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<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in">Friends,<BR><BR>I would like to chime
in by saying that we'll be holding our first major Factor e Farm
Convergence (Kansas City Area) on September 1-30 to make major
strides on the ground with respect to the Global Vilage Construction
Set (GVCS) development. This will be like <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Camp">Foo
Camp</A>, except longer, and focused towards on-the-ground
prototyping, development, and documentation of the GVCS,&nbsp; by
invitation only. It will be an Apollo Program for the GVCS.<BR><BR>Contact
me if you're interested in the development - building, prototyping,
documentation, and other work. You will be expected to lead the
development of your proposed project during the Convergence. Our goal
is to prototype at least 10 of the <A HREF="http://opensourceecology.org.nyud.net/gvcs.php">50
GVCS machines</A>, including supporting hardware such as modern steam
engines, stepper motors, hydraulic motors, and electrical generators.
We expect at least a $100k budget available for this, via Kickstarter
and other crowd funding initiatives in development. So come to see
the tractors rumble, torch tables fire, and solar collectors
electrify. <BR><BR>This will be an unprecedented sociotechnological
phenomenon, dedicated to pushing the open source movement forward and
to developing a solid platform for <A HREF="http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Distributive_Enterprise">Distributive
Enterprise</A>. We are looking for everyone from CAD, design,
fabrication, prototyping, videography, natural building, energy,
transportation, technical writing, graphics and design, media,
systems egineering, and other subject matter experts - all the
infrastrcture that takes our prototypes to Full Product Release. Read
our <A HREF="http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Crash_Course">Crash Course</A>
 
and <A HREF="http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/">Blog</A> to see our
present status. We are expecting about 100 people to converge, and we
expect a merry and productive time with participants from all over
the globe.<BR><BR>See my related <A HREF="http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.html">TED
Talk</A>, and print our new&nbsp; <A HREF="http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ose-trifold-brochure/">Brochure</A>
to give to your friends. Tweet and spread this message. Join us if
you're interested in creating history.<BR><BR>Thanks for your time. I
posted this message here - <BR><BR>Marcin</P>
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=Participants=
 
Here's a list of people who expressed interest in attending:
#[[Blair Evans]] - Detroit Fab Lab
#[[Isaiah Saxon]]
#[[Meara O'Reilly]]
 
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