[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
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