Current tasks

Hardware development

1. Software for controlling CNC motor. See Open Source Stepper Motor Controller and Electric Motor Controls
2. Learn more about power electronics and start implementing related open-source technologies. Crash Course on Power Electronics
3. Complete CAM files for the tractor. See http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/going-digital/

Web presence

1. Import bbPress forum posts into Vanilla Forums (http://openecology.org/forum/)
2. Import forum posts from FeF
3. Provide SSO

Wiki

1. Each of the tools (listed at GVCS tools) should have a standardized, clear, navigable set of instructions. See Product Template. The CEB Press and LifeTrac are the priorities
2. Merge Wiki instructions and Wiki Policy
3. Go thru Special:Allpages and Special:UncategorizedPages and categorize each page using the breadcrumb template (explained here)
4. Find pages in nonstandard categories (check the list of categories) and put them in standard categories. (The list of standard categories will need to be expanded over time.)
5. Many pages are very small and can be merged into larger related pages. When done, the tpage should be turned into a redirect to the larger page. See: Merging and moving pages
6. Merge different development templates: GVCS Development Template, Global Village Construction Set - 'deployment' and 'product cycle' sections, possibly others scattered around the wiki and blog post them here
7. Special:WantedCategories provides a list with categories that potentially need to be merged or removed.
8. Category:Candidates for speedy deletion should be reviewed and acted upon
9. Special:WantedTemplates
10. Please add pictures to as many pages as possible. It doesn't matter if they don't provide extra information; they just make the page nicer to look at.
11. Add a page on explaining how to use templates and listing available templates.
12. See the list of 'Wanted' tags on the wiki and take care of them

Categories for Related Groups and Collaboration

Current layout:

• Category:Organizations
  • Category:Resilient Communities
• Category:Friendly Organizations
• Category:Related Groups
  • Allied Organizations
  • Friendly Organizations
  • Category:Related Wikis
  • Category:Collaboration Discussions

Proposed:

• Category:Related
  • Category:Organizations (merge Category:Friendly Organizations and Category:Related Groups here)
    • Merge Allied Organizations and Friendly Organizations; then, create pages for their items.
    • Category:Resilient Communities
  • Category:Related Wikis (Maybe rename to Wikis)
  • Category:Collaboration Discussions (Keep this a sub-category of Category:Related ?

Funding

Three conditions should be met to create a credible fundraising solicitation for high net worth (hnw) individuals and foundations.

1. Clear presentation of the project's mission and significance.
2. Plan to achieve that mission with milestones, budget breakdown, etc.
3. One completed iteration of the Open Source Development Pipeline that shows how each of the 40 items will be developed and 'opened.'

Possible Funding Channels

• High net worth individuals (ex. rich kids, financial service professionals
• Progressive foundations See list at Foundations
• True Fans (subscription basis)
• Selling hardware

Recruiting

1. Find subject matter experts

Opensourceecology.org

To do

• Devin: Infographic
• Isaiah: Explainer video
• Devin: Talk to guy who may be interested in designing the OSE pattern language icons -Icons_for_Proposal_2011
• Elifarley: Talk to graphic designer about brochures
• Conor: Research different collaboration platforms used by successful open hardware projects
• Devin: Tune up BeeX funding infrastructure to allow integration. Enable subscriptions.
• Miquel: Assess bettermeans.org versus Open Pario as collaboration platform

Higher Education

Liora and Andrew Langford from Gaia University, January 2010

We are looking for students at universities who are interested in further theoretical development of the open source economic development model:

1. Innovative business students to study the neo-commercialization model
2. Philosophy students to study the peer-to-peer economy model
3. Students of industrial, electrical, mechanical, and other engineering disciplines to explore developing open source technologies
4. Computer science students to develop of innovative software platforms for collaboration
5. Students of rural sociology, as this is a revolution of the countryside

Did the thing with Gaia University ever happen? I noticed they are offering post-Masters certificates. Does OSE want to encourage people to take advantage of Gaia's open courses to study some of the things proposed as potential doctorate programs?

University Gaia Ph.D programs

Negotiate independent study projects with students at colleges and universities? Is this still a potential reality?