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We are a research and development organization. We generate products for the people - by the people. We are supported entirely by voluntary contributions - whether from online donors, on-site labor and production, or in-kind donations. Our Community Supported Manufacturing (see [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Slide_22 slides 22-29] for discussion, with [[CEB_Press]] as the case in point) model means that we develop viable enterprise, and the people benefit by getting the highest quality product ''at the cost of production''. This is radical - because the economics allow for capturing the high value of skilled labor. The skill is shared and taught openly to promote free enterprise. This follows principles of Jeffersonian democracy, [http://tinytechindia.com/gandhiji2.html Gandhi's production by the masses], Schumacher's seminal work on small industry, [http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0465075614/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-3574943-7841431#reader-link Piore's seminal work on flexible fabrication], [Bergmann's theories of New Work], and modern implementatino via [http://www.bittorrent.com/users/tedtalks/torrents/TEDTalks%3A_Neil_Gershenfeld_%282006%29/c5993d59-0ecc-11dc-8dee-00e081411f3f  Gerschenfeld's digital fabrication].
We are a research and development organization. We generate products for the people - by the people. We are supported entirely by voluntary contributions - whether from online donors, on-site labor and production, or in-kind donations. Our Community Supported Manufacturing (see [http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Slide_22 slides 22-29] for discussion, with [[CEB_Press]] as the case in point) model means that we develop viable enterprise, and the people benefit by getting the highest quality product ''at the cost of production''. This is radical - because the economics allow for capturing the high value of skilled labor. The skill is shared and taught openly to promote free enterprise.  
 
This follows principles of:
*Jeffersonian democracy
*[http://tinytechindia.com/gandhiji2.html Gandhi's production by the masses]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_is_Beautiful Schumacher's seminal work] - that small industry is the preferred means of production *[http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0465075614/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-3574943-7841431#reader-link Piore's seminal work on flexible fabrication
*[http://www.context.org/ICLIB/IC37/Bergmann.htm  Bergmann's theories of New Work] - which are based on:
*Modern production via [http://www.bittorrent.com/users/tedtalks/torrents/TEDTalks%3A_Neil_Gershenfeld_%282006%29/c5993d59-0ecc-11dc-8dee-00e081411f3f  digital fabrication].

Revision as of 11:53, 16 October 2008

Intruduction

We are a research and development organization. We generate products for the people - by the people. We are supported entirely by voluntary contributions - whether from online donors, on-site labor and production, or in-kind donations. Our Community Supported Manufacturing (see slides 22-29 for discussion, with CEB_Press as the case in point) model means that we develop viable enterprise, and the people benefit by getting the highest quality product at the cost of production. This is radical - because the economics allow for capturing the high value of skilled labor. The skill is shared and taught openly to promote free enterprise.

This follows principles of: