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OSE Europe

2011-06-13T10:09:02Z

Miquel: /* Communication */

This page will contain the information on people and projects connected to Open Source Ecology from Europe.

=First OSE community in Europe=
If you are interested in creating the first Open Source Ecology community in Europe, please add your name and contacts to the list:
* [[Nikolay Georgiev]] - nikolay (at) opensourceecology.org . Skype: nikolay.h.georgiev . From Bulgaria, living in Germany.
* [[Stefan Raabe]] - raabe.stefan (at) googlemail.com from http://kombinatg.org
* [[Alvaro Bahls]] - alvarobahls (at) googlemail.com from Brazil living at Czech Republic
* [[Andreas Gmeiner]] - GmeinerAndreas (at) gmx.de from Germany [http://www.uharc.net/wiki/planraum:ose planraum->ose]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/Willcleaver?feature=mhee Will Cleaver] - willcleaver (at) gmail.com from England
* [[Alex Ford]] - alex665321 (at) hotmail.com from uk living in bulgaria
* [[Robin Bäckman]] - robinbackman (at) gmail.com from Finland
* [[Robert Anteau]] - anteau (at) hushmail (dot) com from the Netherlands
* [[Alvaro F Boirac]] - alphydan (at) gmail (dot) com from Europe living in the United Kingdom
* [[Miquel Torres]] - tobami (at) gmail (dot) com from Spain, living in Germany
* [[Alexander F. Lieders]] - cicnos (at) gmail.com from Brazil living in the Czech Republic
* [[Evgeni Pandurski]] - epandurski (at) gmail (dot) com from Bulgaria
* [[Eerik Wissenz]] - wissenz (at) gmail (dot) com from Finland
* [[Angel Imaz]] - angel (at) hiruki (dot) eu from Spain
* [http://www.jeremyblum.com Jeremy Blum] - jeremy (at) jeremyblum (dot) com from the USA (but happy to provide advice remotely!)
* [[Johan van der Hoek]] - jvanderhoek (at) gmail (dot) com from the Netherlands
* [[Arthur Kulik]] - arthur (dot) kulik (at) gmail (dot) com from the Ukraine
* [[Denis Mongin]] - denis (dot) mongin (at) gmail (dot) com from France
* [[Nicol Andre Berdelle]] - info (at) prototype-creation (dot) de from Germany [http://www.prototype-creation.de]
* [[Joe Hudson]] - joe (dot) hudson (at) gmail (dot) com from UK
* [[Denis Durmishi]] - zdenman (at) gmail (dot) com from Macedonia

Join the [https://www.facebook.com/OpenSourceEcologyEurope Facebook Page].

=Communication=
We are preparing for a conference call, as announced in [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2011/06/o-s-e-europe-launch-and-jeremy-blum-o-s-electronics-london-interview/ the blog] by Will Cleaver. More information will be published here.

==Goals==

What will be the goals of OSE Europe? There are several possibilities, not mutually exclusive:

* OSE Advocacy and "Publicity" in Europe
* An open business, where people can work for a living building and selling products using OSE technology
* A FactoreFarm for Europe: Means developing tools in parallel with the current Factor e Farm.
* A community: creating a self sustaining village using the GVCS

[[Category:People]]

2011-02-19T17:02:54Z

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2011-02-19T16:49:29Z

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==Team Culturing Information==

==='''WHO''' are you?===
*Name/Nationality/Ethnicity - Miquel Torres, Spanish
*Location – what is your city and country? - Sachsenheim, Germany
*Contact Information – tobami@gmail.com
*Introductory Video-
*Resume/CV –
*Hobbies and Pastimes-

==='''WHY''' are you motivated to support/develop this work?===
*''Do you endorse open source culture?''

==='''WHY''' are you motivated to support/develop this work?===
*''Do you endorse open source culture?''

*''Why are you interested in this work?''

*''Are you interested in teaching about the GVCS?''

*Are you interested in economic relocalization possibilities arising from the GVCS?

*''Do you want to use the GVCS technologies yourself? Do you want to build them yourself?''

*''Are you interested in starting up enterprise using the GVCS technologies? Are you interested in having the GVCS technologies fabricated by your local custom fabricator?''

*''Are you interested in applying the GVCS to third world development? To redevelopment of crisis areas? To development of derelict areas in the developed world?''

*''Are you interested in starting up Industry 2.0 flexible fabrication enterprises for your local community, by drawing from a global repository of freely down-loadable designs and fabricating using open source fabrication equipment?''

*''Are you interested in the potential of the GVCS for developing local food systems?''

*''Are you interested in doing academic studies/papers, publishing books, or doing other analysis of our efforts?''

*''Are you interested in financial investment opportunities arising from our work?''

*''Are you interested in the distributive economic aspects of our work, and if so, how do you see this playing out?''

*''Are you interested in building renewable energy production facilities based on open hardware (solar concentrator electric, wind, biomass power)? Are you interested in building resilient communities based on access to the GVCS?''

*Are you interested in creating a bug-out hut using GVCS technologies?

