Andreas Gmeiner

Andreas Gmeiner

Team Culturing Information

last updated: 31. May, 2011

WHO are you?

• Name - Andreas Gmeiner

• Location (city, country) - Regensburg, Germany

• Contact Information (email, phone, Skype) - GmeinerAndreas (at) gmx (dot) de, I will send my phone number if you ask via Mail

• Introductory Video -

• Resume/CV -

WHY are you motivated to support/develop this work?

• Do you endorse open source culture?

Of course, what a question. OpenSource is the future,

• Why are you interested in collaborating with us?

We have started a project called planraum in Regensburg. This Project is a very widely defined project to unify ecologic ideas, arts and technology. In the first part by creating a physical room like a hackerspace to create a melting pot where the ideas can spawn. As second part there is the subproject wurzelwerk and the associated Farm where a technology based community will try to reform the rural economics. This project is very in the beginning, but as there is plenty of land and some buildings availabe it could emerge to something like a factor e farm in Germany. The project is in the very beginning and the planned arrival of people in this place is in 2012 or 2013. Yeah, and we're interessted in contributing to the mill-drill-lathe as we have some people experienced on this topic in our group. So actually I am interessted in collaborating as you share my visions, perhaps you would say, I share your vision. However, OSE rocks.

• How do you think that the GVCS can address pressing world issues?

There is this idea, that with rising complexity of the society the additional net outcome through increased complexity is lower when it has risen over some treshold (J.A. Tainter). This innevitable leads to societal problems, and when nobody does something against this it leads to collapse of the society. I do not think that the possibility for collapse of the western society is very close, but we have to do where we can everything to reduce complexity in the societies structure. Decentralization, Relocalisation of primary and secondary sections of production are a core concepts for reducing complexity of our society. The GVCS could be the fundament on which the reduced complexity is built.

• What should happen so that you become more involved with the project?

I think nothing. At the moment other projects are developing, and sooner or later I will grow in the shoes which are made for me, but don't fit yet.

• What are you missing in the project?

Perhaps I haven't found it yet, but while building up new means of production there also should be an social scientific assessment of the whole project to get an idea of the real impact of local production.

• What are your suggestions for improvement of the project?

WHAT

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

Organizational/Communications: Worked in political as well as non political student organisations in leading positions, organized some conferences and established a festival
Agriculture/Permaculture: Grew up on a small industrial Farm. Having my own permaculture project running.
Education: worked with difficult children, held some lectures on Computer Scientific and Mathematical Topics.
Mathematics: Studied it, actually still studying it
Unix System Administration, Programming etc.: Doing it all the time

• How have you already contributed to the project?

Propaganda. And yes, more Propaganda.

HOW can you help?

• How are you interested in contributing to the work of GVCS development?

Very much I'm interested in creating a OSE fabrication and research site somewhere in middle Europe, as well as building up a team of professionals. As I am associated with a university of applied sciences I also want to distribute some the the design and research to bachelor as well as master students in the areas of computer sciences, mechanical engineering as well as electrical engineering.
I'm very interested in bioplastics and we are developing a method to gain Polyactid Acid.

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

Of course, it depends on the work. I'm volunteering all the time I'm not working.

• 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?

• Are you interested in Dedicated Project Visit?

No, not at the moment.

• Are you interested in purchasing equipment from us to help bootstrap development?

I think we can build everything on our own.

• Are you interested in bidding for consulting/design/prototyping work?

• Are you a True Fan? If not, why not?

No, I am not. If you don't have much money and have loads of own projects there's always much month left when the money is over...

• Would you like to see yourself working with us on a full-time basis?

• Are you interested in using the technologies that we are developing directly?

Of course. I want to have them all

• Are you interested in being part of the world's first, open source, resilient community? The GVCS is the preparatory step for the OSE Village Experiment - a 2 year, immersion experiment (2013-2014) for testing whether a real, thriving, modern-day prototype community of 200 people can be built on 200 acres using local resources and open access to information? We are looking for approximately 200 people to fill a diverse array of roles, according to the Social Contract that is being developed. This may be the boldest social experiment on earth - a pioneering community whose goal is to extend the index of possibilities regarding harmonious existence of humans, ecology, and technology - as a beacon of light to benefit of all people on Earth.

Yes I am interested, but there's loads to do in the old world