This is what we discussed in the BoST call on March 28
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###collaborate with other events
@Gien brought up the Sustainable Manufacturing conference in October and that they also said if we have something they can do/share they would like to do it. @TechnicalNature told us, that EMF is also planning their next ThinkDIF and there is the possibility that we collaborate to get more practical stuff on the ground going on during the DIF. Together with what we discussed earlier with GreenFest it looks like we should really focus on to develop tools and methods to bring “OSCEdays action” to other events.
###communicate OS & CE
@Melanie_Tan shared some approaches they developed in Asia to teach Circular Economy where the concept is too new and to familiar at the same time. They do not tall about “Circular Economy” but about “repairing” “maintaining” “reuse” - practical things people can do and understand. And then they say - btw. this is CE. I think we can learn a lot from this and also the OSCEdays could tweak their communication a bit in that direction. | Anyway: An open project how to explain CE (together with OS!) in a simple way could be a very good and necessary project. There are also points speaking about this in our Future Wish List.
##support for funding
Creating more resources for local teams to get funding could be an important project. @Gien talked about http://openmoney.org/ - some kind of local alternative currency system local organizers could use. They will pilot it this year in the OSCEdays Cape Town event - maybe it is worth to include it into our work. We’ll see.
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And I want to add one more thing that was not discussed in the call.
###A search engine for REALLY Open Source CE stuff
I was thinking about what would be something really good. CE is often discussed in “Meta-Terms”. Sometimes with examples. But the examples are almost never Open Source - so I can not really learn from them, copy, adapt etc. It is often just marketing speech. If we had a list of really open stuff and would maintain it - a really good resource. This could be something interesting.
The events would be for to work with the things on the list or add to it.
We should be (anyway) really strict with the Open Source part! So many people don’t get or care for that part and weaken it right now. We have to stop this as soon as possible. When we are right then Open Source will allow us to the develop the new decentralized collaboration systems that will make a CE really possible. So we should not allow this part to be weakened. We have to communicate very strong about this. Generally I am ok with having a smaller community but getting the core right. Otherwise what is the sense of it?
But we have to come up with simpler ways for people to follow that path also. This is something to focus on. Before the whole culture develops in the wrong direction. … Somehow we have to figure this out, soon & elegantly.
Maybe a check list for a start: “When is my project really open source”.
- have you a shared building plan/resources/documentation
- under an open license
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Well elaborated this is something we can throw at local projects and organizers.