*''How do you think that the GVCS can help alleviate the instabilities of global monetary systems?
How do you think that the GVCS can address issues related to resource conflicts?
How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of overpopulatoin?
How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of resource depletion and environmental degradation?''

==='''WHAT'''===
*''What have you already contributed to the OSE project? (technical contributions, blogging about us, financial support, organizing events, translations, interviews, video editing, publications, publicity work, behind-the-scenes work, CAD work, wiki contributions, computer support, etc)''

'''Communications'''
*

'''Organizational'''
*

'''Computer Support'''
*

'''Design'''
*

'''HOW''' can you help?''

*''How are you interested in contributing to the work of GVCS development?''

*''Can you volunteer to work with us, and if so, how many hours per week?''

*''Are you interested in working with us for pay? If so, what services can you offer, and what is your hourly or per-project rate?''

*''Are you interested in purchasing equipment from us to help bootstrap development?''

*''Are you interested in bidding for consulting/design/prototyping work?''

*''Are you a True Fan? If not, why not?''

*''Would you like to see yourself working with us on a full-time basis?''

*''Are you interested in using the technologies that we are developing directly?''

*''Are you interested in being part of the world's first, open source, resilient community? The GVCS is the preparatory step for the OSE Village Experiment – a 2 year, immersion experiment (2013-2014) for testing whether a real, thriving, modern-day prototype community of 200 people can be built on 200 acres using local resources and open access to information? We are looking for approximately 200 people to fill a diverse array of roles, according to the Social Contract that is being developed. This may be the boldest social experiment on earth - a pioneering community whose goal is to extend the index of possibilities regarding harmonious existence of humans, ecology, and technology – as a beacon of light to benefit of all people on Earth.
''

===Other===

*

[[Category:Team Culturing]]

Team Culturing/Template-full

2011-02-19T16:44:34Z

Miquel:

[[Image:myfotofile.jpg|thumb| myname]]

==Team Culturing Information==

==='''WHO''' are you?===
*Name/Nationality/Ethnicity -
*Location – what is your city and country? -
*Contact Information –
*Introductory Video-
*Resume/CV –
*Hobbies and Pastimes-

==='''WHY''' are you motivated to support/develop this work?===
*''Do you endorse open source culture?''

==='''WHY''' are you motivated to support/develop this work?===
*''Do you endorse open source culture?''

*''Why are you interested in this work?''

*''Are you interested in teaching about the GVCS?''

*Are you interested in economic relocalization possibilities arising from the GVCS?

*''Do you want to use the GVCS technologies yourself? Do you want to build them yourself?''

*''Are you interested in starting up enterprise using the GVCS technologies? Are you interested in having the GVCS technologies fabricated by your local custom fabricator?''

*''Are you interested in applying the GVCS to third world development? To redevelopment of crisis areas? To development of derelict areas in the developed world?''

*''Are you interested in starting up Industry 2.0 flexible fabrication enterprises for your local community, by drawing from a global repository of freely down-loadable designs and fabricating using open source fabrication equipment?''

*''Are you interested in the potential of the GVCS for developing local food systems?''

*''Are you interested in doing academic studies/papers, publishing books, or doing other analysis of our efforts?''

*''Are you interested in financial investment opportunities arising from our work?''

*''Are you interested in the distributive economic aspects of our work, and if so, how do you see this playing out?''

*''Are you interested in building renewable energy production facilities based on open hardware (solar concentrator electric, wind, biomass power)? Are you interested in building resilient communities based on access to the GVCS?''

*Are you interested in creating a bug-out hut using GVCS technologies?

*''How do you think that the GVCS can help alleviate the instabilities of global monetary systems?
How do you think that the GVCS can address issues related to resource conflicts?
How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of overpopulatoin?
How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of resource depletion and environmental degradation?''

==='''WHAT'''===
*''What have you already contributed to the OSE project? (technical contributions, blogging about us, financial support, organizing events, translations, interviews, video editing, publications, publicity work, behind-the-scenes work, CAD work, wiki contributions, computer support, etc)''

'''Communications'''
*

'''Organizational'''
*

'''Computer Support'''
*

'''Design'''
*

'''HOW''' can you help?''

*''How are you interested in contributing to the work of GVCS development?''

*''Can you volunteer to work with us, and if so, how many hours per week?''

*''Are you interested in working with us for pay? If so, what services can you offer, and what is your hourly or per-project rate?''

*''Are you interested in purchasing equipment from us to help bootstrap development?''

*''Are you interested in bidding for consulting/design/prototyping work?''

*''Are you a True Fan? If not, why not?''

*''Would you like to see yourself working with us on a full-time basis?''

*''Are you interested in using the technologies that we are developing directly?''

