Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

[Leigh Blackall <leighblackall AT gmail.com>]

Thanks Danyl,

One thing I would need to know (as just your average punter) is what the term ANZ means? Of course, on this list and to those in the know, it means Aoteoroa New Zealand, but it may be neccessary to express it in full in future and not as ANZ, so as not to confuse us ignorant Aussies. Up until my ah-ha moment just now, my eyes were widening at the implications of a Creative Commons Australia and New Zealand. I've deleted a number of paragraphs arguing against such a thing, since realising you were refering to Aoteoroa New Zealand... Aoteoroa New Zealand looks and reads nicer than ANZ anyway... 

I think this minor issue will become important in communications outside the Aoteoroa context.

Regards
Leigh
University of Canberra (3 years in Dunedin, so should have known better!)

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Danyl Strype <strypey AT riseup.net> wrote:

In my last email, in reponse to the question of whether CC ANZ should
take positions on public policy issues (eg publicly supporting the
PublicACTA declaration), I said I would like to see this decision made
by consensus of the wider CC ANZ community. I see this discussion as
an opportunity to solicit ideas about governance of CC ANZ from
supporters on this list. With the move into working under the Royal
Society now official, dicussions have been taking place about how the
CC ANZ project will be structured as an entity inside the RS, and the
outcomes of our discussions on-list could be helpful in the evolution
of both the formal structure and the accompanying culture of that
entity.

A little background - since the HRN board stopped meeting,
responsibility for CC ANZ decision-making and governance has rested
mostly on Jane (as paid CC ANZ admin) and Stephanie (as head of
Humanities Research Network). Because of severe time shortages, and
the sensitive nature of the negotiations with the Council for the
Humanities and the Royal Society, opportunities for them to report
back to this list and get feedback and support have been limited.

Jane has explained to me that most CC jurisdictions work inside
academic institutions, and decision-making takes place in a
traditional, top-down manner. The CC ANZ project was initiated through
a more collaborative, community-centred organizations style, with
supporters being kept appraised of developments, and able to give
feedback through this list, and I'm keen for CC ANZ to continue this
pioneering work of implementing principles of open governance.
Obviously this is a sensitive issue, our relationships with the Royal
Society and its workers are new, and we don't want to 'spook the
horses' ;) On the other hand, RS have expressed a strong desire to
have regular input from the wider CC community, understanding that
this engagement will be crucial to the growth and success of CC ANZ in
its mission.

There are a number of ways we could approach collective
decision-making, it really depends on how much committment people want
to make to being part of the process. At this stage the only community
consultation tools we have are this email list, and the forums (which
have not been used much). One approach could be as simple as advising
of the decision to be made (with links to background material) on both
the list and the forums, with a deadline for feedback. When the
website is redeveloped, we could look at adding other tools, such as
straw-polls of registered users, or a wiki, like the 'talk pages' used
to agree on what Wikipedia articles should contain. We could even look
at holding regional public meetings. Again, this all depends on how
motivated our supporters are to be an active part of decision-making
process, and what tools or methods are going to make it easiest for
them to participate in a meaningful way.

Thoughts?

He mihi nui
Danyl

BTW The documentary 'Us Now' which features a number of case studies
of open governance in action is well worth a look

--
"A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular."
- Adlai E. Stevenson Jr

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and
those who matter don't mind."
- Dr Suess

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