<div dir="ltr">new update of what we have so far on plan C<div><br></div><div>I'm also including an article I wrote today outlining P2P-F proposals for a commons transition strategy</div><div><br></div><div><h1 id="firstHeading" class="" style="color:rgb(28,51,71);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.1em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);width:auto;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;line-height:1.2em;text-align:justify;background:none"><span dir="auto">Plan C for Advancing the Commons Transition in Greece</span></h1><div id="bodyContent" style="font-size:0.8em;width:797.102233886719px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Ubuntu,'Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><div id="contentSub" style="font-size:10.7520008087158px;line-height:1.2em;margin:0px 0px 1.4em 1em;color:rgb(125,125,125);width:auto"></div><div id="jump-to-nav" class="" style="overflow:hidden;height:0px;zoom:1;margin-bottom:1.4em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#mw-head" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"></a><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#p-search" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"></a></div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="" style="direction:ltr"><table id="toc" class="" style="font-size:12.1599998474121px;border:1px solid rgb(170,170,170);padding:5px;background-color:rgb(249,249,249)"><tbody><tr><td><div id="toctitle" style="direction:ltr;text-align:center"><h2 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);margin:0px 0px 0.6em;overflow:hidden;padding:0px;border:none;width:auto;font-size:12.1599998474121px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;display:inline;background:none">Contents</h2><span class="" style="font-size:11.4304008483887px"> [<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#" class="" id="togglelink" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">hide</a>] </span></div><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:none;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em;padding:0px;text-align:left"><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Context" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">1</span> <span class="">Context</span></a></li><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Status" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">2</span> <span class="">Status</span></a></li><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Proposals" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">3</span> <span class="">Proposals</span></a><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:none;margin:0px 0px 0px 2em;padding:0px"><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Building_up_alternative_democratic_power_and_self-organization" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">3.1</span> <span class="">Building up alternative democratic power and self-organization</span></a></li><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Monetary_Reform" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">3.2</span> <span class="">Monetary Reform</span></a><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:none;margin:0px 0px 0px 2em;padding:0px"><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Background_Documents" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">3.2.1</span> <span class="">Background Documents</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Productive_Reform" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">3.3</span> <span class="">Productive Reform</span></a><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:none;margin:0px 0px 0px 2em;padding:0px"><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Background_Documents_2" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">3.3.1</span> <span class="">Background Documents</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Energy_Infrastructure" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">3.4</span> <span class="">Energy Infrastructure</span></a><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:none;margin:0px 0px 0px 2em;padding:0px"><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Background_documents_3" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">3.4.1</span> <span class="">Background documents</span></a></li></ul></li><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Knowledge_Infrastructures" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">3.5</span> <span class="">Knowledge Infrastructures</span></a></li><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Background_Documents_4" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">3.6</span> <span class="">Background Documents</span></a></li><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Public.2FState_Infrastructure:_The_Partner_State_and_the_Commonification_of_Public_Services" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">3.7</span> <span class="">Public/State Infrastructure: The Partner State and the Commonification of Public Services</span></a><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:none;margin:0px 0px 0px 2em;padding:0px"><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Background_Documents_5" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">3.7.1</span> <span class="">Background Documents</span></a></li><li class="" style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece#Discussion" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none"><span class="">3.7.2</span> <span class="">Discussion</span></a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><h1 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.6em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);width:auto;font-size:24.064001083374px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.7539205551147px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Context" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Context">Context</span></h1><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">Plan A is the name for the capitulation towards the demands of the creditors, now the most realistic possibility; plan B is the Grexit which offers Greece an independent path within the same economic logic, but with basic sovereign powers to protect and advance their own interests; plan C stands for a <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Transition" title="Commons Transition" class="" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Commons Transition</a>, which can take place either under conditions laid out by Plan A or Plan B, but which could become the main strategy under conditions of a revival of popular power and democracy.