*''Are you interested in being part of the world's first, open source, resilient community? The GVCS is the preparatory step for the OSE Village Experiment – a 2 year, immersion experiment (2013-2014) for testing whether a real, thriving, modern-day prototype community of 200 people can be built on 200 acres using local resources and open access to information? We are looking for approximately 200 people to fill a diverse array of roles, according to the Social Contract that is being developed. This may be the boldest social experiment on earth - a pioneering community whose goal is to extend the index of possibilities regarding harmonious existence of humans, ecology, and technology – as a beacon of light to benefit of all people on Earth.
''

===Other===

*

[[Category:Team Culturing]]

Team Culturing/Template-full

2011-02-19T16:43:50Z

Miquel:

[[Image:myfotofile.jpg|thumb| myname]]
==Team Culturing Information==

==='''WHO''' are you?===
*Name/Nationality/Ethnicity -
*Location – what is your city and country? -
*Contact Information –
*Introductory Video-
*Resume/CV –
*Hobbies and Pastimes-

==='''WHY''' are you motivated to support/develop this work?===
*''Do you endorse open source culture?''

==='''WHY''' are you motivated to support/develop this work?===
*''Do you endorse open source culture?''

*''Why are you interested in this work?''

*''Are you interested in teaching about the GVCS?''

*Are you interested in economic relocalization possibilities arising from the GVCS?

*''Do you want to use the GVCS technologies yourself? Do you want to build them yourself?''

*''Are you interested in starting up enterprise using the GVCS technologies? Are you interested in having the GVCS technologies fabricated by your local custom fabricator?''

*''Are you interested in applying the GVCS to third world development? To redevelopment of crisis areas? To development of derelict areas in the developed world?''

*''Are you interested in starting up Industry 2.0 flexible fabrication enterprises for your local community, by drawing from a global repository of freely down-loadable designs and fabricating using open source fabrication equipment?''

*''Are you interested in the potential of the GVCS for developing local food systems?''

*''Are you interested in doing academic studies/papers, publishing books, or doing other analysis of our efforts?''

*''Are you interested in financial investment opportunities arising from our work?''

*''Are you interested in the distributive economic aspects of our work, and if so, how do you see this playing out?''

*''Are you interested in building renewable energy production facilities based on open hardware (solar concentrator electric, wind, biomass power)? Are you interested in building resilient communities based on access to the GVCS?''

*Are you interested in creating a bug-out hut using GVCS technologies?

*''How do you think that the GVCS can help alleviate the instabilities of global monetary systems?
How do you think that the GVCS can address issues related to resource conflicts?
How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of overpopulatoin?
How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of resource depletion and environmental degradation?''

==='''WHAT'''===
*''What have you already contributed to the OSE project? (technical contributions, blogging about us, financial support, organizing events, translations, interviews, video editing, publications, publicity work, behind-the-scenes work, CAD work, wiki contributions, computer support, etc)''

'''Communications'''
*

'''Organizational'''
*

'''Computer Support'''
*

'''Design'''
*

'''HOW''' can you help?''

*''How are you interested in contributing to the work of GVCS development?''

*''Can you volunteer to work with us, and if so, how many hours per week?''

*''Are you interested in working with us for pay? If so, what services can you offer, and what is your hourly or per-project rate?''

*''Are you interested in purchasing equipment from us to help bootstrap development?''

*''Are you interested in bidding for consulting/design/prototyping work?''

*''Are you a True Fan? If not, why not?''

*''Would you like to see yourself working with us on a full-time basis?''

*''Are you interested in using the technologies that we are developing directly?''

*''Are you interested in being part of the world's first, open source, resilient community? The GVCS is the preparatory step for the OSE Village Experiment – a 2 year, immersion experiment (2013-2014) for testing whether a real, thriving, modern-day prototype community of 200 people can be built on 200 acres using local resources and open access to information? We are looking for approximately 200 people to fill a diverse array of roles, according to the Social Contract that is being developed. This may be the boldest social experiment on earth - a pioneering community whose goal is to extend the index of possibilities regarding harmonious existence of humans, ecology, and technology – as a beacon of light to benefit of all people on Earth.
''

===Other===

*

[[Category:Team Culturing]]

Team Culturing

2011-02-19T16:31:44Z

Miquel: /* Instructions */

=Introduction=

Open Source Ecology (OSE) is creating a culture of open source economic development - also known as [[Distributive Economics]] (see provocative comments on the topic in Douglas Rushkoff's [[Radical Abundance]] talk). [[OSE Core Values]] are outlined here. Transparency is an essential part of this goal. One aspect of transparency involves the development team: who is contributing, what is the skill set of each contributor, how has/is/will each player contribute to the mission of Open Source Ecology, and why is that individual interested in the results of this work. To this end, we are requesting that all contributors to Open Source Ecology development create a page about themselves on this wiki (see editing [[Instructions]] and Team Culturing Template Instructions below), filling out as many fields as possible from the ''Team Culturing Survey'' template below. If you are unable to enter this information on the wiki for any reason, you may email it to gvcsculturing at gmail dot com instead. Send any correspondence to the moderator at the gvcsculturing address, and send any technical questions regarding the web platform itself to elifarley at gmail dot com. Team Culturing also helps raise the level of discussion on the [[OSE Forums]]. Read more about the [[Development Team]]. (OSE Core Values to be detailed next, followed by Forums and Team Infrastructure (part of Operations Management strategy)

