Susan miller survey

WHO are you?

• Name/Nationality/Ethnicity - Susan Miller/US/Anglo-Saxon
• Location – what is your city and country? Cleveland, Ohio, US
• Contact Information – millerbowen at gmail.com.
• Resume/CV – Attach your resume http://www.linkedin.com/in/susanlmiller
• Hobbies and Pastimes- dance, mostly modern, dog, green party politics, history, architecture

WHY are you motivated to support/develop this work?

• Why are you interested in collaborating with us? It is world changing and will be very very necessary in less than 10 years for everyone.
• Are you interested in teaching about the GVCS? If only I could - not tech savvy enough.
• Are you interested in economic relocalization possibilities arising from the GVCS? Yes - Cleveland could be a great place for these technologies - almost at bottom, further to go before we wake up and bounce. Lots of land and old vacant buildings here - we'll have a head start.
• Do you want to use the GVCS technologies yourself? Do you want to build them yourself? No and yes. I'd rather be in a community who is using them.
• Are you interested in starting up enterprise using the GVCS technologies? No, thanks.
• Are you interested in having the GVCS technologies fabricated by your local custom fabricator? Not exactly, but I'd encourage others to try to build these machines from your designs.
• Are you interested in applying the GVCS to third world development? Not today. To redevelopment of crisis areas? Not yet. To development of derelict areas in the developed world? Well I'd promote it in Cleveland as best I can (they call me "Cassandra")
• Are you interested in starting up Industry 2.0 flexible fabrication enterprises for your local community, by drawing from a global repository of freely down-loadable designs and fabricating using open source fabrication equipment? No.
• Are you interested in the potential of the GVCS for developing local food systems? Yes.
• Are you interested in doing academic studies/papers, publishing books, or doing other analysis of our efforts? Probably not.
• Are you interested in financial investment opportunities arising from our work? Not sure.
• Are you interested in the distributive economic aspects of our work, and if so, how do you see this playing out? Establishment of local chapters building machines from the plans would be a good start.
• Are you interested in building renewable energy production facilities based on open hardware (solar concentrator electric, wind, biomass power) Not personally.
• Are you interested in building resilient communities based on access to the GVCS? Well, yes.
• Are you interested in creating a bug-out hut using GVCS technologies? I don't even know what that is.
• How do you think that the GVCS can help alleviate the instabilities of global monetary systems? Yes, by undercutting corporations and the retail market.
• How do you think that the GVCS can address issues related to resource conflicts? By teaching people how to make what they need for themselves.
• How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of overpopulation? I'm not sure this is possible. I think that will solve itself - grim as that may be as the credit markets cease and infrastructure fails.
• How do you think that the GVCS can address issues of resource depletion and environmental degradation? Reduce, reuse, recycle. Live on less, use what's here already, re-fabricate old into useful.

WHAT- What can you/have you contributed to the development of OSE? This assesses some of the key contributions that we are looking for with respect to the OSE project. If you answer positively to any of the points, please expand on your experience.

• What have you already contributed to the OSE project? (technical contributions, blogging about us, financial support, organizing events, translations, interviews, video editing, publications, publicity work, behind-the-scenes work, CAD work, wiki contributions, computer support, etc) Not much - publicizing Marcin's visit to Cleveland and Oberlin online.

Communications

• Are you a technical writer? No. Desktop publisher? No. On-demand publisher? No. Blogger? Let go my blog, just use Facebook now. Vlogger? No. Data visualization expert? No. Graphic designer? No. Information architect? No. Do you do computer animation and modeling? No. Are you a wireless communications expert? No. Are you a PR specialist? No. Do you have experience in marketing? No. Have you created marketing materials? Only online. - more PR. What relevant field of communications have we missed that we should be asking about?

Organizational

• Do you have experience in public relations? Yes, but not globally or outside my small community. Strategic development? Well, sort of - strategy is making a list of tactics and prioritizing them, assigning tasks and follow up. Not too much to it really. Organizational architecture consulting? Flat is the way to go. No hierarchy. Project management? Product management? Operations management? Nonprofit organizations? Yes. I founded and ran one for many years. Public event organizing? 3-4/year for 25 years in the performing arts - small scale. Community organizing? Worked on political campaigns and activism. Public speaking? Not shy. Known to be convincing and strident. Are you a good networker? Yep - pretty good at that. Do you know contract law and can you draft legal agreements? Nope - no law school.

