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| Sarapis uses the P2P Foundation wiki as it's home. To see all the pages in the Sarapis section of this wiki, go to [[:Category:Sarapis]]. | | Sarapis is a 501.c.3 nonprofit organization that helps people help each other. We do this by supporting individuals and organizations that contribute to free/libre/opensource solutions to common challenges. We envision a world where the approximately 1.6 million nonprofit organizations in the United States collaborate on building the tools and techniques necessary for each of us to take care of ourselves, our communities and our world. |
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| =Old Wiki Homepage=
| | We use the P2PFoundation wiki as our own because we believe individuals and groups should grow their knowledge resources together. We use the "Sarapis" category tag on this wiki to create an index of all the pages we're using for our work. |
| Welcome to the Sarapis Foundation wiki where we share unpolished information relevant to Free/Libre/Open source (FLO) projects. We love FLO because it provides us with access to our technologies source materials so we can participate in their development. Read more of [http://sarapisfoundation.org/index.php/think/openlocalism our thoughts about FLO.]
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| We've divided our work into three sections:
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| '''FLO Solutions are software, hardware, data and knowledge solutions that make their source materials accessible to anyone who wants to participate in their development.'''
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| *[[BEEx]] is FLO grassroots fundraising software solution that we've deployed at [http://www.beex.org BEEx.org]
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| *[[FLOing.org]] is a news aggregation and community website for people interested in participating in the free/libre/open evolution.
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| *[[OpenImperative]] helps nonprofit and community organizations understand the value of FLO solutions.
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| '''FLO Spaces are physical locations that encourage participatory production practices.'''
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| *[http://www.opencoworking.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page OpenCoworking] is a project to centralize and make accessible information about the world's coworking spaces. You can see some of our notes on the project at [[Open Coworking Library]].
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| **[[Starting a Coworking Space?]]
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| **The [[OS Handbook]] is a living document that synthesizes coworking best practices from a variety of different sources including coworking owners, operators, users and community groups and includes original and curated business plans, financial models and investor presentations intended to help people understand, create and maintain FLO-friendly spaces.
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| '''FLO Participation are Sarapis team projects that integrate FLO solutions and FLO spaces together in ambitious ways.'''
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| *[[FLO Farm]] is a 200+ acre FLO Space in Eastern Pennsylvania where we farm, research, craft and live using FLO principles. Check out [http://flofarm.org FLOfarm.org] to see what's happening on the land.
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| *[[New Junction City]] is a movement to turn the Broadway Junction neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY into a hub of FLO activity.
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| *[[FLOAmerica]] is a set of recommendations designed for America's unique set of challenges and traditions.
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| '''Help organize materials in our [[drop box]].'''
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| =Pages=
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| ==Productivity Software==
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| Web Browser: Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
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| Microsoft Office Replacement: Libre Office http://www.documentfoundation.org/
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| Email Management Thunderbird http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
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| Photoshop Replacement: GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
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| Illustrator Replacement: Inkscape http://inkscape.org/
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| 3D Graphics: Blender http://www.blender.org/
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| ==Web Applications==
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| Wordpress is best for blogs http://wordpress.org/
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| Joomla is makes it easy to produce content sites and intranets. http://www.joomla.org/
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| Drupal requires more work but is more customizable. http://drupal.org/
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| CiviCRM is a powerful, slightly complicated constituent relationship management system: http://civicrm.org/
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| ==Software==
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| [[Standard Bundle]] is a list of popular, useful open source tools.
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| [http://www.osalt.com/ OS Alternative] shows you the open source alternatives to proprietary software products.
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| [http://www.openbravo.com/product/pos/ Open Source POS System]
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| ==Hardware==
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| [http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page RepRap 3d Printer] and a [http://reprapkit.com/ store] to buy what we need to make one.
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| [http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-22-sheevaplug-dev-kit-us.aspx SheevaPlug computing device]
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| ==Food and Farm==
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| [http://www.projectfresh.msu.edu/ Project FRESH] is an educational program providing participants with coupons to purchase locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables at participating farmer’s markets.