=OSE Team Transparency=

The essential goals of team transparency, and of the Team Culturing pages, are:

*Helping to foster team unity and to motivate new contributors to join by showing the wealth of contributions that have already been made to the OSE project
*Helping new contributors to orient themselves within the project
*Providing a networking tool focusing on open source economic development to related projects
*Promoting effective collaboration on existing OSE projects, both in technical and organizational development
*Provide a platform to incubate new collaborations towards OSE goals
*Creating a foundation for developing an [[OSE Fellows program]] – a program analogous to [[TED Fellows]] – where OSE Fellows centers on nurturing players in the field of distributive economic development

In the 2-year phase from 2011-2012 (Phase 1), we are focusing on building the [[Global Village Construction Set]] ([[GVCS]]). In short – it is the [[50/2/2]] campaign – or developing the [[50 Technologies of the GVCS]] tool set within 2 years and a $2.4M budget according to the [[GVCS Development Template]]. From 2013-2014 (Phase 2), we will be focusing on building the world's first, prototype, resilient community of 200 people on 200 acres – to demonstrate that a complete economy with modern-day comforts may be built from local resources. The hallmark of this experiment is to demonstrate that it is possible, and indeed trivial, to produce a resource-efficient community similar to [[One Planet Communities]], but at a fraction of the cost and with a completely relocalized economy (and therefore containing the substance for a local currency). From 2015-2016 (Phase 3), the OSE movement will work on replication to 1000 places worldwide, realizing the promise indicated initially in the [[1000 True Fans – 1000 Global Villages]] campaign.

The ''Team Culturing'' pages show some of the people who are making this happen. These pages will also evolve into a more powerful GVCS Team Culturing [[CiviCRM]] platform for Contact Relationship Management - a database of key players involved in distributive economic development.

=Team Culturing Survey Template=

==Instructions==

You can '''go directly to this [http://openfarmtech.org/survey/index.php?sid=12243&lang=en survey to fill in your information]''', or, enter your information on this wiki according to the following instructions. Filling out your information manually allows you greater flexibility.

This survey is intended to be used by the developers of the OSE project. Please fill out as many fields as you can. The more that the team knows about you and your involvement, the more collaborative development can arise. This is part of the open culture that we aim to create within the OSE community.

To fill out this template, start a new page (see [[Wiki instructions]]), with your name as the title of the page. If for some reason a page with your name already exists, just change your name by adding a middle name, a number, or some other descriptor such as "John Smith from New York," etc. Then you can go to the [[Team Culturing Information Template]], click on edit, and copy and paste all the content into that page, while editing out questions that you leave blank or that you answer in the negative. At the end of your entry, there will be the tag:
<pre>
[[Category:Team Culturing]]
</pre>
so that your name is indexed with all the other Team Culturing entries. See [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Wiki_instructions#Using_Categories more information on using categories].

==Survey==
'''WHO''' are you?
*Name/Nationality/Ethnicity -
*Location – what is your city and country?
*Contact Information – email, phone, Skype (email us with this information if you would like to share it only with the core development team)
*Picture – Show us what you look like
*Introductory Video- a link to an uploaded video. Introduce yourself in a 15-30 second video, or longer if you desire. It is interesting for us to hear your reason for your involvement.
*Resume/CV – Attach your resume
*Hobbies and Pastimes- Tell us about your other dimensions.

'''WHY''' are you motivated to support/develop this work?
*''Do you endorse open source culture?''
*''Why are you interested in collaborating with us?''
*''Are you interested in teaching about the GVCS?''
*''Are you interested in economic relocalization possibilities arising from the GVCS?''
*''Do you want to use the GVCS technologies yourself? Do you want to build them yourself?''
*''Are you interested in starting up enterprise using the GVCS technologies?''
*''Are you interested in having the GVCS technologies fabricated by your local custom fabricator?''
*''Are you interested in applying the GVCS to third world development? To redevelopment of crisis areas? To development of derelict areas in the developed world?''
*''Are you interested in starting up Industry 2.0 flexible fabrication enterprises for your local community, by drawing from a global repository of freely down-loadable designs and fabricating using open source fabrication equipment?''
*''Are you interested in the potential of the GVCS for developing local food systems?''
*''Are you interested in doing academic studies/papers, publishing books, or doing other analysis of our efforts? ''
*''Are you interested in financial investment opportunities arising from our work?''
*''Are you interested in the distributive economic aspects of our work, and if so, how do you see this playing out?''
*''Are you interested in building renewable energy production facilities based on open hardware (solar concentrator electric, wind, biomass power)''
*''Are you interested in building resilient communities based on access to the GVCS?''
*''Are you interested in creating a bug-out hut using GVCS technologies?''
*''How do you think that the GVCS can help alleviate the instabilities of global monetary systems?''
*''How do you think that the GVCS can address issues related to resource conflicts?''
*''How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of overpopulatoin?''
*''How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of resource depletion and environmental degradation?''
*''Do you have any other comments that you'd like to make?''

