[Icommons] changes at icommons
Ronaldo Lemos
rlemos at fgv.br
Tue Dec 2 10:59:02 EST 2008
Hi Daniele, thank you for your message. My apologies for taking long to
reply, I am just back from Uruguai. There has been no changes at the
iCommons board, and iCommons operations will be based primarily in the US.
The board will issue another announcement shortly with more details.
Best regards,
ronaldo
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Danièle Bourcier <bda at cmb.hu-berlin.de>wrote:
> Dear Ronaldo,
> Thank you for this information about changes at iCommons.
> Can you tell us a bit more about this new governance: Where is 'iCommons"
> hosted? Who else is in this new board of directors?
> Daniele
>
> On Wednesday, 26. November 2008 21:15, Ronaldo Lemos wrote:
>
> *Date:* Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:15:16 -0200
> *From:* Ronaldo Lemos
> *To:* icommons at lists.ibiblio.org
> *cc:*
> *Subject:* [Icommons] changes at icommons
>
> Dear friends,
>
> Over the past two years, iCommons has been fortunate to have the assistance
> of Heather Ford, Kerryn McKay and The African Commons Project, the local
> host organisation for iCommons in South Africa, managing our operations.
> Their hard work and dedication have moved iCommons from start-up stage to a
> thriving and effective organization. Under Heather's leadership, iCommons
> has produced a number of important events for the commons including three
> iSummits, an iCommons iCurriculum and the enormously successful Local
> Context Global Commons project.
>
> Because of diverging interests and strategies, however, iCommons and TACP
> have decided to unbundle their activities. Both organizations will work on
> activism, advocacy and outreach to support free knowledge, free culture,
> open education, and free software. iCommons will focus on helping organized
> communities leverage their efforts through cooperative action. TACP will
> focus on building support from its South African base, implementing projects
> that empower communities to use the Internet and commons-based technologies
> for local innovation and creativity.
>
> TACP will continue to manage the LCGC and Nokia video-sharing projects.
> TACP's work will be hosted at www.africancommons.org. iCommons will
> continue to operate from www.icommons.org. Changes at these sites are
> underway and should be completed by 1 January. We will send instructions to
> mailing list subscribers as migration progresses.
>
> iCommons is excited and supportive of this development because it will
> expand the number of players working to support a global commons. We salute
> Heather, Kerryn and TACP for their accomplishments and fully expect them to
> continue to be a source of innovative programs that push the boundaries of
> open access practices and look forward to working with them in the future.
>
> Ronaldo for the iCommons Board of Directors
>
>
> Dr Danile Bourcier
> Directrice de recherche au CNRS
> Centre franco-allemand
> de recherche en sciences sociales Marc Bloch
> Humboldt Universitt
> Schiffbauerdamm 19
> D-10117 BERLIN
>
> 0049 30 20933794/95 (office)
> 10344955 (mobile)
>
> &
> CERSA-Universit de Paris 2
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> F-75005 Paris
> 33 (0)686673430 (mobile France)
>
>
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