Hi Markus,
I'm on the run, but if you have some extra time, I'd
like to work on this myself as well. Will be back home
after the 11th,
just in short what I would propose is that the
definition is precise on at least 3 aspects
1) input side (using open/free material, low treshold
of participation, etc..)
2) process side (participatory structures, communal
validation, etc..), transparent accounting and
decision-making
3) output side: use of commons-oriented licenses,
attitude to commercialization
There is not one answer, but within each, a number of
things should be acceptable, others not
Michel
--- Markus <mgs vodes.net> wrote:
Hello,
something some of you might be interested in: We are
looking for a
definition for “Open Movements� for our
constitution. “Open movements� is
one of the core terms in our statutes. For instance,
§ 3 lit (a) uses the
term as the goal of the VN Foundation (which is to
promote open
movements). Further, § 8 sec 3 lit (c) outlines the
rights of the
interest fraction-openmovement. in this context,
perhaps most importantly,
the core right of members of the interest
fraction-om is to suggest to the
management projects which should get on the voding
option list. The voding
option list contains the projects VN, or more
precisely, its donators and
sponsors, can fund. The nice thing about voding
options is that it allows
people/donators/members to distribute their
membership fee/donation
directly on projects/voding options they want to
support. In other words,
the sender can to a high degree determine the
recipient/project. Imv, this
direct P2P funding scheme does away with a whole lot
of potentional for
abuse regarding incoming money.
Right now, the definition in §2 Z 2 of “open
movement� is:
“Herstellende Interessensgruppierungen welche
gekennzeichnet sind durch
ein geringes Mass an Kommerzialisierung (open
source, creative commons
sowie Wikipedia) und wessen Produkte leicht ohne
vorherige Zustimmung
des(r) Werkschaffenden abgeändert werden
können.�
Roughly translated into English:
“Producing interest communities which are
characterised by a low level of
commercialisation (open source, creative commons,
Wikipedia) and whose
products can easily be modifified without prior
consent of the creator.�
Any suggestion for an openmovement definition is
welcome.
Background
Basically, VN is “owned� by five such interest
fractions (“production and
consumption forces�) grouped in Team Beta Tester.
“Owned� means that each
interest fraction has a theoretical 20% voting
influence regarding the
*) distribution of wealth (§ 10 important economic
decisions),
*) long term/strategic direction of the community
(§ 11 fundamental
questions) and
*) measuring level of (dis)satisfaction of the 5
interest
fraction/assessing the performance of management (§
12 performance polls).
LINKS:
Constitution (1.6.8; in German only at this point):
http://www.vodes.net/constitution
Comments:
http://www.vodes.net/rev/btforum/index.php?topic=152.0
(need to
be registered to comment)
Voding Options: http://www.vodes.net/vodingoptions
(in alpha stage)
friendly greetings,
markus
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