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Aaron Makaruk at 18:21, 18 March 2013

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	=Executive Director's Statement=		=Executive Director's Statement=

	Open, collaborative development promises to revolutionize the way the economy operates today. It allows companies to innovate faster via access to prior work and crowd-based contributions. It fosters the emergence of a greater number of producers, resulting in a broader and more diverse ecosystem. It lets us (re)shape the artifacts we use and in this way shape our own experiences. Open Source Ecology is working on mechanisms by which this can happen in practice - in our lives and in our work. How can we participate in a more meaningful, ecological, and satisfying system of production? How does open development lead to a more efficient economy, one in which nobody is left behind?		Open, collaborative development promises to revolutionize the way the economy operates today. It allows companies to innovate faster via access to prior work and crowd-based contributions. It fosters the emergence of a greater number of producers, resulting in a broader and more diverse ecosystem. It lets us (re)shape the artifacts we use and in this way shape our own experiences. Open Source Ecology is working on mechanisms by which this can happen in practice - in our lives and in our work. How can we participate in a more meaningful, ecological, and satisfying system of production? How does open development lead to a more efficient economy: one in which nobody is left behind?

	First, there was social enterprise. Now, we		First, there was social enterprise. Now, we are introducing Distributive Enterprise. This means that we commit to sharing not only our machine designs - but also our enterprise plans. We believe that in an increasingly efficient economy - collaboration means survival.
	are introducing ''Distributive Enterprise''. This means that we commit to sharing not only our machine designs -		We design our products in a different way. Our designs are simple and modular, and they are crafted for a lifetime of service. Our goal is for people to gain full control over their technology, like playing with Lego blocks for life-size machines.
	but also our enterprise plans. We believe that in an increasingly efficient economy - collaboration means survival.

	~~We design our products~~ in a		Currently, we are in a phase of organizational development. Our goal for 2013 is to stabilize Open Source Ecology by developing a solid executive team and attaining a full organizational framework as a humanitarian organization. We also aim to streamline our radically collaborative development and production techniques, so that we can go into high gear. We aim to continue machine development, as we deploy pilot projects worldwide to test feasibility under the most diverse and demanding conditions.
	~~different way. Our designs are simple and~~
	~~modular - and are crafted for a lifetime~~ of ~~service~~.
	Our goal is ~~for people~~ to ~~gain~~ full ~~control over their~~
	~~technology~~, ~~like playing with Lego blocks for life-~~
	~~size machines~~.

	~~Currently~~, we ~~are in~~ a phase of ~~organizational~~		In 2014–2015, we intend to enter a high-velocity development phase for the remaining machines of the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS). We intend to finish all 50 machines of the GVCS - including full documentation - by the end of 2015. This is our Apollo Project for a regenerative economy.
	~~development~~. ~~Our goal for 2013 is~~ to ~~stabilize Open Source Ecology~~ -
	by ~~developing a solid executive team and attaining~~
	~~full organizational structure as a humanitarian~~
	~~organization~~. ~~We also aim to streamline~~
	our ~~radically collaborative development and~~
	~~production techniques so that we can go into high~~
	~~gear. We aim to continue machine development,~~
	~~as we deploy pilot projects worldwide to test~~
	~~feasibility under the most diverse and demanding~~
	~~conditions~~.

	~~In 2014–2015, we intend to enter a high-velocity~~		From 2016 to 2021, we intend to enter the replication phase, where we build 144 facilities worldwide. These facilities are the OSE Incubators - model enterprise hubs and incubators disseminating best practices of open enterprise - to play our part in creating an efficient economy. Our focus is to generate a collaborative, open source product development pipeline where collaboration becomes the option chosen instead of competitive waste. Our goal is to help unleash innovation worldwide: to regenerate the modern economy.
	~~development phase for the remaining machines of~~
	~~the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS). We~~
	~~intend to finish all 50 machines of the GVCS -~~
	~~including full documentation - by the end of 2015.~~
	~~This is our Apollo Project for a regenerative economy.~~

	From 2016 to 2021, we intend to enter the
	replication phase, where we build 144
	facilities worldwide. These facilities are the
	''OSE Incubators'' - model enterprise hubs and incubators
	disseminating best practices of open enterprise - to play
	our part in creating an efficient economy. Our focus is
	to generate a collaborative, open source product
	development pipeline where collaboration becomes the option chosen
	instead of competitive waste. Our goal is to help unleash innovation
	worldwide - to regenerate the modern economy.