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| [http://www.farmbridge.org/ FarmBridge] wants to "provide free software that will help the local foods movement grow!"
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| "[http://www.youngfarmers.org/ The National Young Farmers' Coalition] is a new organization, created by and for young and beginning farmers in the United States." Their [http://www.youngfarmers.org/practical/farm-hack/ Farm Hack] Project is "a resource for farmers who embrace the long-standing farm traditions of tinkering, inventing, fabricating, tweaking, and fixing things that they broke."
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| [http://wannafarm.com/earthway-seeder-fix/ Wanna Farm] is a blog from [http://bluefoxorganics.com/ Blue Fox Farm] in Southern Oregon. "One of the things that will help us maintain farmers is by being innovative and creative in creating our farming systems. Hope the info here can contribute to that. Email me at wannafarm [at] gmail [dawt] com"
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| [http://www.thegreenhorns.net/ The Greenhorns] is a documentary/community about the emerging young farmer's movement. Here's their [http://thegreenhorns.wordpress.com/ blog].
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| ==Philosophy==
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| [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Main_Page The Wealth of Networks Wiki] is wiki "based on Yochai Benkler's book, The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom."
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| Download and read [http://catb.org/~esr/writings/homesteading/homesteading/homesteading.ps Homesteading the Noosphere] by Eric Steven Raymond - a great primer on open source and hacker culture.
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| [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-cleveland-model-and-micromanufacturing-an-opportunity-for-collaboration/2010/04/06 "The Cleveland Model and Micromanufacturing: An Opportunity for Collaboration?" by P2P Foundation.]
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| [http://mutualist.blogspot.com/ Mutualist Blog: Free Market Anti-Capitalism] "To dissolve, submerge, and cause to disappear the political or governmental system in the economic system by reducing, simplifying, decentralizing and suppressing, one after another, all the wheels of this great machine, which is called the Government or the State. --Proudhon, General Idea of the Revolution"
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| [http://homebrewindustrialrevolution.wordpress.com/ The Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low Overhead Manifesto] is a free PDF on the ramifications of open hardware.
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| [http://www.quirky.com/ Quirky] is an open(ish) approach to product R&D.
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| [http://www.opensource.org/governance/announce Open Source Alliance] announces it's looking to get politics.
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| ==Development Firms==
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| [http://www.datascribe.biz/ DataScribe] builds nonprofit websites with open source tools.
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| [http://acquia.com Acquia] provides support to the Drupal Community
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| ==Initiatives==
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| [http://www.100kgarages.com/ 100k Garages] "is a community of workshops with digital fabrication tools for precisely cutting, machining, drilling, or sculpting the parts for your project or product, in all kinds of materials, in a shop or garage near you."
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| [http://bestpractices.org/ BestPractices.org] Sharing Database in Improving the Living Environment in partnership with the UN-Habitat.
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| [http://open-innovation-projects.org/ Open Innovation Projects] is a list of open design projects.
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| [http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Main_Page LibrePlanet] "is a global network of free software activists organized into teams working together to help further the ideals of software freedom by advocating and contributing to free software."
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| [http://www.opensolutionsalliance.org/osa/index.html Open Solutions Alliance]
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| [http://adbard.net/ AdBard] is an adnetwork for the FLOSS community.
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| ==Community Groups==
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| [http://groups.google.com/group/coworking The Coworking Google Group] is a community of space owners, operators, members and enthusiasts who discuss issues pertaining to the coworking movement
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| [http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/ HackerSpaces.org] is a one stop shop for a tremendous about of information about hackerspaces including a directory of spaces and information about best practices.
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| [http://coworking.de/ Coworking.de] is the German coworking community portal.
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| ==News and Thought Leadership==
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| [http://emergentresearch.com/ Emergent Research] has a 'coworking lab' that focuses on monitoring the growth of the movement.
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| [http://www.deskmag.com/ DeskMag] is "the magazine about the new places we work, how they look, how they function, how they could be improved and how we work in them. We especially focus on workspaces which are home to the new breed of independent workers, such as coworking spaces, private shared studios and executive offices."
