So, you want to build a new civilization?

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Getting
Involved
 


We
aim to make this one of the most collaborative projects in the world,
and we aim to train movement entrepreneurs dedicated to developing
distributive enterprise.
 

So,
You Want to Build a New Civilization?

 


All
right. Please go to the OSE Wiki and sign in. You will see a list of
the <A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/GVCS">50 GVCS
technologies</A>, There is plenty of work left on the GVCS 50. Pick
one, and start contributing information. There is research and
development, where you can contribute conceptual design, analysis of
industry standards, diagrams, prior art, background research, and
other supporting information. Then comes the design stage – CAD,
calculations, simulations, CAE analysis, fabrication drawings, etc.
Peer review is useful. Then comes the build – which requires a bill
of materials., sourcing, and a facility to build. We encourage you to
work remotely and contribute test data. We invite you to write a
<A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Proposal_Template">Proposal
Brief</A>, and we can fund your work upon technical merit. Or you can
come for a <A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Dedicated_Project_Visits">Dedicated
Project Visit</A> to Factor e Farm.

 


The
first step you should take when you get involved is to fill out the
<A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Team_Culturing">Team
Culturing Survey</A>. This helps to provide transparency and to
introduce you to the rest of the global team. The beauty of the
project is that collaborative development is beginning to take place
24/7 around the world. We should also develop a better human
resources platform – where people are listed by their skills and
contributions, promises and delivered products – so it becomes
transparent who is doing work and fulfilling on their promises. This
applies to volunteers and paid people.

 


How
do you know what are the current priorities? First, see the Wiki, and
the basic approach is - “If it is not on the wiki, it doesn't
exist.” From this point, you have to analize the state of
development critically. If it is not clearly documented on the wiki,
it is probably in development or untested. Click on any device at the
<A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/GVCS">50 GVCS technologies</A>
page. Ask yourself: Is there a project leader? What preliminary
research has been done? Does full CAD exist? Are full fabrication
procedures documented? Does a complete PDF of plans exist that you
can take to your local fabricator? Does economic analysis exist so
you can start your own enterprise? If not, those are to be completed
– and it is a chance for you to get involved.

 


Current
project leaders as of 12/25/11 include:

 

<OL>
<LI>
Yoonseo
Kang – CNC Circuit Mill, Inverter component of the Universal Power
Supply
<LI>
Brianna
Kufa – Ironworker Machine
<LI>
Mark
Norton – Modern Steam Engine
<LI>
Larry
Dobson – Gasifier Burner and Heat Exchanger
<LI>
James
Slade, Mike Apostol – CEB Press, LifeTrac
<LI>
Tom
Griffing – Power Cube
<LI>
Marcin
Jakubowski – CNC Torch Table, Induction Furnace
<LI>
Aaron
Makaruk – Resource Development
<LI>
Mike
Apostol – OS CAD/CAM solution


</OL>

Contact
these leaders on the latest progress.

 


The
wiki is a huge sandbox, and the magic of it is that over time, even
with many random contributions, editors organize content into a more
cohesive form. The basic product template for each of the
technologies at the <A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/GVCS">GVCS
50</A> page contains general headings. You can search for information
on the wiki, and if you find something relevant to one of the
headings, you can edit to put the content at the right place.

 


Is
a technology of your choice not part of the official 50 GVCS list?
Then start new pages on the wiki for non-GVCS tools. The wiki is
infinitely expandable. The GVCS is only a limited but sufficient set
– limited so it remains a tractable project with a clear
deliverable. We don't really know if the choices made are the best –
but we will reevaluate after the set is done by year-end 2012. We
can't tell until we see all the devices work together as a complete
set. We just selected the 50 best ones according to <A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/OSE_Specifications">OSE
Specifications</A> and the <A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Product_Selection_Metric">Product
Selection Metric</A> almost 4 years ago.

 


If
you are a subject matter expert, designer, video editor, CAD
draftsman, or other technical contributor in any of the 50
technologies – you are welcome to bid on work. We suggest you
submit a Proposal Brief. The key to the project is finding qualified
people – and we found that word of mouth and references from
trusted sources tend to provide best results. Help us find these
people. 


 


We
are also looking for full time people to join Factor e Farm –
master builder, farmer, fabrication manager, CEO, CTO, and
co-founder. With the farmer - we need to continue field testing the
equipment while feeding our team. With the builder, we want to
continue building out infrastructure, building out our electrical
grid. With the fabrication manager, we want to continue production
runs as a first-hand test of our economic significance, and to
continue building the tools that we use on site. We are looking for
startup instigators, not employees – as this type of risk-sharing
is part of the responsibility that we seek in our partners. 


 


There
are other support roles. We also welcome you to join us in resource
development – the OSE Enterprise is an open business plan that you
can use. We are working on developing remote video editing capacity,
where you can edit remotely after downloading footage from our
repository – such as YouTube. Our current plant is to use
smartphones for constant uploads of content – indexed by topic.
Then, remote editors can take the content to make quality videos from
the raw footage. We are also looking for ongoing CAD, fabrication
drawing, simulation, and analysis support for prototyping.

 


At
best, as the team grows at Factor e Farm, remote support functions
would include: 


 

<OL>
<LI>
video
editing support – ongoing instructionals
<LI>
CAD
support – converting videos with measurements into CAD files;
<LI>
Fabrication
drawings support – converting CAD files into fabrication drawings
that one can take to a local fabricator
</OL>
<OL START=3>
<LI>
CAE
support – converting CAD files into CAE analysis for structural,
thermal and other properties;
<LI>
modeling
support – animations modeling the function of machines, as part of
explanatory material 

<LI>
blogging
support – keeping track of a project with the project lead to
provide regular blog updates on a given project – such as checking
in ½ hour each week by phone and writing a blog post. Strong
journalism/reporting/creative writing skills are required to provide
context and to pique the reader's interest. This is critical as we
have a regular backlog of reporting from Factor e Farm and other
locations.
<LI>
collaboration
support – dedicated searching for allied efforts, collaborators,
peer reviewers, funding support, bidders, subject matter experts,
and any other support that 

<LI>
media
and music repository support – keeping a repository of <A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/High_Resolution_GVCS_Media">high
resolution media</A>, graphics, diagrams, and other materials for
use in press releases, reports, and other publications; <A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Open_Source_Soundtracks">open
source soundtrack</A> repository for videos
<LI>
nonprofit
fundraising – join <A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Aaron_log">Aaron
Makaruk</A> in raising funds for OSE. See his <A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Contract_Aaron">sample
contract</A>.
</OL>

 

OSE
Branches and Allied Efforts

 


There
are 3 main forms of OSE-related operations: independent OSE efforts,
chartered OSE organizations, and certified OSE/GVCS Producers

 

<OL TYPE=I>
<LI>
Independent
OSE Efforts
</OL>

 


OSE
is a movement to create an open source economy by developing and
using economically significant, open source information (open product
and process design and techniques of production). OSE refers to more
than just an open source economy. The distinction is that OSE
produces not only open design, but also produces distributive
enterprise as the means to affect the economic process. On top of
this, it connects to environmental regeneration and social justice as
discussed at the OSE Paradigm section.

 


We
encourage that the OSE message be spread far and wide as the third
economic paradigm. To this end, we do not restrict anybody from using
the OSE name as long as they are following the OSE Paradigm. Others
are welcome to use the official OSE name or official logo in branding
their work or group as an independent OSE effort, without explicit
permission, if they are an individual, group, or organization.
Independent OSE Efforts are intended to promote that work of OSE,
while not demanding that any resources on the part of OSE
International.

 


To
be an independent OSE effort in good standing – the effort may be
one or more of the following:

 

<OL>
<LI>
A
user of GVCS technologies
<LI>
Doing
outreach about the OSE Paradigm
<LI>
Developer
or prototyper of GVCS technologies
<LI>
Engaging
in the development of any other, non-GVCS technologies while
publishing designs and open business models. We believe in open
everything, and the wiki is infinitely expandable. We recommend that
you publish on the <A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Main_Page">OSE
Wiki</A> for recognition
<LI>
An
effort for raising money (nonprofit sector or otherwise) by using
the OSE brand. In the case that you are raising money, we request
that if you use the OSE brand, that you contribute 25% of your net
funding raised to promote the work of OSE International. This money
will be used directly for GVCS prototyping in 2012, so your funding
will help the entire movement to achieve its goals faster.
</OL>

 


While
others are allowed to use the GVCS designs for profit - they are not
allowed to use the official OSE logo to brand their products. They
are welcome to sell products under their own label. If one wants to
sell products under the official OSE/GVCS label, then one is required
to become a certified OSE/GVCS producer, as discussed below.

 


If
you are using the OSE identity to run some form of operation or
effort, please let the greater community know as a matter of
courtesy, by posting your organization's name, date formed, contact
details, and activities at <A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Independent_OSE_Efforts">Independent
OSE Groups</A> on the wiki.

 

<OL TYPE=I START=2>
<LI>
Chartered
OSE Organizations – OSE Development Facilities
</OL>

 


OSE
has a good chance to change the world. To maintain and enhance a
strong identity as a world-changing organization that produces
transformation of economies, we are setting high standards for new
facilities. New facilities, if chartered as an official part of the
core development work of OSE, must comply with the distributive
economic goals of the OSE Paradigm. Moreover, if the OSE Paradigm is
indeed effective – then the new organization should have a
significant and visible effect on the economy – not only in terms
of achieving a post-scarcity economy on its own soil – but also in
instigating the same in surrounding communities. Visible economic and
political transformation should occur on sub-decade timescales in
these communities. A network of thousands of communities as such is
expected to arise within about 3 years of GVCS completion of year-end
2012. This is a seed for thorough global transition to the open
source economy, and to Open Source Ecology.

 


To
achieve this, a Chartered OSE Organization must be:

 

<OL>
<LI>
A
land-based facility, where the land is placed in a trust as a site
of permanent human heritage. This is intended to guarantee
continuity and significance to any new effort of this nature. 

<LI>
A
beacon of light for its local community, which demonstrates in
itself a functional community operating under the conditions of
material post-scarcity.
<LI>
A
development and education center and a place of lifelong learning,
with the ideal of creating the next generation of responsible
stewards of their communities and of the greater world in the
context of the open source economy.
<LI>
A
productive facility and a product development center capable of
producing all of its essential needs from local resources.
<LI>
A
change agent for surrounding communities, the success of which is
measured by the adoption of open source economic and OSE practices
in the surrounding communities
<LI>
Populated
by full-time individuals who live a post-scarcity economy lifestyle
– where a high standard of living is achieved from local
productivity.
</OL>

 


The
enabling technology base for such a community is the complete set of
50 GVCS tools, or a related infrastructure package that provides for
all of the community's material and energy resources.

 


The
above is not an easy task, and we are looking for initial discussions
with small core groups of movement entrepreneurs interested in
starting such new facilities. These core groups must have
demonstrated the practical, tactical, and people skills to organize
rapid learning and development efforts required for the successful
startup of such communities.

 


The
benefit of OSE-chartered status is the publicity, funding, and access
that comes from that relationship. We are willing to consider other
types of chartered organizations under specific terms. Otherwise,
another route is operating as an independent OSE effort as in the
previous section.

 


 

<OL TYPE=I START=3>
<LI>
Certified
OSE Producers


</OL>

OSE
International is currently developing training programs and
infrastructures for producer training. Typically, a producer is a
skilled craftsman who picks up additional skills during a build of
one or more complete machines as part of their training. Another
route to producer training is for independent producers to submit
finished copies of devices for quality control approval by members of
the OSE International certification committee. 


 


Certified
producers may sell under the OSE brand. OSE can provide marketing
assistance. In return for certification, OSE Certified Producers are
required to pay 5% of their net. This funding goes to support the
development of the GVCS and the replication of OSE Development
Facilities. Non-certified producers do not have to pay a license fee
if they sell under their own label. 


 

Chartered
OSE Organizations

 


Becoming
a chartered OSE Organization is not a task to be taken lightly, as
the goal of OSE as a movement is to produce disruptive change.
Starting a branch means creating the substance of the next economy.
Our goal is to create a strong identity for OSE as a clear and
positive change agent who delivers tangible results. Anything short
of this is diluting the message, and does not help the movement as a
whole.