'''WHAT'''- What can you/have you contributed to the development of OSE? This assesses some of the key contributions that we are looking for with respect to the OSE project. If you answer positively to any of the points, please expand on your experience.

*''What have you already contributed to the OSE project? (technical contributions, blogging about us, financial support, organizing events, translations, interviews, video editing, publications, publicity work, beind-the-scenes work, CAD work, wiki contributions, computer support, etc)''

'''Communications'''
*''Are you a technical writer? Desktop publisher? On-demand publisher? Blogger? Vlogger? Data visualization expert? Graphic designer? Information architect? Do you do computer animation and modeling? Are you a wireless communications expert? Are you a PR specialist? Do you have experience in marketing? Have you created marketing materials? What relevant field of communications have we missed that we should be asking about?''

'''Organizational'''
*''Do you have experience in public relations? Strategic development? Organizational architecture consulting? Project management? Product management? Operations management? Nonprofit organizations? Public event organizing? Community organizing? Public speaking? Are you a good networker? Do you know contract law and can you draft legal agreements?''

'''Computer Support'''
*''Are you familiar with open source software? Do you use Linux? Are you a computer programmer? Are you a web designer? Open source CMS Developer/Designer? System administrator? Open source CRM developer? Augmented reality developer? Have you created or managed web-based forums? Have you administered a wiki? Can you lead a development effort on a specialized Linux implementation that addresses the goals of OSE? What relevant field of computer support have we missed that we should be asking about?''

'''Finances'''
*''Are you an accountant? Are you a lawyer? Have you written any business plans? Have you served as a corporate CFO? Do you have experience with resource development? Are you well-versed in the tax code? Do you have experience with project bidding?
''
'''Sociology'''
*''Are you interested in developing a social contract for a prototypical GVCS village – a modern village of 200 people thriving from local resources?
''
'''Home Economics'''
*''Can you cook? Can you cook for a group of 20? Can you grow food? What is your experience in agriculture? Have you done food processing? Have you
''
'''Design'''
*''Are you an architect, interior designer, product designer, industrial process designer, electronics designer, water systems designer? Are you familiar with CAD software or modeling software such as Blender? Have you designed and built circuits? Are you familiar with power electronics design? What relevant field of design have we missed that we should be asking about?''

'''Building'''
''Are you a prototyper, rapid prototyper, custom fabricator, general contractor, construction worker, mason, carpenter, heavy equipment operator, welder, machinist, mechanic, woodworker, or other producer? Are you a certified chainsaw operator and have you taken a chainsaw safety course? Are you familiar with CAM? Do you know how to machine gears? Have you built any tools that you use on a regular basis? Have you built your own house? What relevant build skill have we missed that we should be asking about?''

'''Electronics and Magnetics'''
*''Do you have axperience with power electronics or circuit design? Are you familiar with converters, inverters, high frequency power supplies? Are you familiar with solenoid valve desing? Can you do magnetic field calculations? Have you designed electrical motors or generators? What relevant field of E&M have we missed that we should be asking about?''

'''Automation'''
*''Are you familiar with precision drive systems? Are you familiar with stepper motors or servos? Can you design an open source stepper motor controller? Have you built or designed CNC equipment? Do you have experience with industrial robotics? What relevant subset of automation have we missed that we should be asking about?
''
'''Metallurgy'''
*''Are you a metallurgist? Do you have experience with hot metal processing? Press forging? Induction furnace design? Have you used an induction furnace? Have you built any machining equipment, tooling/dies? Do you have experience with alloying or smelting? What relevant topic in metallury have we missed that we should be asking about?''

'''Engineering'''
*''Are you a subject matter expert in agricultural engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial process design, robotics and automation, chemical engineering, materials science, polymer engineering, structural engineering, automotive engineering?

'''HOW''' can you help?''

*''How are you interested in contributing to the work of GVCS development?''
*''Can you volunteer to work with us, and if so, how many hours per week?''
*''Are you interested in working with us for pay? If so, what services can you offer, and what is your hourly or per-project rate?''
*''Are you interested in a [[Dedicated Project Visit]]?
*''Are you interested in purchasing equipment from us to help bootstrap development?''
*''Are you interested in bidding for consulting/design/prototyping work?''
*''Are you a [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=True_Fans True Fan]? If not, why not?''
*''Would you like to see yourself working with us on a full-time basis?''
*''Are you interested in using the technologies that we are developing directly?''
*''Are you interested in being part of the world's first, open source, resilient community? The GVCS is the preparatory step for the OSE Village Experiment – a 2 year, immersion experiment (2013-2014) for testing whether a real, thriving, modern-day prototype community of 200 people can be built on 200 acres using local resources and open access to information? We are looking for approximately 200 people to fill a diverse array of roles, according to the Social Contract that is being developed. This may be the boldest social experiment on earth - a pioneering community whose goal is to extend the index of possibilities regarding harmonious existence of humans, ecology, and technology – as a beacon of light to benefit of all people on Earth.
''
[[Category:Team Culturing]]

Team Culturing/Template-full

2011-02-19T16:24:07Z

Miquel: Created page with "==Team Culturing Information== ==='''WHO''' are you?=== *Name/Nationality/Ethnicity - *Location – what is your city and country? - *Contact Information – *Introductory Vi..."

