School of Commoning. By the end of next week, we
>> plan to launch the Campaign Commons, a multi-platform web space, centered on
>> the SoC site as its coordination and learning hub.
>> 
>> We are also planning to use James Quilligan visit to the UK later this month,
>> to feature him in our Meetings with Remarkable Commoners that you graciously
>> inaugurated in May. In December, we hope to introduce Silke Helfrich to the
>> London commoning scene, in the same series.
>> 
>> To finish this message, let me quote a graffiti on our Facebook wall:
>> 
>>> All boats rise with the tide. And so it is with commoning. Working together
>>> raises our collective potential for a higher quality of life.
>>> The current tide of history is the Commons.
>> 
>> Here¹s a beautiful illustration, giving us a visual reminder of that simple
>> fact of life: 
>> http://www.schoolofcommoning.com/content/about-soc
>> 
>> for the Commons!
>> 
>> gerge
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