</p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em"><br><b>* For general background on the concept of Commons Transition</b>, see,</p><ol style="line-height:1.5em;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">The <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commons_Transition_Plan" title="Commons Transition Plan" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Commons Transition Plan</a>, crafted for the FLOK Society project in Ecuador, with a better designed <a class="" href="http://commonstransition.org/commons-transition-the-book/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);padding-right:13px">eBook version</a> at<a class="" href="http://commonstransition.org/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);padding-right:13px">http://commonstransition.org</a></li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">A very short summary of that transition logic is <a class="" href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Transition_Proposals_Towards_a_Commons-Oriented_Economy_and_Society" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);padding-right:13px">here</a> and <a class="" href="http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-reviewed-papers/towards-a-new-reconfiguration-among-the-state-civil-society-and-the-market/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);padding-right:13px">here</a></li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">An <a class="" href="http://commonstransition.org/a-new-evaluation-of-the-flok-experience-in-ecuador-whats-next/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);padding-right:13px">evaluation of the limitations of the FLOK project</a>, which did not include a mandate for physical commons infrastructures</li></ol><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em"><b>* Plan C references for Greece:</b></p><ol style="line-height:1.5em;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a class="" href="http://roarmag.org/2015/07/syriza-bailout-movements-greece-crisis/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);padding-right:13px">Time for renewed popular resistance</a></li></ol><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">By Theodoros Karyotis On July 13, 2015 :</p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">"Now is the moment for a broad alliance of social forces to bring forward a ‘Plan C’, based on social collaboration, decentralized self-government and the stewardship of common goods. Without overlooking its significance, national electoral politics is not the privileged field of action when it comes to social transformation. The withering away of democracy in Europe should be complemented and challenged by the fortification of self-organized communities at a local level and the forging of strong bonds between them, along with a turn to a solidarity- and needs-based economy, and the collective management and defense of common goods."</p><h1 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.6em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);width:auto;font-size:24.064001083374px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.7539205551147px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Status" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Status">Status</span></h1><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">A very very preliminary first draft at this stage, but this document will improve every day.</p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em"><br></p><h1 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.6em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);width:auto;font-size:24.064001083374px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.7539205551147px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Proposals" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Proposals">Proposals</span></h1><h2 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.6em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);width:auto;font-size:19.2000007629395px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.8640003204346px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Building up alternative democratic power and self-organization" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Building_up_alternative_democratic_power_and_self-organization">Building up alternative democratic power and self-organization</span></h2><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Commons_Transition_Circles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="" title="Commons Transition Circles (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(165,88,88);background:none">Commons Transition Circles</a> for every town and region to be the advocates and agents of commons creation ; create a <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Coalition_of_Commons_Transition_Circles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="" title="Coalition of Commons Transition Circles (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(165,88,88);background:none">Coalition of Commons Transition Circles</a> to share and coordinate activities; members of these circles support the creation of the initiatives listed below.</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Assemblies_of_the_Commons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="" title="Assemblies of the Commons (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(165,88,88);background:none">Assemblies of the Commons</a> for every town and region, and per social domain of activity to unite the citizens with commons concerns ; create a <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Coalition_of_the_Assemblies_of_the_Commons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="" title="Coalition of the Assemblies of the Commons (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(165,88,88);background:none">Coalition of the Assemblies of the Commons</a> to share and coordinate activities</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Chambers_of_the_Commons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="" title="Chambers of the Commons (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(165,88,88);background:none">Chambers of the Commons</a>, bound by social charters, for every town and region and for economic domains of activity; members are all entrepreneurial and producitive entities responsible for the livelihood of the commoners ; create a <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Coalition_of_the_Chambers_of_the_Commons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="" title="Coalition of the Chambers of the Commons (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(165,88,88);background:none">Coalition of the Chambers of the Commons</a> to share and coordinate activities</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Mutual_Aid_Networks" title="Mutual Aid Networks" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Mutual Aid Networks</a> in every town and region to assist citizens in their access to basic resources</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create a <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Association_for_the_Advancement_of_the_Commons_Transition&action=edit&redlink=1" class="" title="Association for the Advancement of the Commons Transition (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(165,88,88);background:none">Association for the Advancement of the Commons Transition</a> to coordinate policy proposals to be carried out by civic or public service entities in support of the transition</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create a 'facilitation skills' and 'self-management learning center' to support even non-commons organizations of all sorts to move to self-management inspired by the experiences described for example in the book, <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Reinventing_Organizations" title="Reinventing Organizations" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Reinventing Organizations</a></li></ul><h2 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.6em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);width:auto;font-size:19.2000007629395px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.8640003204346px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Monetary