Nikolay Georgiev

Nikolay Georgiev

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last updated: 30. April, 2012

WHO are you?

• Name/Nationality/Ethnicity - Nikolay Georgiev, Bulgaria

• Location – Darmstadt, Germany

• Contact Information –

Gmail and Skype: nikolay.h.georgiev
Jabber: nikolayhg
Mobile: +49 one seven six 5514 9643
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nikolayhg
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/osegermany
Flickr: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/nikolayhg1/
Website: http://www.nikolayhg.com/

• Introductory Video -

• What are your long-term goals?

Main Vision: Enabling every human to create their lives and develop the way they really want by increasing freedom and abundance. Practically: start with covering the basic needs of humanity in the Open Source Ecology way.
Long-Term Goals: Grow and evolve Open Source Ecology as a standard way of living and working in Europe. Focus on OSE Germany and Europe-wide collaboration.

• What are your short-term goals?

- Create the first OSE Village in Germany.
- Create strong thriving open collaborative OSE network in Germany.

• Resume/CV –

Current:
2012 Jan - OSE Germany
2012 May - Oct: supported by velaia GmbH with a basic income.
2011 - now: Open Source Ecology - OSE Germany, OSE Europe, Wiki (Team Culturing), IT, Press.
2011 - now: OM Create & Act Open & Positive - started and supporting open positive network on whole sustainability in Bulgaria.

Past:
Personal Work:
2010 Nov: ModuNotes – Simple modular notepad for mobile and everyday use. Project goals: simplicity, modularity, ease of use, mobility, durability, ecology, openness, scalability.
2009 - 2010 - researching sustainability topics - Plastic, Water, Food, Ecology, Consumption, Economics, Design, Open Source Software ...
2009 Dec – 2010 Jan: School Schedule Designer – Open Source Software for designing school schedules based on Eclipse RCP.
2008 Dec: NoteSpring – Open Source Note Taking software based on Eclipse RCP.
Official Work:
2009 - 2011 - Working as a software developer
2004 - 2009 - Bachelor of Computer Science, Darmstadt, Germany
1998 - 2003 - Mathematics Gymnasium, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

• Hobbies and Pastimes - Learning, Experimenting with thoughts and world views, Contribution, Spirituality, Being in Nature, Creating, Simplifying, Connecting and Communicating with people.

WHY are you motivated to support/develop this work?

• Do you support open source culture?

Absolutely. We have to open so many things - software, hardware, knowledge, connections, beliefs, feelings. Just amazing possibilities!

• Why are you interested in this work?

First, Open Source Ecology is based on Natural Principles which consequences have been shown to be positive for a lot of natural and technological systems.

• Decentralization (instead of Centralization) of Power – proven pattern in a lot of networks, like technology (internet, web site development, …) and human relationships (politics, religion/spirituality, family, …).
• Self-Sufficiency – basic needs for living are covered and produced by the local people. No need for dependence. In the future if there is dependency it will be in the form of collaboration.
• Openness – sharing documentation, product design and development process. Being able to change and adapt the products.
• Product Quality – life-time, modular and systems Design.
• Collaboration (instead of using other people for self-interest) – getting people together by purpose and values, and not by force, is much better for the producers and the consumers as well.
• Replicability – giving birth of open sourced, modern-living villages is just amazing! Having the choice of replicability saves a lot of time and work.

Second, it is crucially important that we go beyond life of survival. Survival mode is pushing everyone to take resources from other people, not considering their allowance, health and their community. When we are in survival mode we often neglect our own values and push other people in order to survive.

When we reach the state of living where all basic needs are covered, every person on this planet will have much bigger possibility to develop his own potential. Right now only a very small percentage of the human population have the time and possibilities to develop themselves – to guide their own life in the direction they want, to contribute to the society by using their abilities in their fullness. Most people in the world are fighting, struggling, working only for their own survival or that of their own families, and higher goals and desires like developing themselves and contributing to society are not possible or of low priority.

We need new models of economy and living based on openness, giving and sharing. Open Source Ecology is headed clearly in this direction, giving back freedom and abundance to where it belongs.

• Why are you interested in OSE Germany?

OSE Germany is crucial to the development of OSE in Europe. If we do it in Germany we can do everywhere in Europe. Germany has many advantages: a lot of professionals, one of the biggest sustainability cultures in the world and most people are well financially.

• How does OSE fit into your current live and long and short term goals?

I have dedicated my life to OSE.

• What will stop you supporting OSE Germany?

Nothing. As long as we are developing with the OSE values and principles, this is my path.

WHAT

• List all of your skills in these areas: Communications - Organizational - PR/Marketing - Computer Support - Finances - Law - Design - Video/Graphics - Education - Architecture - Construction - Natural Building - Ecology - Agriculture - Permaculture - Renewable Energy - Electronics - Automation - Metallurgy - Engineering - Product Design - CAD - Fabrication - Industry - CNC - Chemistry - Others

Communications - I share valuable information openly - blogging, speaking, presenting, discussing, clarifying, creating and sustaining bridges.

Organizational - Experience in organizing OSE Europe, Bulgarian open sustainability network and OSE Germany.

