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'''Practical Skills:'''
'''Practical Skills:'''


practical skills you may have - from agriculture, workshop, industry, organizing, hands-on, CAD, manufacturing, computer skills, etc.
Appropriate Technology: I run the technology arm of re:char, creating carbon-negative products for sale to Kenyan farmers that pay for themselves within 12 months.
Have you designed and built or produced anything for your own use?
 
Which of your skills are particularly relevant towards creating the GVCS? Please view the TED Talk and recent update for the latest on our approach and on-the-ground work.
Open Source Electronics: I invented the [http://garduino.dirtnail.com Garduino], an arduino-based garden manager.
Do you have any organizational skills and experience?
 
Can you cook? Can you cover your food expenses?
Entrepreneurship: I have started several businesses, including [http://dirtcab.dirtnail.com Dirtnail Pedicabs], a fleet of 25 bicycle taxis I built myself.
Do you have resources to support yourself while volunteering with us?
 
Do you have any medical, physical, or psychological conditions or disabilities which may affect your ability to do physical work?
Metalworking: most skilled at wire feed, I have utilized all major welding styles. Additionally, I have run several different styles of plasma CNCs and am an amateur blacksmith.
Do you have any emotional, psychological, or mental conditions which may affect your ability to act with composure and good judgment?
 
Are you easy to get along with and can you get along with other people?
Computers: expert in computer hardware and software troubleshooting, quite proficient in a variety of  programming techniques (especially PHP and Javascript utilized with web services), skilled in CAD (SketchUp preferred), etc.
Do you have strong ideological views (political, religious, elitist, feminist, etc.)?
 
Are you a team player - or someone who understands that the work we do at Factor e Farm is for a much greater purpose than for our own self-gratification, indulgence, or agenda? This implies a level of maturity in the participant which allows one to remain not only aligned with the vision, but also to remain motivated in this work.
'''Things I have built:'''
Do you smoke?
 
Do you have any dietary restrictions? Will you eat meat raised at our farm?
In addition to remodeling a 1930s house, I have [http://www.instructables.com/member/liseman/ some of my projects on Instructables].
Do you have transportation? Will you be arriving by car and leaving the car on-site?
 
Documentation is key to moving our work forward. Are you familiar with using a Wiki?
'''Particularly useful to OSE:'''
Please produce a 1-3 minute video introduction to yourself and upload it to a video-sharing site of your choice for our review. See sample video from WilliamCleaver from a former application.
 
Can you work well as a pioneer under rough conditions, by taking the responsibility to create your own environment?
Welding, DIY experience, entrepreneurial energy.
When would you be available for a Dedicated Project Visit?
 
If you are accepted and things don't work out, do you have other options to pursue after the month?
'''Organizational skills / experience:'''
List your goals and deliverables for your Dedicated Project Visit, breaking it up by each of the four weeks. Please write a one-page proposal brief summarizing what you would like to do, how you would accomplish it, and what resources you would need to do so. Include a budget as necessary. We are willing to pay for prototyping materials.
 
Are you willing to publish all the results of your work openly, and to make any of your contributions open source, consistent with our goal of creating Distributive Enterprise?
I have recruited, worked on, and occasionally managed teams throughout my career, from classrooms at Wharton to pedicabbers on the streets of Austin.
How does your proposed work contribute to the creation of the GVCS?
 
What are the metrics by which you could assess the success of your work? (prototypes built, documentation produced, resources or funding raised, infrastructure built, food provided, contribution to the community provided, True Fans recruited, etc.) Note that we are looking more for tangible and explicit proposals and results as opposed to 'I will help with whatever is needed' or other generalizations - unless we agree otherwise.
'''Cooking''' Yes, but not particularly well. I can cover my food expenses.
What do you expect personally to get out of your Dedicated Project Visit?
 
Can you visit us prior to your Dedicated Project Visit?
'''Resources to support myself?''' Yes.
Please share three interesting things about yourself.
 
Please share three things you think people should know about living with you.
'''Conditions / disabilities?''' None affecting ability to do work or exercise sound judgment.
Can you bring a digital camera or phone camera for documenting your work?
 
Any other concerns or considerations?
'''Easy to get along with?''' Yes: I'm the oldest of 5 siblings, and they all still talk to me:)
Please fill out the Team Culturing short survey if you haven't done so already.
 
Please post your complete survey on this wiki by starting a page - titled 'Your Name Dedicated Project Visit Application'. Please embed your picture and video. See the wiki editing Instructions if you have any questions.
'''Strong ideological views?''' Yes, but I believe in polite discussion rather than radical imposition.
 
'''Team player?''' Yes.
 
'''Smoke?''' No.
 
'''Dietary restrictions?''' None.
 
'''Transportation?''' Yes. I can have a car left on-site or not, at your discretion.
 
'''Wiki familiarity?''' Yes.
 
'''Pioneering, rough conditions, taking responsibility to create my own environment?''' Absolutely.
 
'''Availability:''' 12/8.
 