	What began a couple of decades ago as the open source movement is now extending into open source hardware, open product development, and open enterprise. What lessons can we learn from these collaborative trends as we enter the next step in the evolution of today's economy? Do we have the courage to take the opportunity - to disrupt manufacturing, stabilize economies, restore ecology, unleash productivity everywhere, leapfrog through old problems, and leave nobody behind?		What began a couple of decades ago as the open source movement is now extending into open source hardware, open product development, and open enterprise. What lessons can we learn from these collaborative trends as we enter the next step in the evolution of today's economy? Do we have the courage to take the opportunity - to disrupt manufacturing, stabilize economies, restore ecology, unleash productivity everywhere, leapfrog through old problems, and leave nobody behind?

	If we do - then we may be entering the next phase of human evolution...		If we do, then we may be entering the next phase of human evolution...

	Forward,		Forward,

Aaron Makaruk at 18:06, 18 March 2013

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	Marcin Jakubowski was born in Poland. His grandfather led actions in the Polish underground derailing German trains in WWII. His grandmother lived through a concentration camp. When he was 10, tanks rolled down the streets of his neighborhood, and it wasn't a parade. These were times of martial law behind the Iron Curtain - a clear state of material scarcity. Marcin and his family waited in line for staples like butter and meat. His life would be transformed when his family left for America, but he never forgot the terrible things that happen when resources are scarce and people fight over opportunity. He began to think that the most essential type of freedom starts with an individual's ability to use natural resources to free oneself from material constraints.		Marcin Jakubowski was born in Poland. His grandfather led actions in the Polish underground derailing German trains in WWII. His grandmother lived through a concentration camp. When he was 10, tanks rolled down the streets of his neighborhood, and it wasn't a parade. These were times of martial law behind the Iron Curtain - a clear state of material scarcity. Marcin and his family waited in line for staples like butter and meat. His life would be transformed when his family left for America, but he never forgot the terrible things that happen when resources are scarce and people fight over opportunity. He began to think that the most essential type of freedom starts with an individual's ability to use natural resources to free oneself from material constraints. Marcin thrived in the United States graduating with honors from Princeton University and earning his Ph.D. in fusion physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Yet, Marcin felt increasingly useless, as his studies were distancing him further from solving pressing world issues.

	Marcin thrived in the United States graduating with honors from Princeton University and earning his Ph.D. in fusion physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Yet, Marcin felt increasingly useless, as his studies were distancing him further from solving pressing world issues.

	So, Marcin started a farm in rural Missouri. He learned about the economics of farming. He bought a tractor - then it broke. He paid to get it repaired - then it broke again. Then, soon enough, he was broke too. He realized that the truly appropriate, low-cost tools that he needed to build a sustainable farm and settlement just didn’t exist yet.		So, Marcin started a farm in rural Missouri. He learned about the economics of farming. He bought a tractor - then it broke. He paid to get it repaired - then it broke again. Then, soon enough, he was broke too. He realized that the truly appropriate, low-cost tools that he needed to build a sustainable farm and settlement just didn’t exist yet.

Aaron Makaruk at 18:06, 18 March 2013

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	Marcin Jakubowski was born in Poland. His grandfather led actions in the Polish underground derailing German trains in WWII. His grandmother lived through a concentration camp. When he was 10, tanks rolled down the streets of his neighborhood, and it wasn't a parade. These were times of martial law behind the Iron Curtain - a clear state of material scarcity. Marcin and his family waited in line for staples like butter and meat. His life would be transformed when his family left for America, but he never forgot the terrible things that happen when resources are scarce and people fight over opportunity. He began to think that the most essential type of freedom starts with an individual's ability to use natural resources to free oneself from material constraints.		Marcin Jakubowski was born in Poland. His grandfather led actions in the Polish underground derailing German trains in WWII. His grandmother lived through a concentration camp. When he was 10, tanks rolled down the streets of his neighborhood, and it wasn't a parade. These were times of martial law behind the Iron Curtain - a clear state of material scarcity. Marcin and his family waited in line for staples like butter and meat. His life would be transformed when his family left for America, but he never forgot the terrible things that happen when resources are scarce and people fight over opportunity. He began to think that the most essential type of freedom starts with an individual's ability to use natural resources to free oneself from material constraints.
	Marcin thrived in the United States; graduating with honors from Princeton University and earning his Ph.D. in fusion physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Yet, Marcin felt increasingly useless, as his studies were distancing him further from solving pressing world issues.
			Marcin thrived in the United States graduating with honors from Princeton University and earning his Ph.D. in fusion physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Yet, Marcin felt increasingly useless, as his studies were distancing him further from solving pressing world issues.

	So, Marcin started a farm in rural Missouri. He learned about the economics of farming. He bought a tractor - then it broke. He paid to get it repaired - then it broke again. Then, soon enough, he was broke too. He realized that the truly appropriate, low-cost tools that he needed to build a sustainable farm and settlement just didn’t exist yet.		So, Marcin started a farm in rural Missouri. He learned about the economics of farming. He bought a tractor - then it broke. He paid to get it repaired - then it broke again. Then, soon enough, he was broke too. He realized that the truly appropriate, low-cost tools that he needed to build a sustainable farm and settlement just didn’t exist yet.

Aaron Makaruk at 18:00, 18 March 2013

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	Marcin Jakubowski was born in Poland. His grandfather led actions in the Polish underground derailing German trains in WWII. His grandmother lived through a concentration camp. When he was 10, tanks rolled down the streets of his neighborhood, and it wasn't a parade. These were times of martial law behind the Iron Curtain - a clear state of material scarcity. Marcin and his family waited in line for staples like butter and meat. His life would be transformed when his family left for America, but he never forgot the terrible things that happen when resources are scarce and people fight over opportunity. He began to think that the most essential type of freedom starts with an individual's ability to use natural resources to free oneself from material constraints.		Marcin Jakubowski was born in Poland. His grandfather led actions in the Polish underground derailing German trains in WWII. His grandmother lived through a concentration camp. When he was 10, tanks rolled down the streets of his neighborhood, and it wasn't a parade. These were times of martial law behind the Iron Curtain - a clear state of material scarcity. Marcin and his family waited in line for staples like butter and meat. His life would be transformed when his family left for America, but he never forgot the terrible things that happen when resources are scarce and people fight over opportunity. He began to think that the most essential type of freedom starts with an individual's ability to use natural resources to free oneself from material constraints.
	Marcin thrived in the United States, graduating with honors from Princeton University and earning his Ph.D. in fusion physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Yet, Marcin felt increasingly useless, as his studies were distancing him further from solving pressing world issues.		Marcin thrived in the United States; graduating with honors from Princeton University and earning his Ph.D. in fusion physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Yet, Marcin felt increasingly useless, as his studies were distancing him further from solving pressing world issues.

	So, Marcin started a farm in rural Missouri. He learned about the economics of farming. He bought a tractor - then it broke. He paid to get it repaired - then it broke again. Then, soon enough, he was broke too. He realized that the truly appropriate, low-cost tools that he needed to build a sustainable farm and settlement just didn’t exist yet.		So, Marcin started a farm in rural Missouri. He learned about the economics of farming. He bought a tractor - then it broke. He paid to get it repaired - then it broke again. Then, soon enough, he was broke too. He realized that the truly appropriate, low-cost tools that he needed to build a sustainable farm and settlement just didn’t exist yet.