Computer Support - I use open source software: Ubuntu, Wordpress, Wiki, phpBB, Drupal. Able to setup quickly Wordpress websites.

Video/Graphics - I use Kdenlive, GIMP and Inkscape.

Education - Love it. For education to effective, there should be clear understanding of the teacher and clear simple communication.

Natural Building - I want to learn and practice designing and building tools and structures.

Permaculture - Basic understanding, would love to get practical experience and grow my own food.

Renewable Energy - Basic understanding, would love to get practical experience.

Electronics - Played with Arduino.

CAD - Beginner in Solidworks, seems easy and fun.

Fabrication and CNC - Beginner welding, metal working and CNC experience through few courses. Found it easy and will be happy to improve my fabrication skills.

• What have you contributed to the development of OSE and OSE Germany?

To OSE: Wiki (Crash Course, Team Culturing), IT, Press, OSE Europe
To OSE Germany: Organizing, communicating, expanding the network, finding people. For more info see OSE Germany.

• What is stopping your contribution to OSE Germany?

On a personal level: my communication is expanding and I am prioritizing where my attention and work is going. I am deciding between good, better and best. I am not yet so good as I wished I was, but I am getting there every day. I want and I am learning how to be more effective.
On a team level: team communication and team work should be better. This has direct effect also on my work - delaying or improving it. Would love to see more people engaged in OSE Germany from the hearth.
On environment: we still don't have a real OSE Village where we can take ownership of our lives and work.

HOW can you help?

• How do you want to contribute?

1) Developing OSE Germany, 2) creating open collaborative OSE Europe, 3) helping OSE and FeF as I can.

• What is the best use of your time?

Communication: I love communication that is clear, immediately gets to the point, time-saving, but also also honest and from the heart. Feedback is great!
Prioritized Actions: For OSE Germany it is better that my focus right now is finding the people with skills rather then me personally developing my engineering, fabrication and construction skills, i.e. organization and communication. Second priority is the creation of OSE Village as long-term dedication.

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

All my time!

• 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?

We have to find ways to sustain everyone of us involved in OSE. Be it through money and other ways, the projects should be long-term sustainable.

• Would you like to see yourself working with us on a full-time basis? Under what kind of conditions?

Yes. Under the only condition that we make it possible at least for the OSE Germany Core Team to work sustainably in the long-term.

• Are you interested in being part of the OSE Village in Germany?

Absolutely! This is my long-term goal.

• Are you interested in building GVCS or other Open Source Hardware equipment? If so which ones?

Totally. Still too early to say which ones, depends on our needs in the OSE Village.

• Are you a True Fan?

Yes.

• Are you OSE Germany Commons Donor?

It is not possible technically yet. Hopefully we can offer this possibility soon.

• What should happen so that you become more involved in OSE Germany?

OSE Village in Germany.

• What should happen so that you are passionately involved in OSE Germany?

I am and if more people are passionately involved in OSE Germany, then the synergy is amazing and the passion multiplies!

Team Work and Network

• What are your expectations of your team members?

They love the OSE values. Are honest with themselves and others. They work focused on what is important for our development. Communicate relevantly and openly. Communicate immediately when they feel that something planned is wrong or cannot happen. Give feedback. Choose to unite rather than separate people. Maintain enriching relationships within the team. Finally they want to develop themselves and help other people even outside the team.

• What do you perceive as your responsibility as a team member?

All of the above expectation of my team member + ensuring that we as team are moving forward.

• What do you think should be our priorities now and in the long-term?

Now: 1) Better team work 2) Expanding the network 3) OSE Village
Long-term: Still to be defined concretely with the team. My initial thoughts: 1) Identifying economically significant technology for Germany (GVCS-like) 2) Creating Open Collaborative Platform 3) Development and proof of concepts for few technologies 4) Creating dozens of places where open source development thrives 5) More Growth and Open Collaboration

• What are the biggest challenges for OSE Germany and what can we and you do about them?

For Germany as a country: a lot of laws (Gesetze) and certification requirements. Solutions: learn about them and find out solutions as open community.
For the team: good strategy and dedicated actions. Solutions: Strategy is yet to be defined, all help is needed. Dedicated action really depends on your real motivation to participate in OSE Germany - the more clear you are the better for you and everyone.

Your Friends and Community

• How are your friends and environment supporting open source development

Almost all my friends and my environment participate in OSE and OM. Both represent exactly the way I want to live. Though, I need also physical environment, like the OSE Village in Germany, so that I and others can put the open source development into concrete practice.

• How your environment can become more supportive or even engaged in open source development?

Experiment and become an example that it is possible. Create physical places where these people can live and work. Make it sustainable in the long-term.

• Can you share with everyone of us friends, people, communities and organizations you know who are already doing valuable work for a better future?

I document it here: OSE Europe Friends.

Feedback

• What do you like in OSE Germany?

The people who are already participating and the growing interest. That we are open network. That we have very similar values.

• What is missing in OSE Germany?

- More dedicated people.
- Real need! OSE Village and visionary project.

• What are your suggestions for improvement in OSE Germany and how could these be implemented?

Know what you really want to do. If OSE is some part of that, join us!