'''Options after month?''' Yes.
 
'''Goals / Deliverables:'''
 
I want to document the current state of the torch table for the first week, implement any readily available improvements the second week, and document a full deployment from scratch to finish upon my return to Kenya. Additionally, I will evaluate both Lifetrac and compressed earth bricks as possible technologies to deploy at our 6-acre demo site in 2012. The only resources I need to accomplish this are materials for any desired changes to the torch table. My project will be a success when I hear of at least 3 other people building a torch table from my documentation.
 
'''Willing to publish all results of work openly?''' Yes; I do this already.
 
'''What I expect to get personally?''' An adventure and an opportunity to learn more about DIY sustainability.
 
'''Visit prior?''' Yes.
 
'''3 interesting things about myself:'''
 
1. I've been to 25+ countries, and I wrote [http://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Traveled-Luke-Iseman/dp/1453840133 a book about my travels].
 
2. I'm building [http://www.flickr.com/photos/22516069@N06/sets/72157628249129435 an off-grid house out of a shipping container].
 
3. Several of my projects have [http://lukeiseman.com/me resulted in controversy].
 
 
'''3 things about living with me:'''
 
1. I sleep very soundly.
 
2. I have a distinctive, loud laugh.
 
3. I put copious amounts of Tabasco sauce on most foods.
 
'''Camera?''' I will bring several video and still cameras.
 
[[Category:Dedicated Project Visits]]

Latest revision as of 18:53, 21 February 2012

Name: Luke Iseman

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Location: Austin, Texas (back to Kenya in mid-January)

Contact Info: phone (512)466-4055 , email luke@re-char.com , skype liseman .

Photo: here

Resume / Schools: on LinkedIn profile

References:

Jason Aramburu, CEO re:char. jason@re-char.com , (210)872-0632. Jason currently works with me at re:char.

Stephen Merritt, owner Dirtnail Pedicabs. merritt87@gmail.com, (512)844-4444. Stephen purchased Dirtnail Pedicabs from me.

Mia Iseman, younger sister. mia.iseman@gmail.com , (512)608-3295.

Why I'm Interested:

I've followed OSE since reading about the project in Make Magazine. I've been building my own open-source projects for years, and I'm excited about the potential to deploy several OSE projects in Kenya and elsewhere.

Practical Skills:

Appropriate Technology: I run the technology arm of re:char, creating carbon-negative products for sale to Kenyan farmers that pay for themselves within 12 months.

Open Source Electronics: I invented the Garduino, an arduino-based garden manager.

Entrepreneurship: I have started several businesses, including Dirtnail Pedicabs, a fleet of 25 bicycle taxis I built myself.

Metalworking: most skilled at wire feed, I have utilized all major welding styles. Additionally, I have run several different styles of plasma CNCs and am an amateur blacksmith.

Computers: expert in computer hardware and software troubleshooting, quite proficient in a variety of programming techniques (especially PHP and Javascript utilized with web services), skilled in CAD (SketchUp preferred), etc.

Things I have built:

In addition to remodeling a 1930s house, I have some of my projects on Instructables.

Particularly useful to OSE:

Welding, DIY experience, entrepreneurial energy.

Organizational skills / experience:

I have recruited, worked on, and occasionally managed teams throughout my career, from classrooms at Wharton to pedicabbers on the streets of Austin.

Cooking Yes, but not particularly well. I can cover my food expenses.

Resources to support myself? Yes.

Conditions / disabilities? None affecting ability to do work or exercise sound judgment.

Easy to get along with? Yes: I'm the oldest of 5 siblings, and they all still talk to me:)

Strong ideological views? Yes, but I believe in polite discussion rather than radical imposition.

Team player? Yes.

Smoke? No.

Dietary restrictions? None.

Transportation? Yes. I can have a car left on-site or not, at your discretion.

Wiki familiarity? Yes.

Pioneering, rough conditions, taking responsibility to create my own environment? Absolutely.

Availability: 12/8.

Options after month? Yes.

Goals / Deliverables:

I want to document the current state of the torch table for the first week, implement any readily available improvements the second week, and document a full deployment from scratch to finish upon my return to Kenya. Additionally, I will evaluate both Lifetrac and compressed earth bricks as possible technologies to deploy at our 6-acre demo site in 2012. The only resources I need to accomplish this are materials for any desired changes to the torch table. My project will be a success when I hear of at least 3 other people building a torch table from my documentation.

Willing to publish all results of work openly? Yes; I do this already.

What I expect to get personally? An adventure and an opportunity to learn more about DIY sustainability.

Visit prior? Yes.

3 interesting things about myself:

1. I've been to 25+ countries, and I wrote a book about my travels.

2. I'm building an off-grid house out of a shipping container.

3. Several of my projects have resulted in controversy.


3 things about living with me:

1. I sleep very soundly.

2. I have a distinctive, loud laugh.

3. I put copious amounts of Tabasco sauce on most foods.

Camera? I will bring several video and still cameras.

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