==Team Culturing Information==

==='''WHO''' are you?===
*Name/Nationality/Ethnicity -
*Location – what is your city and country? -
*Contact Information –
*Introductory Video-
*Resume/CV –
*Hobbies and Pastimes-

==='''WHY''' are you motivated to support/develop this work?===
*''Do you endorse open source culture?''

==='''WHY''' are you motivated to support/develop this work?===
*''Do you endorse open source culture?''

*''Why are you interested in this work?''

*''Are you interested in teaching about the GVCS?''

*Are you interested in economic relocalization possibilities arising from the GVCS?

*''Do you want to use the GVCS technologies yourself? Do you want to build them yourself?''

*''Are you interested in starting up enterprise using the GVCS technologies? Are you interested in having the GVCS technologies fabricated by your local custom fabricator?''

*''Are you interested in applying the GVCS to third world development? To redevelopment of crisis areas? To development of derelict areas in the developed world?''

*''Are you interested in starting up Industry 2.0 flexible fabrication enterprises for your local community, by drawing from a global repository of freely down-loadable designs and fabricating using open source fabrication equipment?''

*''Are you interested in the potential of the GVCS for developing local food systems?''

*''Are you interested in doing academic studies/papers, publishing books, or doing other analysis of our efforts?''

*''Are you interested in financial investment opportunities arising from our work?''

*''Are you interested in the distributive economic aspects of our work, and if so, how do you see this playing out?''

*''Are you interested in building renewable energy production facilities based on open hardware (solar concentrator electric, wind, biomass power)? Are you interested in building resilient communities based on access to the GVCS?''

*Are you interested in creating a bug-out hut using GVCS technologies?

*''How do you think that the GVCS can help alleviate the instabilities of global monetary systems?
How do you think that the GVCS can address issues related to resource conflicts?
How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of overpopulatoin?
How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of resource depletion and environmental degradation?''

==='''WHAT'''===
*''What have you already contributed to the OSE project? (technical contributions, blogging about us, financial support, organizing events, translations, interviews, video editing, publications, publicity work, behind-the-scenes work, CAD work, wiki contributions, computer support, etc)''

'''Communications'''
*

'''Organizational'''
*

'''Computer Support'''
*

'''Design'''
*

'''HOW''' can you help?''

*''How are you interested in contributing to the work of GVCS development?''

*''Can you volunteer to work with us, and if so, how many hours per week?''

*''Are you interested in working with us for pay? If so, what services can you offer, and what is your hourly or per-project rate?''

*''Are you interested in purchasing equipment from us to help bootstrap development?''

*''Are you interested in bidding for consulting/design/prototyping work?''

*''Are you a True Fan? If not, why not?''

*''Would you like to see yourself working with us on a full-time basis?''

*''Are you interested in using the technologies that we are developing directly?''

*''Are you interested in being part of the world's first, open source, resilient community? The GVCS is the preparatory step for the OSE Village Experiment – a 2 year, immersion experiment (2013-2014) for testing whether a real, thriving, modern-day prototype community of 200 people can be built on 200 acres using local resources and open access to information? We are looking for approximately 200 people to fill a diverse array of roles, according to the Social Contract that is being developed. This may be the boldest social experiment on earth - a pioneering community whose goal is to extend the index of possibilities regarding harmonious existence of humans, ecology, and technology – as a beacon of light to benefit of all people on Earth.
''

===Other===

*

[[Category:Team Culturing]]

GVCS tools

2011-02-13T14:52:22Z

Miquel: /* Tools */

In other languages: [[Image:spanishflag.jpg|link=Herramientas GVCS]] [[Image:portugueseflag.jpg|link=Ferramentas GVCS]]

==Introduction==
'''[[GVCS]]''' is a set of 50 [[wikipedia:Open Source Appropriate Technology|Open Source Appropriate Technology]] tools for building post-scarcity, resilient communities.

In this page, you will get an overview of each one of them, together with corresponding wiki pages, blog posts and forums.

==Tools==
There are tools at various stages of development: working units, on the drawing board, and on the roadmap.

