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Revisioning iCommons
Today, iCommons has a small, agile core team with its own policies, procedures and culture; we’ve expanded our membership (Creative Commons is now one of five members of iCommons rather than the sole member), raised core funding for the next five years and initiated a series of new collaborative projects, and as of 31 March, 2008, have become an independent organisation separate from Creative Commons.
Following our independence, and because we realise that we could be doing so much more, we thought it important to examine ourselves and develop a vision to guide us through an open revisioning process.
This vision is of a world where there is widespread participation in global innovation, digital culture and knowledge-building initiatives, based on equitable access to technology, education, science and culture – a world where people are using the organizing power of technologies and the spirit of the commons to work together to solve crucial global challenges.
iCommons could play an important role in catalyzing connections between people from the global South and North, with diverse backgrounds in order to develop a mutual understanding of the role of the digital commons in enabling innovation, participation and cultural expression in diverse regions of the world.
Achieving this will be no easy task. The ‘global’ commons is far from global right now, and we’re all trying to solve very different problems with very little insight on how we can develop solutions that are inclusive of people throughout the globe.
This is where we need your help to decide what an independent iCommons can be doing to support the global commons in the future. There are obviously limits to what we will be able to do, but we believe that this community can have a major impact on developing truly global solutions to challenges that are defining our generation.
• How can we build an identity for ourselves that is distinct from our former parent (Creative Commons) whilst retaining a partnership that is mutually beneficial?
• What should iCommons do to best achieve our vision?
• What kinds of governance changes need to occur in order to operationalise this new vision?
• How can we achieve all of this while adhering to our core values and principles?
• How can we extend our impact beyond the iSummit and our other projects?
• How can we build this movement into something that is truly global?
Today starts an open discussion that will continue through the iSummit and shortly beyond. I will be giving a keynote address (webcast live from the iSummit website) to introduce the revisioning process and there will be physical spaces at the iSummit for participants to answer these questions. We encourage people who are unable to attend to answer these questions in the comments facility below.
The board will then review your suggestions directly after the iSummit and they will publish the minutes from their discussion.
We appreciate your input and look forward to a new future that truly brings together the community to grow the global commons.
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A key change at iCommons
If you're not part of the iCommons mailing list, take a look at the letter that Heather Ford, Executive Director of iCommons, sent to the list yesterday:
Dear friends,
At the 2 August iCommons Board Meeting, the board decided to make some difficult but necessary changes at iCommons. It has become clear over the past months that our vision for iCommons is different from the... more
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Much merriment & clarity in Sapporo >>
max kaizen · Cape Town (South Africa) · 25/7/2008 00:33
your call: is this comment useful?
En lamusediffuse trabajamos por ello y aunque sabemos que es difícil, si se quiere de verdad, es posible.
lamusediffuse · Madrid (Spain) · 27/7/2008 00:56
your call: is this comment useful?
http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/tony-curzon-price/2008/07/28/what-should-icommons-be-doing
Looking forward to seeing y'all in Sapporo
Tony
tony curzon price (United Kingdom) · 28/7/2008 23:21
1 out of 1 person believes this is useful