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From: Marcin Jakubowski <<a href="mailto:opensourceecology@gmail.com" target="_blank">opensourceecology@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 4:15 PM<br>
Subject: Re: Summer of Open Hardware<br>
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Friends,<br>
<br>
I would like to chime in by saying that we'll be holding our first major<br>
Factor e Farm Convergence (Kansas City Area) on September 1-30 to make
major<br>
strides on the ground with respect to the Global Vilage Construction Set<br>
(GVCS) development. This will be like Foo<br>
Camp<<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Camp" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Camp</a>>,<br>
except longer, and focused towards on-the-ground prototyping,
development,<br>
and documentation of the GVCS, by invitation only. It will be an Apollo<br>
Program for the GVCS.<br>
<br>
Contact me if you're interested in the development - building,
prototyping,<br>
documentation, and other work. You will be expected to lead the
development<br>
of your proposed project during the Convergence. Our goal is to
prototype at<br>
least 10 of the 50 GVCS<br>
machines<<a href="http://opensourceecology.org.nyud.net/gvcs.php" target="_blank">http://opensourceecology.org.nyud.net/gvcs.php</a>>,<br>
including supporting hardware such as modern steam engines, stepper
motors,<br>
hydraulic motors, and electrical generators. We expect at least a $100k<br>
budget available for this, via Kickstarter and other crowd funding<br>
initiatives in development. So come to see the tractors rumble, torch
tables<br>
fire, and solar collectors electrify.<br>
<br>
This will be an unprecedented sociotechnological phenomenon, dedicated
to<br>
pushing the open source movement forward and to developing a solid
platform<br>
for Distributive<br>
Enterprise<<a href="http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Distributive_Enterprise" target="_blank">http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Distributive_Enterprise</a>>.<br>
We are looking for everyone from CAD, design, fabrication, prototyping,<br>
videography, natural building, energy, transportation, technical
writing,<br>
graphics and design, media, systems egineering, and other subject matter<br>
experts - all the infrastrcture that takes our prototypes to Full
Product<br>
Release. Read our Crash Course <<a href="http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Crash_Course" target="_blank">http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Crash_Course</a>>and<br>
Blog <<a href="http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/" target="_blank">http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/</a>>
to see our present status. We are<br>
expecting about 100 people to converge, and we expect a merry and
productive<br>
time with participants from all over the globe.<br>
<br>
See my related TED Talk <<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.html" target="_blank">http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.html</a>>,<br>
and print our new<br>
Brochure<<a href="http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ose-trifold-brochure/" target="_blank">http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ose-trifold-brochure/</a>>to<br>
give to your friends. Tweet and spread this message. Join us if you're<br>
interested in creating history.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your time. I posted this message here - <a href="http://bit.ly/k7VaVe" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/k7VaVe</a><br>
<br>
Marcin<br>
<br>
<br>
> > Technoserve, and others but my projects were about appropriate<br>
> > technologies.<br>
<br>
> > Some idea? How to get sponsors?<br>
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