{| style="width:100%;" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" align="left"
! TOOL
! DESCRIPTION
! FORUM DISCUSSION
! BLOG
! OTHER WIKI ARTICLES
! Status

|-align="left"
! ''[[The Liberator]]'' [[File:CEBicon.jpg|100px]]
! An open source, high-performance CEB press. CEB (Compresssed Earth Block) building is the highest quality natural building method. The page [[CEB intro]] contains introductory information on compressed earth blocks
! [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/forum/ceb-press/ ceb-press]
! [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/category/global-village-construction-set/compressed-earth-block-press/ compressed-earth-block-press]
! [[:Category: CEB]]
! COMPLETE AND TESTED!

|-align="left"
! Drill press [[File:Multimachineicon.jpg|100px]]
!
! [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/forum/drill-press/ drill-press]
!
! [[:Category: Drill Press]]
! PROTOTYPE COMPLETE!

|-align="left"
! Power Cube
! A self-contained, modular, interchangeable, hydraulic power unit for all kinds of power equipment. It will later be powered by a flexible-fuel [[:Category: Steam Engine|steam engine]]. It is designed as a general power unit for all devices at Factor e Farm.
! [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/forum/power-cube/ power-cube]
! [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/category/global-village-construction-set/power-cube/ power-cube]
! [[:Category: Power Cube]]
! PROTOTYPE COMPLETE!

|-align="left"
! LifeTrac [[File:Tractoricon.jpg|100px]]
! A low-cost, high-performance, sturdy tractor, designed for a lifetime of use and easy repair and maintenance
! [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/forum/lifetrac/ lifetrac]
!
! [[:Category: LifeTrac]]
! PROTOTYPE COMPLETE!

|-align="left"
! MicroTrac [[File:Microtracicon.jpg|100px]]
! A smaller, walk-behind version of the LifeTrac
!
!
! [[:Category: MicroTrac]]
! PROTOTYPE COMPLETE!

|-align="left"
! Torch Table [[Image:Torchtableicon.jpg|100px]]
! RepTab, self-replicating torch table. A device with a digitally-controlled cutter that can shape metal. Self-replicating for all structural parts.
!
!
! [[:Category: Torch Table]]
! PROTOTYPE COMPLETE!

|-align="left"
! Induction Furnace [[File:Furnaceicon.jpg|100px]]
! Melts down scrap metal to be remolded.
! [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/forum/induction-furnace/ induction-furnace]
! [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/category/global-village-construction-set/induction-furnace/ induction-furnace]
! [[:Category: Induction Furnace]]
! IN DEVELOPMENT

|-align="left"
! Steam Engine Construction Set [[File:Steamengineicon.jpg|100px]]
! Engine of the post-industrial revolution.
! [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/forum/steam-engine-construction-set/ steam-engine-construction-set]
! [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/category/global-village-construction-set/steam-engine-construction-set/ steam-engine-construction-set]
! [[:Category: Steam Engine]]
! IN DEVELOPMENT

|}

Open Source Steam Power Generator

2010-10-06T08:22:55Z

Miquel: /* Introduction */

=Introduction=

This begins work on Prototype 1 of a turnkey, 1 kW, stationary electrical power generator. The more general product ecology is this:

[[Image:DistributedPower.png|403px]]

The goal is the introduction of a modern, open source steam engine into the marketplace. Goals are both stationary and mobile power, scalable in units of 1, 10, and 100 hp.

=Concept Specifications=
*Electrical power generator
*Open source product development
*Turnkey operation
*1kW max electrical power
*Solid pellet fuel
*Water-based system
*Easy maintenance
*Lifetime desing
*Modular design
*Simplicity (KISS)
*Open source plans
*Open source business model

Other
*Retrofittable into existing stoves - this would be another version beyond scope of Prototype I

=Implementation Options=
*Reciprocating engine
*Uniflow bash valve for long life
*Design for fabrication
*Design for disassembly (Steam Engine Construction Set)
*Scalability
*Modularity
*[[OSE Specifications]]
*Monotube
*Fully automatic
*Efficient (temperature, pressure, regeneration)
*Low cost (max $500 materials, max $500 fabrication)

=Team=
*[[Karl Petersen]]
*[[Marcin Jakubowski]]
See [Steam Engine Construction Set corresponding blog post].

<html>
<object width="400" height="233"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=15167957&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=15167957&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="233"></embed></object><a href="http://vimeo.com/15167957">1 kW Steam Engine Electric Generator Prototype</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2016419">Marcin Jakubowski</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.
</html>

[[Category:Steam Engine Construction Set]]

=Communications=
The plan would be to prepare a blog post for next week, say wednesday or Friday, where we put this project up for crowd funding to pay you for initial design. Then we can discuss the implementation. With a clear plan, we can promise the crowds specific results, and we could get this funded.

At this time, we can move forward on design work, according to specifications we discussed initially.

The general specifications are here:

http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Steam_Power_Generator

Can you prepare a simple concept 3D drawing for the entire system? I was thinking a vertical hopper next to a vertical chimney heat exchanger stack next to a vertical pellet container. That could be a unit plugged into a regenerator.

Perhaps make Prototype I a bulky stationary system with 100% passive fluid motion, and Prototype II with a much more compact form factor - literally like a mobile generator with forced air and forced cooling for a radiator - literally comparable to regular generators.

Let's work on the technical details at this time. Could we come up with a budget and timeline for the project? Tell me what you need to guarantee your attention on this, and we can put up a funding basket.