Reform" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Monetary_Reform">Monetary Reform</span></h2><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create a independent national currency, citizen-based if need be</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create a national B2B currency (Swiss bank) for use as B2B reserve currency</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create a network of local and regional currencies</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create a national public bank, citizen-based if needed</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create a solidarity economy bank</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create a 'self-management learning center' to support even non-commons organizations of all sorts moving towards self-management structures and processes, inspired by the spirit of <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Reinventing_Organizations" title="Reinventing Organizations" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Reinventing Organizations</a></li></ul><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em"><br></p><h3 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.3em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-style:none;width:auto;font-size:16.8959999084473px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.8409595489502px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Background Documents" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Background_Documents">Background Documents</span></h3><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">the very realistic proposals of Ellen Brown: <a class="" href="http://ellenbrown.com/2015/07/14/grexit-or-jubilee-how-greek-debt-could-be-annulled/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);padding-right:13px">Grexit or Jubilee? How Greek Debt Can Be Annulled</a></li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">Mike Gismondi recommends: The Future of Money by mary mellor, Pluto Press 2015. Mary’s next book is Debt or Democracy: Public Money for Sustainability and Justice and will be published by Pluto Press in a few months time.</li></ul><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em"><br></p><h2 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.6em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);width:auto;font-size:19.2000007629395px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.8640003204346px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Productive Reform" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Productive_Reform">Productive Reform</span></h2><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">generalize a framework for independent renewable energy production</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">generalize a framework for direct food production and consumption</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">democratize access to affordable housing by systemizing the creation of Community Land Trusts and similar solutions</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create local/regional incubators for the solidarity economy</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create a network of productive workshops for every locality/region and for every domain of economic activity</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create a network of solidarity economy incubators in every town and region</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create a network of support for the SME economy</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create a network of provisioning councils at local, regional and national levels to insure a flow of basic resources to all citizens</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">create and support the creation of knowledge commons for every area of human activity</li></ul><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">link thematic incubators for the solidarity and SME economy to each of these shared knowledge commons</li></ul><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em"><br></p><h3 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.3em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-style:none;width:auto;font-size:16.8959999084473px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.8409595489502px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Background Documents" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Background_Documents_2">Background Documents</span></h3><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a class="" href="http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-reviewed-papers/#4001" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);padding-right:13px">Transforming the productive base of the economy through the open design commons and distributed manufacturing</a>; by George Dafermos</li></ul><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em"><br></p><h2 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.6em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);width:auto;font-size:19.2000007629395px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.8640003204346px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Energy Infrastructure" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Energy_Infrastructure">Energy Infrastructure</span></h2><h3 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.3em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-style:none;width:auto;font-size:16.8959999084473px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.8409595489502px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Background documents" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Background_documents_3">Background documents</span></h3><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a class="" href="http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-reviewed-papers/transforming-the-energy-matrix/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);padding-right:13px">Transforming the energy matrix: Transition policies for the development of the distributed energy model</a>. George Dafermos.</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a class="" href="http://p2plab.gr/en/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1-s2.0-S0160791X15000251-main.pdf" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);padding-right:13px">A peer-to-peer approach to energy production</a>. P2P Lab.</li></ul><h2 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.6em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);width:auto;font-size:19.2000007629395px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.8640003204346px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Knowledge Infrastructures" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Knowledge_Infrastructures">Knowledge Infrastructures</span></h2><h2 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.6em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);width:auto;font-size:19.2000007629395px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.8640003204346px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Background Documents" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Background_Documents_4">Background Documents</span></h2><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">Commons Approach to EU knowledge policy, <a class="" href="http://commonsnetwork.eu/a-commons-approach-to-european-knowledge-policy/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);padding-right:13px">http://commonsnetwork.eu/a-commons-approach-to-european-knowledge-policy/</a></li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">A short essay by Michel Bauwens & Vasilis Kostakis on <a class="" href="http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-reviewed-papers/towards-a-new-reconfiguration-among-the-state-civil-society-and-the-market/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);padding-right:13px">a new reconfiguration among the state, civil society and the market</a>.