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  • From: Simeon Oriko <simeon AT jamlab.co.ke>
  • To: CC Africa mailing list <ccAfrica AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [ccAfrica] Fwd: [cc-affiliates] CC Global network strategy meeting - Day Two Big Sky, values, and goals
  • Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 05:03:32 +0300

Hello again African affiliates!

It's me again :)

Kelsey, on behalf of the CC Global Network Strategy review steering committee, has sent the summary of what we discussed in day 2. Forwarding this for the benefit of those who aren't on the main CC mailing list.

We're proactively seeking out your views on this so that we can loop back in to this process. Kindly share your thoughts.

We look forward to hearing your feedback and engaging you in this process.

Kind Regards,

Simeon + Kelsey
(for and on behalf the CC Global network strategy review steering Committee)

From: Kelsey Wiens <kelseywiens AT gmail.com>
Date: 20 May 2016 at 4:51 AM
To: "cc-affiliates AT lists.ibiblio.org" <cc-affiliates AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [cc-affiliates] CC Global network strategy meeting - Day Two Big Sky, values, and goals
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Roaming the streets of DC,debating in breakout groups, sitting at food trucks and over great dinners and wine we had many important conversations for our network. What distinguishes CC network from other open movements is our feelings of family, love and community.  Even in the middle of difficult conversations we still manage always to remember that this love and respect for each other is what makes our network unique. As always our time together came to an end too soon, and now we move online and of course now expand our conversations with all of you.


Day two had fewer post-its (protip: if you want a post-demo ask Kamil) but more breakout groups and larger roundtable discussions. We started the day with Reimagining CC’s Global Network. Each of us sharing visuals depicting what the CC’s global network could be. Images ranged from Internet Map, Solar system gif, The Shapely Supercluster, and Military structures and distributed node structures.  Various organizational methodologies were brought to the table Chaord model, organizational nodes, and challenges with distributed power networks.


“Can we make CC exciting/creative again?”

We broke out and discussed the purpose, goals, values and to imagine a different world.  After a morning of debates, it was clear we agree more than not about the major goals and purpose of CC's global network. in our organization. Across all breakout groups ideas around Access to knowledge, being inclusive or empowered participation and sharing and growing the Commons.  


The framework that emerged out of the group sharing of ideas around reimagining CC's global network.


What do we want to achieve?

- Imagine a different world

- Purpose & Goals

- Values

- Scope of what we are working on - narrowly focused or broad

- Initial areas of work

- CC Strategy or something different - member defined

- Platforms/campaigns - individual and collective


Membership Model

- What is the network we need?

- What is the network we need?

- Want low barriers to entry

- Membership includes call to action

- Individual members

- Organizational members

- Geography of membership

- Build around goals & formation of teams


Structure/Infrastructure

- Organize network in multiple ways - by area of interest, regionally, by member expertise

- Technology needed

- Human resources needed

- Funding needed

- Norms and checklists - these are the ways we can work together

- Relationship among network - interaction & communication (structure - with a central org or not)

- Cultural norms

- Reward collaboration, sharing, mentoring, entrepreneurship


Both breakout groups struggled with questions around  Membership vs. affiliate model and thinking about what how a new membership model might look. Ideas around a lower barrier to entry, or levels of participation, and the merits and challenges of thematic over country teams. Wikipedia came up often as an example of low barrier to participation and challenges and benefits of the wikimedia vs Mozilla models. Major pain points included the chicken and egg complexity of lack of engagement from affiliate to HQ and the tension of wanting the affiliates to have more investment in HQ strategy and projects, and defining active and inactive affiliates.  We had a roundtable discussion on how to engage them or allow for a change and new participants.


Once we’ve collated and digested these busy days, we’ll come back to you with more of our plans for communication activities and discussion for involvement for the entire network. Some hints: think regional meetings, surveys and interviews and project groups around copyright reform, OER and Open Policy.


Many thanks to Paul Stacey and Kamil Śliwowski for their tremendous work facilitating and wrangling us and to Mari Moreshead for taking such excellent care of us.



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Kelsey Wiens
Open Textbooks 4 Africa 
Creative Commons Public Lead 
Cape Town, South Africa

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