Aaron Makaruk at 17:57, 18 March 2013

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-Marcin Jakubowski was born in Poland. His
+So, Marcin started a farm in rural Missouri. He learned about the economics of farming. He bought a tractor - then it broke. He paid to get it repaired - then it broke again. Then, soon enough, he was broke too. He realized that the truly appropriate, low-cost tools that he needed to build a sustainable farm and settlement just didn’t exist yet.
-grandfather led actions in the Polish underground,
+He needed tools that were robust, modular, highly efficient, low cost, made from local or recycled materials, and that were designed for a lifetime - not obsolescence. He realized that he'd have to build them himself.
-derailing German trains in WWII. His grandmother lived through
+So he did just that, and he tested them. He found that industrial productivity can be achieved on a small scale. So then, he posted all the designs, schematics, instructional videos, and budgets on a wiki, and contributors from all over the world began showing up to prototype new machines during dedicated project visits. As such, the tractor, the brick press, and a number of other machines were created.
-Marcin thrived in the United States, graduating with honors
+Open Source Ecology was born.
-So Marcin started a farm - in rural Missouri.
+Wherever material scarcity exists in the world, we see impoverished, isolated beings powerless to take care of themselves and live the healthy, productive lives they desire. Open Source Ecology (OSE) is building a solution where information flows freely and openly, so that everyone has access to information on how to process raw materials into the life-stuff of modern civilization. We believe that everyone should have access to material security, efficient production, and autonomy.
-Wherever material scarcity exists in the world, we see
+At OSE, we find it paradoxical that many of the populations living in poverty are surrounded by the absolute abundance of natural resources (sunlight, rocks, plants, soil, water) from which all the wealth of the economy is built. We are convinced that the big challenge to producing true freedom is bypassing the artificial roadblocks of scarcity: to give as many people as possible access to know-how and the right tools, so they can convert their environment’s abundant raw resources into personal good and freedom.
-At Open Source Ecology (OSE), we find it paradoxical that many of the
+OSE’s current project is the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) - an open platform of the 50 different industrial machines that it takes to build a small civilization with modern comforts. The GVCS provides open solutions for food, energy, housing, transportation, and industrial manufacturing: everything needed to build vibrant, sustainable economies. This is freedom. This is progress. Lowering barriers to efficient production means going forward into a richer, more just and sustainable future. We’re excited to build a bright, new, more equitable and abundant world, and we’re grateful for your support.
 =Executive Director's Statement=

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	First, there was social enterprise. Now, we		First, there was social enterprise. Now, we
	are introducing ''Distributive Enterprise''. ~~In our work,~~ we commit to sharing not only our machine designs -		are introducing ''Distributive Enterprise''. This means that we commit to sharing not only our machine designs -
	but also our enterprise plans. In an ~~economy that is becoming~~ increasingly efficient - collaboration means survival.		but also our enterprise plans. We believe that in an increasingly efficient economy - collaboration means survival.

	We design our products in a		We design our products in a

Marcin at 06:24, 17 March 2013

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	abundant raw resources into personal good and freedom.		abundant raw resources into personal good and freedom.

	OSE’s ~~primary~~ project is the Global Village Construction Set		OSE’s current project is the Global Village Construction Set
	(GVCS) - an open platform of the 50 different industrial machines that		(GVCS) - an open platform of the 50 different industrial machines that
	it takes to build a small civilization with modern comforts.		it takes to build a small civilization with modern comforts.

Marcin at 06:23, 17 March 2013

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	instructional videos, and budgets on a wiki. Then contributors from all over		instructional videos, and budgets on a wiki. Then contributors from all over
	the world began showing up - prototyping new machines, during dedicated project visits.		the world began showing up - prototyping new machines, during dedicated project visits.
	As such, the tractor, the brick press, and a number of other machines were ~~born~~.		As such, the tractor, the brick press, and a number of other machines were created.

	Open Source Ecology was born.		Open Source Ecology was born.

Marcin at 06:23, 17 March 2013

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	not obsolescence. He realized that he'd have to build them himself.		not obsolescence. He realized that he'd have to build them himself.

	So he did just that - and he tested them ~~- and~~ found that industrial productivity -		So he did just that, and he tested them. He found that industrial productivity
	can be achieved - on a small scale. So then he posted all the designs, schematics,		can be achieved - on a small scale. So then he posted all the designs, schematics,
	instructional videos, and budgets on a wiki. Then contributors from all over		instructional videos, and budgets on a wiki. Then contributors from all over

Marcin at 06:21, 17 March 2013

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	Marcin thrived in the United States, graduating with honors		Marcin thrived in the United States, graduating with honors
	from Princeton, and earning his Ph.D. in fusion physics from		from Princeton University, and earning his Ph.D. in fusion physics from
	the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Yet Marcin felt increasingly		the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Yet Marcin felt increasingly
	useless - as his studies were ~~removing~~ him further from solving pressing world issues.		useless - as his studies were distancing him further from solving pressing world issues.

	So Marcin started a farm - in rural Missouri.		So Marcin started a farm - in rural Missouri.