</li></ul><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em"><br></p><h2 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.6em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(170,170,170);width:auto;font-size:19.2000007629395px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.8640003204346px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Public/State Infrastructure: The Partner State and the Commonification of Public Services" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Public.2FState_Infrastructure:_The_Partner_State_and_the_Commonification_of_Public_Services">Public/State Infrastructure: The <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Partner_State" title="Partner State" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Partner State</a> and the <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Commonification_of_Public_Services" title="Commonification of Public Services" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">Commonification of Public Services</a></span></h2><h3 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.3em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-style:none;width:auto;font-size:16.8959999084473px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.8409595489502px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Background Documents" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Background_Documents_5">Background Documents</span></h3><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em;padding:0px"><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><a class="" href="http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-reviewed-papers/towards-a-new-reconfiguration-among-the-state-civil-society-and-the-market/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(102,51,102);padding-right:13px">Towards a new reconfiguration among the state, civil society and the market</a>. Michel Bauwens and Vasilis Kostakis.</li></ul><h3 style="color:rgb(53,96,133);font-weight:normal;margin:0px 0px 0.3em;overflow:hidden;padding-top:0.5em;padding-bottom:0.17em;border-bottom-style:none;width:auto;font-size:16.8959999084473px;font-family:'Hammersmith One',sans-serif;background:none"><span class="" style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:12.8409595489502px">[<a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece?title=Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Discussion" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none">edit</a>]</span><span class="" id="Discussion">Discussion</span></h3><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">John Restakis:</p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">"The primary challenges to the transfer of state property to a commons structure owned and operated by local communities are the following:</p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">1. The legislative framework in Greece has no provisions for the kinds of legal structures that would facilitate the kind of commoning/co-operative structures required to support such a system;</p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">2. There is little to no understanding among most of the the populace or the local governmental institutions about the theory and practice of commons resource management;</p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">3. The transfer of state assets to local control would open the gate to further manipulation of the process by corrupt local officials, organizations, and private business interests. This could end up being catastrophic for the management and protection of these resources.</p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">Any such process requires the passage of appropriate legislation, intensive popular education and training on the meaning and management of commons ownership and management, and the reform of local governmental structures so as to minimize the opportunity for corruption and the seizure of state and public assets.</p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">All this takes time, programming, a committed public policy, and a team of people deployed to research, design, and implement such a transition."</p></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Michel Bauwens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">dear Apostolis, <div><br></div><div>here is a google doc version, which I will update now with the latest version from the wiki version,</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UXd5R3W09RwryXebN5eqDt4OAvdm9ttseLj3Q0guTW4/edit" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UXd5R3W09RwryXebN5eqDt4OAvdm9ttseLj3Q0guTW4/edit</a><br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:xekoukou@gmail.com" target="_blank">xekoukou@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Michell and all, wouldn't it be better if you created a google doc that we could all add content to? <div>I could share it to the OVN group and we could all create a plan C together. </div><div><br></div><div>Some solutions might contradict each other, but each person/group can write his proposals under his/its name. </div><div><br></div><div>We could also comment on each other's proposals. John Restakis for example explains on some interesting challenges for the commonification of state-property. I would like to explain in more detail the OVN proposal so that some of them may be removed. The OVN model is different that the cooperative model.</div><div><br></div><div>Keep in mind that there was already some interest to create such a non-profit organization in Heraklion Crete but it halted because of the absence of legal advice/expertise. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>2015-07-16 10:27 GMT+03:00 Michel Bauwens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>></span>:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Pat Conaty <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pat.commonfutures@phonecoop.coop" target="_blank">pat.commonfutures@phonecoop.coop</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Hence the argument for a partner state that is not on top but on tap in its support for new forms of Co-operative Economic Democracy to secure co-operative commonwealth.</div><div><br></div><div>Great Michel to see you setting out the framework for a Plan C (for co-operative commons). We need collaborative work to flesh this out but you have made a flying start.</div><span><font color="#888888"><div></div></font></span></blockquote></div><br>would be great if you could add material here: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net/Plan_C_for_Advancing_the_Commons_Transition_in_Greece</a><span><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://commonstransition.org" target="_blank">http://commonstransition.org</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></div></div>
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