Get involved/es
 | Want to collaborate? If you want to collaborate with us, first look at our Official Website and especially the Join Page. Then, we suggest that you read the Crash course on OSE. Then, to familiarize yourself with the project, spend a few days looking around our site:
This will allow you to understand OSE's work over the past so you can help us drive it into the future. If you are ready to make substantive contributions, please see ********How to get an account on the wiki******** and see the list of the 50 GVCS Technologies, select one that needs work based on the Status Overview, and contribute to any of the 32 Development Steps after getting in touch with the Project Leader for a given project. If there is no Leader, consider stepping up to the challenge by contacting the Project Curator. |
We are looking for people of all kinds, in all places to contribute what they can to to this project. Please consider lending a hand. This page offers a summary of ways you can get involved with OSE. There is a number of hands-on opportunities outlined below.
Financial Donations
You can support us financially by subscribing as a True Fan.
This term comes from Kevin Kelly's influential essay "1000 True Fans", which suggested gathering True Fans who are willing to offer financial support as a way of funding free projects.
There are also other ways in which you can help us financially.
See our blog post on our steady growth.
Spread the Word
Our core message: "Creating tools for building modern off-grid resilient communities that can be reproduced by anyone at low cost."
Usted puede ayudar:
- Añadir a OSE como amigo en tus redes sociales - mira nuestro facebook página myspace página Twitter, y identi.ca.
- Establece un contacto con cualquiera de los grupos enumerados en la página de Marketing. Estamos tratando de hacer enlaces con las personas que estén interesadas en los productos de la OSE. También en buscar grupos y personas que podrían beneficiarse de tener acceso a nuestras máquinas, pero que aún no nos conocen. Report your efforts on Outreach 2010 or Outreach 2011.
- Ayudanos a contactar con especialistas y expertos que nos puedan ayudar en la ampliación y mejora de nuestro conjunto de herramientas y técnologías de código abierto.
- Contacting us about potential venues and opportunities to present the project to a new audience. We may be available to come and speak in your community / to your group / at your institution given the right circumstances.
- Consulte las partes interesadas a unirse a nuestra poco transitada lista de correo para recibir actualizaciones sobre nuestro progreso actual.
- Decirle a todo el mundo que conozcas sobreOpen Source Ecology y El Set de Construcción de una Aldea Global (GVC)!
Desarrolla la Wiki
Esta wiki es un medio para compartir información detallada acerca de Open Source Ecology, el El Set de Construcción de una Aldea Global, y el trabajo que está llevando a cabo en Factor e Farm. Este sitio se encuentra actualmente en proceso de reorganización para incrementar la facilidad de acceso y sentar una base sólida para el crecimiento del proyecto. Ayudar con la wiki es una buena manera de aportar una parte de su tiempo a promover los objetivos del proyecto de OSE. Estamos buscando voluntarios para:
- Dar información sobre la accesibilidad del sitio.
- Añadir contenido relevante.
- Ayuda en el proceso de categorizar y organizar.
- Ver una up-to-date list of other tasks
To orient yourself to the standards and current projects of this wiki, please consult:
- Wiki instructions
- Wiki Policy
- Wiki Reorganization 2011
- Forum Discussion
- Wiki Documentation Standards
To learn more about editing and formatting using MediaWiki, see:
- [wiki maintenance]
Further Collaboration
To collaborate further with us, first familiarize yourself with the project (see the top of this page). Then,
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We have put together a Guide to OSE Projects that can help you figure out what project you might want to work on and figure out who to contact to participate.
Manage a Project
We are looking for online or full time on-site project managers to lead the development of tangible products to be deployed at Factor e Farm. At present, we have 3 projects being managed: the CEB, Sawmill, and Solar Turbine. Each project may be divided into sub-projects. For example, the Solar Turbine relies on the development of the steam engine, metal casting, open source lathe, and other sub-projects. If you are interested in leading the development of one of the components or sub-components of the GVCS, please let us know.
Comparta su experiencia
Si usted es un experto en cualquiera de los muchos campos del conocimiento que se relacionan con nuestro proyecto de crear open source machines / tools, nos gustaría ayudar a mejorar nuestros/tú diseño/s. Cuantas más herramientas y tecnologías de código abierto tengamos, menos tenemos que estar aferrados a usar tecnologías privativas, más nos acercaremos a hacer realidad nuestra visión. Si usted puede ayudar a diseñar mejores herramientas, le agradeceremos sus aportaciones.
Usted puede:
- Examinar el plan y el proceso de desarrollo de la Global Village Construction Set.
- Ayudarnos a diseñar un proyecto específico o un subconjunto dentro de un proyecto. En estos momentos estamos solicitando la revisión y las ofertas de nuestra Specifications para una serie de proyectos.
- Busque en nuestro list of subject areas si necesita a algún experto y compruebe si su experiencia coincide con las necesidades que actualmente necesitamos.
- Envianos una propuesta para el desarrollo de una nueva herramienta de código abierto o tecnología dentro de nuestro proyecto.
También estamos buscando a alguien para:
- Producir diseños en CAD y planos de fabricación para el tractor, la prensa la Junta, el Cubo de energía, y el "rototiller".
- Ayuda con la documentación del proyecto y la redacción técnica.
- Voluntarios para solicitar subvenciones para propuestas de nuevos proyectos
- Colabore como un mecenas por un porcentaje de nuestros fondos recaudados.