Proposed timeline:

1. Blog post - Wed. Oct 13, 2001

2. Design funding period - Oct 13-Nov. 13

3. Design complete by Dec. 13

4. Fabrication funding period - Dec. 13 - Jan. 13.

5. Build complete by Feb. 13.

Basically, initial proposal with full budget by next week:

1. Design cost

2. Materials cost

3. Fabrication cost

After funding is complete, then we do one month to complete the design, followed by one month of build. Does that sound feasible? First build by Feb. 13.

File:DistributedPower.png

Miquel: /* Computer Support */

=Remote Collaboration Options=

There are many ways that one can participate in the development of the Global Village Construction Set ([[GVCS]]) remotely.There are 40 technologies. For these we need:
*Webmaster - with the caveat that the person has to assure continuity of their work. Clear presentation is necessary to get beyond the present disorganization on our internet presence.
*Designs, CAD, and prototypes. Most are flexible fabrication equipment items and heavy equipment items, plus agriculture and energy production items.
*Publicity work]
*Architectural drawings for CEB construction - priority for [[Solar Village 2010]]
*Assistance in power electronics for an induction furnace and a universal electrical power source, *Organizational help in producing a 10-15 minute powerful video on our message.
*People to organize speaking and lecture tours
*People to produce and submit articles to different media venues
*People to produce a detailed agricultural open source agroecology plan for our facility.
*We also need visualization modeling for our facility and program
*People to write diagramming software
*People to produce 3D CAD modules for Blender or fork thereof.
*We need to organize a well thought out campaign for recruiting [[True Fans]].
*We need somebody to write a survey course on power electronics, which is the next untapped frontier related to the Global Village Construction Set.
*We need to produce a Product Release CD for The Liberator, but that is primarily work to be done on site with the machine at hand.

=Organizational Development=

The organizational development component lends itself especially well to remote collaboration - because it can produce substantial resources for our operation, and it can certainly be done from anywhere in the world where someone has access to a computer and phone.

There is a large list of organizational tasks that need doing, from writing articles for submission, contacting publishers of magazines to feature our work, soliciting collaboration with allied groups, organizing lecture and speaking tours, producing publicity materials, organizing the wiki into a coherent whole, developing a workable social contract for resilient communities, and developing a network of collaborators and developers - among countless other tasks.

The key to this is clear communications. Someone interested in doing this needs to have good marketing skills, as well as good writing and technical writing skills. The best person for this job is an actual stakeholder - one who understands our work sufficiently to the point of living by our principles - such that this stakeholder is in a good position to explain the nuances of our work to others.

=Computer Support=
We need:
* Somebody to run '''regular backups''' of the wiki and blog
* '''An Open Source 3D CAD''' program. We currently use Blender, but for real engineering tasks, a Solidworks equivalent would be much better. FreeCAD seems to be the most promising one, '''contribute to it'''. For example with a script that implements exploded parts diagrams.
* '''An Open Source diagramming application'''. We currently use Dia, but it could be better and it is currently not actively developed. A possibility would be to port Kivio to KOffice2, which should be pretty easy using the powerful KOffice2 libraries.
* Somebody to produce a '''more complete set of icons for the OS Tech [[Pattern Language]]''', including not only the 40 technologies but various components. The goal of this is to do pictorial design of tools, objects, houses, agriculture landscapes, facilities, and communities. For example, a tree or a bolt icon is ever useful.
* Design of a functional, '''dynamic content management system for the OSE project''', focusing on the specific needs of OSE's [[GVCS]] development. This system should embody the essential features a scalable, open source product development methodology such as suggested at [[Open Source Economic Development Method]].
* '''Help in the development of 3D animations''' by collecting useful, open repositories of objects that can be then processed in [[Blender]]. [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php/Money_as_Debt_II:_Promises_Unleashed This is an example] of taking existing 3D material to make a movie.

Basically, any open source technology that is not readily available yet should be documented and opensourced. Use this wiki and then move on to [[Open+Pario]] for technical development. See updates on the [[Blog]].

=Power Electronics=
Power electronics is one of the as-of-yet untapped frontiers for Open Source Ecology. Our approach to this involves generating a [[Crash Course on Power Electronics]], at the same time as we build applications in collaboration with the greater open source hardware community. Applications include items such as the [[Induction Furnace]], for real-world needs at [[Factor e Farm]]

Thus, we are looking for people to collaborate on creating the Crash Course, and to help in the actual designs/builds of power devices.

While power electronics might sound like an abstract topic - it is one of the foundations of modern civilization. If you use electricity, you are using power electronics. If you ever used a portable generator - you were using power electronics. If you ever used a welder, you were using power electronics. If you ever drive a car - you are using power electronics - for the charging of the car battery. Power electronics are all around us. Open-sourcing power electronics out of the hands of the priesthood that currently controls them - is one of the active interests of OSE.

=Invitation=
Are you up to the challenge?

=Comments=

Write your comments here.

=Additional Resources=

List otehr resources for open source collaboration and other supporting information repositories that may help with the [[GVCS]]
[[Category:Collaboration]]