Re: [ox-en] Awards
- From: Stefan Merten <smerten oekonux.de>
- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:51:40 +0200
Hi Franz, Michel, Alex, Sm?ári, all!
Yesterday Franz Nahrada wrote:
I brought up this idea in the final plenary.
And on [spox] - which I just forwarded here. I'll quote the respective
part here because it contains important aspects.
> * Award for Outstanding Achievements in Peer Production
>
> This is an activity which will force us naturally to deeply consider and
> evaluate the things that are going on instead of looking at them
> superficially. The main benefit is that we really have to challenge each
> other on quality and useability of things and creations instead of
> reproducing the developers mantra that "my stuff is simply the best
> because I do it out of fun" (sorry, did not mean to hurt anybody!)
I like the idea especially because it makes us think and requires
in-depth empirical research - or rather this applies to the jury.
> I suggest we create a Wiki page on this on either the Oekonux Wiki or the
> P2P wiki and start filling in ideas.
>
> ** Categories
> ** Criteria
The word "best" in all the suggestions is perhaps the hardest thing.
What does "best" mean? Indeed: What is the criteria for "best" after
all? In particular I think the criteria will differ widely between
Oekonux and P2P Foundation. IMHO the criteria is the most important
thing which needs to be solved - otherwise nobody takes you serious
and the award will have no effect.
> ** Jury Members
> ** Sponsors
> ** Organizers
I have discussed that with Peter Weibel and I think the ZKM in Karlsruhe
could be an interesting partner to do this. But there might be MANY other
options because this is exactly what corporations and public
administration seek: visibility, public image....
The question is whether Oekonux / P2P Foundation (at the moment) has
enough visibility, public image for this. Fund raising for the
conference failed miserably and IMHO this is a pretty similar case.
And AFAICS if Peter Weibel sponsors this then it will be *his*
project.
Of couse the jury should be composed from people nominated by Oekonux and
the p2p Foundation....
Yes.
Gr?ü?ße
Stefan
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