Consiga que su universidad colabore
Estamos interesados en colaborar con equipos universitarios para diseñar y construir herramientas del Global Village Construction Set. Estudiantes de ingeniería, agrónomos y desarrollo tienen una gran oportunidad de implicarse en un proyecto significativo y ayudarnos con el trabajo que estamos haciendo. Hay varias formas en las que los estudiantes universitarios nos pueden ayudar:
- Diseñar, construir y documentar una de las herramientas del Global Village Construction Set (o proponer y construir una nueva herramienta en la que no hayamos pensado)
- Reemplazar una de las herramientas que ya hemos diseñado, tal como el tractor Life Trac o el Compressed Earth Block Press
- Ayudarnos a desarrollar la documentación, por ejemplo preparando archivos CAD para las herramientas GVCS.
- Revisar las posibles tasks for Universities.
- ¡Cualquier otra manera de contribuir!
Si está interesado/a en colaborar, por favor escriba en forum explicando su área de estudio, en qué proyectos universitarios está implicado/a y cómo querría colaborar.
Collaborate on the Farm
Before considering volunteering at the farm, please read the following:
- Read about what it's like at Factor e Farm.
- Factor e Farm Social Contract
- Factor e Farm's Rules of Conduct.
We are seeking individuals to come to Factor e Farm for one month project-based visits to help develop the GVCS and the infrastructure at Factor e Farm. Proposals for projects are being accepted and reviewed. The suitability of proposals depends largely on a candidate's level of skill and experience. This is also our route for accepting new people for long-term stays as part of the Factor e Farm experiment.
Ideally we are looking for:
- Confident and highly dynamic self learners and researchers.
- Highly motivated innovators who are open to new ideas and excited by diversity of thought.
- Developers who can take a project from concept drawing to real world implementation.
- Those comfortable in rural and rustic settings.
- Willing team members, self starters, and project leaders.
We are offering a place where you can put the philosophy of sustainability into action. We are a physical experiment in building a post industrial global village - a space for all people to learn and grow. Because of the diversity of our activities, we believe a Factor E experience can be exceptional and life-changing, but that doesn't mean it's for everyone. There are countless opportunities available in the realm of sustainability and justice. Look at: Wiserearth; Idealist; GrowFood; WWOOF; Growing Growers Kansas City.
For Technical Developers
If you would like to help bring this project to completion, we invite proactive collaboration on many fronts. First, see Proposal 2012 for a list of the 50 technologies that we are developing, for their product ecologies, and for general information about the development process. Second, read and re-read the Core Values of OSE, as these inform all of the technical, organizational, and community development around the project. Then, read about the technical development process at the GVCS Development Template, and the publishing standards for our results at the Product Template. The key page is the GVCS Tools Status - a GVCS master index for displaying the status and needs of each project, and see a simpler table at GVCS tools. If there is no entry for a given project and step, that indicates that no work has yet been done. Each entry in the table is hyperlinked so you can find out the status of each step, and the next steps and needs become transparent. At this stage, after general assessment of a given project, you are ready to contribute. Begin by filling out the Team Culturing survey according to the notes and instructions stated on that page. Then, contact the Project Manager for that project to see how exactly you can become involved, or, find out about Project Manager Duties if you would like become a project manager yourself. You can also see the GVCS Budget for a general description of the expected development and prototyping costs.
Success on the above requires that project managers are recruited for each of the 50 projects. It also depends on developing a corresponding organizational, web, and funding strategy. You can check our current Project needs.
For Organizational Developers
Organizational infrastructure includes organizational form, organizational architecture, process design, operations management, product management, resource development, donor relations, human resources, handling of finances, transparency, conflict resolution, media development, public relations, and other tasks that allow the technical development to flow smoothly. We are presently installing all of this infrastructure. At present, we are working on becoming an NGO or nonprofit, and we are defining the organizational architecture. On the resource development front, our first step is to install an instance of CiviCRM to handle contacts. To get involved, first fill out the Team Culturing survey. Then email our Operations Manager or Resource Developer to get involved. You can read about 50/2/2, our GVCS Organizational Infrastructure that is being developed to make this happen, the GVCS Resource Development Strategy to support the Organizational Infrastructure, GVCS Web Strategy to facilitate development, GVCS Media Development Strategy to communicate the work, GVCS Forum Policy to handle entry-level discussion and to filter it into actual development progress, learn how to help OSE win Awards and Contests. What else is missing here?
For Web Developers
The web infrastructure includes the main website, wiki, blog, forums, design repository, CiviCRM platform, and community portal. We are presently reworking all of this infrastructure.
For Organizational Developers
Organizational development involves all the supporting roles that lead to the 50/2/2 Apollo Program for the GVCS, and the positioning of the project as a world-class effort of improving the human condition. Organizational development involves the management, architecture, organiztional form, fundraising, marketing, PR, and other functions that this project needs to reach its goals.
Transparency should include disclosure of strategy, infrastructure, team, and other details that make development work possible.
Visit Factor e Farm
Por favor vea Visit_Factor_e_Farm
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Voluntarios de la Granja Orgánica para administrar servicios y alimentos, energía y aprovisionamiento de viviendas. ¿Está aún OSE registrado en WWOOF (voluntariado en granjas ecológicas), etc.? ¿Hay alguna diferencia en las expectativas de los voluntarios de la granja y aquellos que vienen para visitas con asentamiento en el proyecto de un mes?