Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

[Jane Hornibrook <janehornibrook AT gmail.com>]

Congratulations Matt on an extraordinary (and prolific!) 2012. We all do owe you a big thanks for the energy you've shown.

To top it off there's a blog post and support statement from Puneet Kishor at HQ on the upcoming Open Research conference in Auckland, with a nod to the Education and Science Committee report too: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/36185

Registrations are now open for the Open Research conference, Auckland, 6-8 February 2013 https://sites.google.com/site/nzauopenresearch/ A nice big endorsement there by CCANZ I see - excellent. 

Merry Christmas all
Jane

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Today's Topics:

   1. Thanks! (Matt McGregor)
   2. Re: retracting support for FB (Danyl Strype)
   3. Re: retracting support for FB (Matt McGregor)


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From: Matt McGregor <Matt.McGregor AT royalsociety.org.nz>
To: 'Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion' <cc-nz AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:29:59 +0000
Subject: [Cc-nz] Thanks!

Hi all,

 

Before I officially knock off for 2012, I’d like to thank everyone for being patient and supportive over the last six months, which have obviously been a time for transition for CCANZ. 2012 has been an eventful but successful year for CC in Aotearoa New Zealand, and 2013 looks like it will be more successful still.

 

What will we be doing? CCANZ will be running Mix & Mash, partnering with the GLAM sector, pushing OER policies in NZ educational institutions, helping support the rollout of NZGOAL and working with like-minded organisations across the country. We’ll be releasing new resources, holding more CC meetups and giving many more CC workshops and presentations. I’ll also be publishing a case study per week, with the aim of releasing a CCANZ book in the second half of 2013. The latest of these is on NZTA, published here: http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/2012/12/new-zealand-transport-agency/

 

There’s plenty more happening, so watch out for more announcements in 2013!

 

While I keep the wheels turning here at CCANZ HQ, the real work is done by the hundreds (soon to be thousands, I’m sure) of CC supporters pushing CC independently or in schools, universities, government agencies and other organisations across the country. Thanks to all of you for helping grow the commons here in Aotearoa New Zealand!

 

I’d especially like to thank Jane Hornibrook, who was exceptionally helpful during the mid-year transition, and continues to be a source of inspiration and advice. I’d also like to thank all the folks on CCANZ volunteer advisory panel, as well as everyone on this list, for dedicating their time and advice (and occasional criticism...!)

 

Because I can’t help myself, I’ll be online now and again, answering emails and whatnot, though comms from this end will be light. We’ll be picking up early 2013 with our two interns, Holly and Harriet, who will be formally introduced in the new year. If you want to help pay their wages—and get some cool rewards—check out our Pledgeme campaign. I’ve added some new rewards, including a poster, postcard and DVD of CC films. We’re getting close!

www.pledgeme.co.nz/651

 

All the best for the break,

Matt

 

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From: Danyl Strype <strypey AT disintermedia.net.nz>
To: Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion <cc-nz AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:51:46 +1300
Subject: Re: [Cc-nz] retracting support for FB
Kia ora koutou

On 20 December 2012 19:22, Leigh Blackall <leighblackall AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, 9 hours ago the CCNZ Facebook page posted news that recommendations
> were made to NZ Parliament to consider CC licensing in education. I'm sorry
> to see thar same information ha not been sent to the email list. I hope CCNZ
> can work out how to post news across the channels, and not lose reach in any
> one.

A week may be a long time in politics, but I think we can cope with a
9 hour delay ;)

What worries me more is FB's move's towards erecting tollgates between
the people running community pages, and the people following them.
>From what I'm hearing you now need to pay every time you post, to make
sure your post reaches all the people who have 'liked' or otherwise
subscribed to receive it.

Media critic and documatary-maker Sergio Toporek expresses this much
more diplomatically than I would, in this open letter to Zuckerberg:
http://www.bewareofimages.com/blog/2012/11/open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg/

"Truthfully speaking, after investing much time, money and effort
building a community which I’m now being limited to reach, I find
Facebook’s current practices disconcerting. Not only because you’re
preventing me from reaching members I’ve already paid to connect with,
but because you’ve basically broken your own functioning system in
order to sell us the solution."

and...

"As an advertising tool, Facebook will still connect millions around
the world, but only as a consequence of a different goal and guiding
principle. A goal to monetize its user-base by managing, controlling
and limiting the way people share and connect. The exact opposite of
its stated mission. Please, do not let this happen."

The only way to break this mopoly power is federated social
networking, and while I still support strategic engagement with FB
(where it benefits *us* more than it benefits *FB*) I'd like to see CC
leading (or at least supporting) the charge towards the federated
social web:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/03/introduction-distributed-social-network

He wero tēnei
Strypey

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From: Matt McGregor <mcgma709 AT gmail.com>
To: Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion <cc-nz AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:19:37 +1300
Subject: Re: [Cc-nz] retracting support for FB
Thanks for that Danyl.

A week may be a long time in politics, but I think we can cope with a 9 hour delay ;)

Technically, it was more like a 9 minute delay :)

I'd like to see CC  leading (or at least supporting) the charge towards the federated  social web:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/03/introduction-distributed-social-network

I'm open to suggestions like these, keeping in mind that CC remains (for the moment) a pretty slender operation. But if it can save time/energy or help us grow, I'm keen.
 

He wero tēnei
Strypey

Cheers,

Matt

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