<div dir="ltr">fyi:<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Stacco Troncoso</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:staccotroncoso@p2pfoundation.net">staccotroncoso@p2pfoundation.net</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 12:44 AM<br>Subject: Commons Transition and FairCoop follow-up material<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%"><font face="georgia, serif"><font style="font-size:14pt" size="4"><b>Commons
Transition</b></font></font></p>
<ul><li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>The
<a href="http://commonstransition.org/" target="_blank">Commons Transition Website</a></b></font><font face="georgia, serif">
(for the front-end of the project, and to share with a wider
audience)</font></p>
</li><li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"><a href="http://wiki.commonstransition.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>The
Commons Transition Wiki</b></font></a><font face="georgia, serif">
(for the backend, featuring an expanding database of
cross-referenced policy proposals and practical ideas).</font></p>
</li><li>
<p><a href="http://commonstransition.org/commons-transition-the-book/" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Commons
Transition: Policy Proposals for an Open Knowledge Society</b></font></a><font face="georgia, serif">
(our free downloadable e-book)</font></p>
</li></ul>
<p><font face="georgia, serif">For a general introduction to Commons
Transition, I would recommend the website's "<a href="http://commonstransition.org/about-commons-transition-2/" target="_blank">About
page</a>", our <a href="http://commonstransition.org/frequently-asked-questions/" target="_blank">FAQ</a>
and a <a href="http://commonstransition.org/what-is-commons-transition/" target="_blank">special
introduction</a> written by Michel and our associate John Restakis.
The following is extracted from the "About" page and I
think that it's great overview of the scope of the project:</font></p>
<blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<font face="georgia, serif">"<b>The Commons Transition Platform</b>
is a database of practical experiences and policy proposals aimed
toward achieving a more humane and environmentally grounded mode of
societal organization. Basing a civil society on the Commons
(including the collaborative stewardship of our shared resources)
would enable a more egalitarian, just, and environmentally stable
society.</font></blockquote></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom:0in;border-width:medium medium medium 1px;border-style:none none none solid;border-color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 0.02in">
<font face="georgia, serif">The proposals in this web platform go
beyond rhetoric and are inspired by successful, self-organized
working communities that maintain themselves and their environments
through Commons Based Peer Production, Property and Governance.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote style="margin-bottom:0in;border-width:medium medium medium 1px;border-style:none none none solid;border-color:-moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 0.02in">
<font face="georgia, serif">The Commons, together with Peer to Peer
dynamics, represent a third mode of societal organization that
evolves away from the competitive Market State and obsolete,
centrally-planned systems. It is a system <b>based on the practices
and needs of civil society and the environment it inhabits</b> at the
local, regional, national and global levels."</font></blockquote>
<p><font face="georgia, serif">Additionally, we also talked about our
proposed new License, which Michel mentioned to you and Jean Louis
Rancell back in December. The materialization of this project will both protect and
enrich the cooperative sector and the social economy and we are
currently seeking allies and funders to contribute to its success. To
get a general idea, here's an extract from our introductory page on
the CopyFair License:</font></p>
<blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<font face="georgia, serif">"Commons Based Reciprocity Licenses (or "CopyFair") will provide for the free use
and unimpeded commercialization of licensed material within the
Commons while resisting its non-reciprocal appropriation by
for-profit driven entities, unless those entities contribute to the
Commons by way of licensing fees or other means. Our intention is to
stimulate wealth circulation within the Commons and strengthen the
resilience of P2P as a proto-mode of production with a constructive,
rather than extractive, relationship with the corporate sector."</font><br></blockquote></blockquote>
<ul><li>
<p><a href="http://commonstransition.org/commons-based-reciprocity-licenses/" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>An
Introduction to the CopyFair License</b></font></a><font face="georgia, serif">
(for the full text and a video where Michel explains the need for
this license)</font></p>
</li></ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in"> <font face="georgia, serif"><font style="font-size:14pt" size="4"><b>FairCoop </b></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%">FairCoop is an open cooperative building a more efficient economic system based on cooperation, abundance and new technologies to empower those values. An economic system needs efficient economic tools, FairCoin combines the most interesting aspects of cryptocurrencies and mutual credit with an overarching structure oriented towards circulation of benefits for the common good.</p><ul><li>This <a href="http://vimeo.com/109479717" target="_blank">animated video</a> is an excellent introduction to FairCoop and some of its innovative financial instruments.</li><li>For more in depth information, please visit <a href="https://fair.coop/" target="_blank">the FairCoop website</a>.</li><li>Additionally, I have attached a PDF Open Letter with an introduction to the project.</li></ul></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Thanks again Nicole, I hope you find this material both interesting and useful so it can be shared with potential allies in both the social economy and the cooperative sector. We believe that both Commons Transition and FairCoop can be very beneficial for all.<br><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Best, <br><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Stacco<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"></div><br></div>
</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan" target="_blank">http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan</a> </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/</a> <br></div></div>
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