Computer Support:

• Are you familiar with open source software? Drupal CMS, sort of. Do you use Linux? Not usually, but I have access to a Linux computer. Are you a computer programmer? No. Are you a web designer? No. Open source CMS Developer/Designer? No. System administrator? No. Open source CRM developer? No. Augmented reality developer? No. Have you created or managed web-based forums? No. Have you administered a wiki? No. Can you lead a development effort on a specialized Linux implementation that addresses the goals of OSE? No. What relevant field of computer support have we missed that we should be asking about? I don't know.

Finances

• Are you an accountant? No. No. Are you a lawyer? Have you written any business plans? Not really. Have you served as a corporate CFO? No. Do you have experience with resource development? Fundraising, yes. Are you well-versed in the tax code? No. Do you have experience with project bidding? No.

Sociology

• Are you interested in developing a social contract for a prototypical GVCS village – a modern village of 200 people thriving from local resources?

Home Economics

• Can you cook? Yes. Can you cook for a group of 20? Probably. Can you grow food? Yes with others. What is your experience in agriculture? Worked on Organic Farm for a season and grow in my yard. Have you done food processing? Only chutney. Have you ???

Design

• Are you an architect, interior designer, product designer, industrial process designer, electronics designer, water systems designer? None of the above. Are you familiar with CAD software or modeling software such as Blender? Nope. Have you designed and built circuits? No. Are you familiar with power electronics design? No. What relevant field of design have we missed that we should be asking about? I don't know.

Building: Are you a prototyper, rapid prototyper, custom fabricator, general contractor, construction worker, mason, carpenter, heavy equipment operator, welder, machinist, mechanic, woodworker, or other producer? No. Are you a certified chainsaw operator and have you taken a chainsaw safety course? No. Are you familiar with CAM? No. Do you know how to machine gears? No. Have you built any tools that you use on a regular basis? No. Have you built your own house? No. What relevant build skill have we missed that we should be asking about? I don't know.

Electronics and Magnetics

• Do you have experience with power electronics or circuit design? No. Are you familiar with converters, inverters, high frequency power supplies? No. Are you familiar with solenoid valve desing? No. Can you do magnetic field calculations? No. Have you designed electrical motors or generators? No. What relevant field of E&M have we missed that we should be asking about? I don't know.

Automation

• Are you familiar with precision drive systems? No. Are you familiar with stepper motors or servos? No. Can you design an open source stepper motor controller? No. Have you built or designed CNC equipment? No. Do you have experience with industrial robotics? No. What relevant subset of automation have we missed that we should be asking about? I have no idea.

Metallurgy

• Are you a metallurgist? Do you have experience with hot metal processing? Press forging? Induction furnace design? Have you used an induction furnace? Have you built any machining equipment, tooling/dies? Do you have experience with alloying or smelting? What relevant topic in metallury have we missed that we should be asking about? I don't know.

Engineering

• Are you a subject matter expert in agricultural engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial process design, robotics and automation, chemical engineering, materials science, polymer engineering, structural engineering, automotive engineering? None of the above.

HOW can you help?

• Do you endorse open source culture? Absolutely!
• How are you interested in contributing to the work of GVCS development? Helping get the board off the ground.
• Can you volunteer to work with us, and if so, how many hours per week? Yes, about an hour or two hours each week.
• Are you interested in working with us for pay? We can all stand to be paid, so yes. If so, what services can you offer, and what is your hourly or per-project rate? I can consult on flat organization model (having founded and run one). $15/hour or trade for true fanness.
• Are you interested in purchasing equipment from us to help bootstrap development? Not at this time.
• Are you interested in bidding for consulting/design/prototyping work? No.
• Are you a True Fan? If not, why not? Haven't written the physical check yet. Will do.
• Would you like to see yourself working with us on a full-time basis? Not yet.
• Are you interested in using the technologies that we are developing directly? Not yet.
• 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. Possibly. I need to get my son launched.