yes indeed,<br><br>if we can help in documenting and presenting a research base, do let us know,<br><br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Samuel Rose <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:samuel.rose@gmail.com">samuel.rose@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Richard Schulte<br>
<<a href="mailto:richard@flywheelcollective.com">richard@flywheelcollective.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Thanks Sam for bringing this up!<br>
><br>
> Flywheel had the pleasure of meeting with the Ohio Employee Ownership<br>
> Center several days ago. �We brought up this specific concept to Roy<br>
> Messing, their Cooperative Development Program director, and he brought<br>
> up a few possible constraints, but definitely an interest in the<br>
> possibilities.<br>
><br>
> Apparently it varies widely state by state, but laws around the use of<br>
> pension funds, 401(k) programs, health funds, and other major benefit<br>
> funds which are often held in common by workers can be somewhat<br>
> restrictive towards investment. �However, he expressed that he would be<br>
> further exploring the possibilities and spreading the idea. �The<br>
> additional option is that some of the companies who employ these workers<br>
> may also be interested in contributing towards these investments, and<br>
> the imagination widens when other community investment groups are<br>
> involved.<br>
><br>
> After reflecting on that option, it seems that peer-based manufacturing<br>
> could present a very interesting opportunity for many of the extant<br>
> manufacturers to be able to assist in the 'fill-in' of their supply<br>
> chains by lending towards the creation of extensive networks of small,<br>
> agile, and lean micromanufacturing shops employing p2p methods.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Richard, thanks!<br>
<br>
Is there something that we as P2PF can do to help with this<br>
effort/initiative? Need help with research/structuring knowledge (this<br>
is all stuff P2PF does) that can help make the case. I don't speak for<br>
everyone here of course, and P2PF is an international group. But, I<br>
know many of us are interested in this, and we're already actively<br>
gathering info and synthesizing it into knowledge around some of these<br>
topics. Plus, we (P2PF and Future Forward Institute/Forward<br>
Foundation) are actively working to create and support capacity for<br>
FLOS hardware and distributed manufacturing. Maybe if you have time<br>
next week, we can talk about how we can work together on this via<br>
voice?<br>
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