#Documentation
Here is a little Write up of the weekend sessions.
We worked hard on friday, saturday and a bit on sunday. Part of the discussion were @sharmarval @TechnicalNature @unteem @cameralibre @mixmix @keikreutler @hazem @OTTILIE @Babaruna
Main things discussed:
###Association/Foundation
We need a legal entity. We will found a german „Verein“(= association). We were discussing first designs for it. The most powerful structure in a Verein is the members gathering. Everyone in any country in the world can become a member of the Verein and therefor participate in the membersgathering. Important changes to and decisions about the OSCEdays and its infastructure are made by vote in the membersgathering. We will go for a democratic and community run system.
An important idea behind founding an organisation is to not just have an event every other year but a strong structure that also can support and take on other projects to enable the open development of a circular economy.
In that process we tried to come up with guidlines – what can the Verein do and what not and what everything is about. See hackpad above.
@Lars2i is in charge with creating a first draft for the guidelines from the work already done and also come up with a first sketch for the statues that we then can play back and forth here and with others. We were looking at the statues of Wikimedia Deutschland and will learn from that for ours.
With @mixmix from Enspiral we were discussing about thier co-budgeting technique and other decision making techniques fitting for networks. Very interesting. I have the feeling, we will start to play with ideas like that too in the future. All in all the OSCEdays and the OSCEdays association will experiment and push decentralized open collaboration further.
###A name
Well, the name „OSCEdays“ has some problems for example it is hard to pronounce. But on ist bright side it deliveres straight forward the mission, which is good and important given the novelty and complexity of the mission. We tried to find a new name that also can have this quality but sounds better. Could not find one. Anyone an idea? We somehow are still looking for good suggestions.
###10 years goals
One of the things we discussed are 10 years goals. Sam made a write up of the goals.
###A definition for circular economy
One of the things missing right now is a clear definition for „circular economy“ we really like. The one provided by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation tells nothing about people and is not necessarily about sustainability. So one of the big projects to take on is to find this definition together. @sharmarval will come up with a start for that discussion. Above you’ll find a hackpad where we already made first steps working towards a new definition.
###Book Project
We were discussing a Booksprint for the OSCEdays – a facilitated 5-6 day session with a real book as an outcome. We did not come to an agreement on it. Clearly a book would be a great asset to spread and explain our mission. But maybe it is too early for that? Of course we would start with a version 1.0 and expand it as everything develops further. A task in this context is of course to find funding for this. Anyone interested in joining such a project and to help to make it happen? Get in touch.
###Next Event
We decided to have the next global event on JUNE 9-14 2016 that we will push. But you are free to do one earlier or later.
###Swedens Industry
On sunday we were joined by @Babaruna and we discussed, how the OSCEdays and the ideas of an Open Source Circular Economy can be married to Swedens will to develop its economy further. Runa took notes. Maybe something will come out of that. Anyone with ideas on that, feel free to get in touch with Runa (@Babaruna).
###Party + More
As for many of us it was the second time we met not just online (after the first time in London). Therefor partying and getting to know each other was important as well. @Alice_audrey gave us a tour through a new facility where she will build together with @simonlee and Benjamin a Circular economy Lab in Berlin. Great! In the evenings we had beers and Ale and were joined by bunch of people @Ina & @Timm amongst them.
###More
We were discussing also some other things but i think i covered the main areas. Anyone who was in the meetings feel free to add what I forgot. If you have questions, please ask. I am happy to answer them.