[cc-community] iSummit update: Checklists on openness and getting the most of the iSummit
Heather Ford
heather at icommons.org
Tue May 20 11:23:58 EDT 2008
Apologies for cross-posting.
The iSummit Update: 20 May 2008
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1. How you can help:
Be a friend of the iSummit - download one of the buttons here: http://
icommonssummit.org/support/become-a-friend-of-the-isummit.html and
add your name to the wiki or, even better, pledge the support of your
organisation by sending us your logo (email: daniela at icommons.org).
And don't forget to send in a submission to the sushi competition! We
want some great sushi to sample at the Mayor's Reception in Sapporo,
and I'm not too keen on the idea of 'Hamburger Sushi'! See http://
www.city.sapporo.jp/isummit08/english/sushie.html.
2. The programme:
One of the outputs that we'll be developing through the iSummit this
year is a 'Checklist on openness' -- a user-friendly guide for those
who are wanting to 'go open' but don't know 'how'. In the same way
that some communities have developed guides for implementing
environmental sustainability in their work (Tom Chance pointed me to
a great one that we're using for the iSummit here: http://
www.bioregional.com/take_action/take_action_bus.htm), the 'Checklist
on openness' will be a valuable resource for government officials
wanting to apply open standards to public information, for curriculum
developers wanting to publish open textbooks, for videographers
wanting their film resources to be as open to remixing as possible,
for Internet entrepreneurs wanting to apply openness to their Web 2.0
businesses, and for researchers wanting to apply open philosophy to
the development and publishing of their research.
Many participants at the iSummit know that there is a lot more to
'going open' than applying a Creative Commons license to selected
works. Openness is an 'approach' rather than a 'product' - something
that involves every aspect of the way we design informative and
creative projects - from the software that we use to build the
product, the policies that govern how and by whom the product is
created, the licenses that tell others how they can use and re-use
copyrightable products, the rules that govern trademark and patents
associated with the product, and in which format, and to whom the
final product is distributed.
The Checklist that we will begin producing with participants at this
year's iSummit will form a valuable resource that we will revisit in
the months and years to come, and that will form a practical
accompaniment to declarations and policy statements like the Cape
Town Open Education Declaration (http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/)
by showing how those who know nothing about the commons can implement
the lofty ideas that such instruments express.
Remember to join one of the following mailing lists dedicated to the
parallel tracks at the iSummit this year where we'll be discussing
the Checklist and a whole lot of other ways to participate:
1. Open education (http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/icic) -
English
2. Open business (http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/
isummitbusiness) - English
3. Local context global commons: Voices from the global South
(htttp://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/isummitglobalcommons) -
English
4. DIY Video - back due to popular demand! (http://lists.ibiblio.org/
mailman/listinfo/isummitvideo) - English
5. Open in Japan (http://icommonssummit.org/programme/labs/cc-
japan.html) - mostly Japanese
Or the satellite event:
6. "The First Interdisciplinary Research Workshop on Free
Culture" (http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-research)
- English
A reminder that the iSummit is primarily an event where we 'get
things done'. This means that you'll want to be as involved as
possible in your chosen track to get the most benefit. Each track has
set itself some great collaborative outcomes and we're going to have
a lot of fun working through the sessions until the final report-
back. So make sure you join up to the track lists soon and get to
know people before so that you can hit the ground running when you
arrive in Sapporo :)
That's it for this week.
Here's the second Japanese lesson by Fumi (http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=UvIB-ZeCKhI&feature=related) - I think it might just be my
favorite.
Best,
Heather.
P.S. Read last week's update at http://icommonssummit.org/summit_blog/
2008/05/deadline-reminders-and-isummit.html.
Heather Ford
iCommons Executive Director
http://icommons.org
The iCommons Summit: 29 July - 1 August 2008, Sapporo, Japan
http://icommonssummit.org
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