 


If
you would like to be endorsed as an official OSE facility, the first
thing is a charter – defining your goals clearly. This includes the
resources you aim to secure, distributive enterprises that you aim to
develop – and the team that will help you get there.

 We
are interested in assisting startup facilities in the full
capitalization and infrastructure to create powerful development and
productive facilities – starting with land. To facilitate this –
we suggest that the timing for this would occur after the 50 GVCS
tools are developed, or after Dec. 21, 2012. The reason for this is
that once the 50 tools are available, startup costs will be decreased
significantly – perhaps from $1M for a new facility to $100k. 


 


We
aim to provide startup assistance in the form of immersion training
and capitalization assistance. We suggest that a core team of 2-4
people come to Factor e Farm for 6 months of immersion training. The
core team would pick up a wide range of practical village
construction skills – from digital fabrication, integrated
agriculture, renewable energy, housing construction, and others. This
training may be funded by grants or production earnings.
 

Capitalization
Assistance Model

 


During
the immersion training, trainees will have a chance to build real
products that can be sold. With the economic power of the GVCS and
social capital of OSE, marketing is not expected to be a barrier to
successful fundraising by production. We expect that a single trainee
should be able to generate $5k of value per month, assuming ½ time
participation in production at 50% capacity compared to a
professional fabricator. We have initial evidence that with proper
guidance and sound ergonomic design of the workshop – this is a
realistic proposition. For a 6 month duration, that is $30k value
generated per person. This is sufficient to generate significant
capital for startup. If the cost of training is $10k per person, then
a core team of 4 trainees can leave their 6 month immersion training
with: (1), a highly integrated, practical skill set covering all
sectors of the productive economy (agriculture, construction, energy,
technology); (2), connection to a network of change agents around the
globe; and (3), $80k of startup capital for their own facility.

 


This
is the type of commitment that we expect from startup instigators in
other locations around the world – if the expectation is full
endorsement and support from OSE headquarters.

 

Note
On Strategy
 


In
2013, we will be expanding to other goods and services, but for now,
we are focusing on the GVCS 50 as the strategic core. Once developed,
this will provide the track record, process, and economic power to
diversify into other products and to facilitate the creation of
communities, enterprises, and new countries. Remember that this is an
Apollo Program for the GVCS – and we expect to finish the 50 beta
product releases by December 21, 2012. If things continue as they are
now, we may be done ahead of schedule. Completion of the GVCS
provides everyone with a much larger index of possibilities for 2013.

 


Strategically,
OSE International is putting all its effort into securing and
allocating the $5.5M that it will take to develop the GVCS 50 by
year-end 2012. This is a monumental organizational task, and it
requires our full attention. Anything not related to this plan is a
distraction to the core effort. We ask the rest of the community to
help out in the GVCS 50, and in particular, in the Factor e Farm
experiment. This focus has to happen for only 1 year. Access to all
the 50 technologies will mean about a 10x reduction in startup cost
of any new OSE-related effort. The GVCS 50 is key to viral
replication. Therefore, it is better for the whole movement that all
effort is spent on the GVCS 50 – and get it done even ahead of
schedule. Then, the possibility of viral replication will be real. 


 


If
you are considering replication right now – you have to consider
that we have only 4 beta product releases – which does not address
fuel, power, or fabrication aspects of a robust community. Yes, new
facilities can be built right now – but at high startup costs. My
personal frustration is that everyone thinks that we have all the
technology already. We don't – we are in development – and
moreover, these products need to go through the thousands of hours
necessary for general adoption by the rest of the world. As such I
ask this Christmas day that we all work together to get there, and
magic will follow.

 


I
know that many people are itching to get involved – this was
exactly my state about 6 years ago. I found out that access to the
enabling tools crushed my whole initial plan. That is a condition
that anyone will still face today – until many more of the GVCS 50
tools are done. We have too few of the tools developed as of yet to
make replication a painless process. Even with all the tools
available – there are enough things that can go wrong – that my
best advice to anyone is not to do this until all the tools are
available. It will simply be easier for everybody involved.

 


We
would like to continue making this one of the most collaborative
projects in the world: open engineering, open economic development,
and distributive enterprise for the common good. Let's work together
to make this happen.

 

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