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| ==Open Software and Data Projects==
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| [http://github.com/thehub/ The Hub's open source software projects] including space management software.
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| [http://groups.google.com/group/coworkingdb?hl=en Coworking Registry] is a database of coworking spaces that focuses on developing a powerful APi.
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| ==Open Space Handbooks and Manuals==
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| The [http://socialinnovation.ca/ Center for Social Innovation] of Toronto Canada has published [http://socialinnovation.ca/sssi three pdfs] about their experiences creating a space, how to create your own space and how collaborative spaces are changing in the world.
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| The Hub Design+Make Handbook version 1.7 is "aimed at helping Hub Design and Make Teams develop and use principles, tools and systems to conceive and navigate the project of creating a physical Hub."
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| The [http://sarapisfoundation.org Sarapis Foundation] has published [http://sarapisfoundation.org/files/Coworking_Finances_v1.0.zip financial models] for a coworking space in Brooklyn, New York. One model includes a cafe, the other is just coworking space and events.
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| Kaan Aksay also shared a great [http://www.editgrid.com/user/harro33/shared_office_model financial model] on the coworking google group that is highly geared towards the process of starting a shared office space.
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| ==Exemplary Spaces==
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| [http://bucketworks.org/ Bucketworks] in Milwaukee
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| [http://www.indyhall.org/ Indy Hall] in Philadelphia
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| [http://thecubelondon.com/ The Cube] in London
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| [http://www.cocovivo.com/blog.html Coco Vivo] in Panama
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| ==Organizing==
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| [http://www.anarres.org.au/essays/amndx.htm ANTI-MASS - Methods of organisation for collectives.]
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| ==FLO America==
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| Our society is transforming from corporate production paradigms designed made possible by industrial technologies to participatory production paradigm made possible by networked technologies. This transformation is being powered by a number of movements. These are the most significant.
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| *'''Open source software''' allows it's users to participate in it's continued development by making it's source code accessible and it's development transparent. This software can always be forked - or duplicated - so it's users can develop the copy however they want. This type of software is often produced for no financial compensation by people simply solving their own problems. Open source software is in almost everything, but there are thousands of products that are made entirely of open source code, such as
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| **Apache, Linux, Ubuntu, Android
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| **Wikipedia, Wordpres, Joomla, Drupal
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| **CiviCRM, JomSocial, Redmine
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| *'''Open work spaces''' (coworking, new working, maker, etc) are physical locations where people can participate in the emerging post-industrial paradigm of participatory production.
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| **[http://www.OpenCoworking.org/wiki OpenCoworking Wiki]
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| **[http://www.Hackerspaces.org Hackspaces Wiki]
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| **[http://www.Hackerspaces.org Ecovillages]
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| *'''Open source hardware''' is still transitioning from a hobby-driven phenomenon into a more intentional foundation for product design. The impetus for it's development are coming from many sides: hobbyist projects, craft production, DIY agricultural/land management equipment and robotics, etc.
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| **Make Magazine
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| **3rd Ward
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| **Open Source Ecology
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| **Willow Garage
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| *'''Local economics''' organizations are sprouting up everywhere around a variety of different practices including farmers markets, food coops, small business networks, local trading networks and intentional communities.
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| **BALLE
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| **Transition Towns
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| **LETS
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| **Berkshares
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| **Park Slope Food COOP
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| *'''Open government''' initiatives are popping up at the city, state and federal levels, provide us with the information and human capital necessary for extensive analysis of a wide variety of government programs.
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| **Sunlight Foundation
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| **OpenCongress
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| **LilSis
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| **Gapminder
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| ==To Do==
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| The Open Imperative asks you to commit to using free/libre/open source (FLO) solutions whenever possible and provides you with access to all the solutions you need to be a productive members of participatory communities.
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| *Sign the Open Imperative
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| Regular People
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| *Find a [http://transparencyjobs.com/jobs/ job].
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| *Create profiles about each congressmen and their relationships using [http://congrelate.org/ congrelate], [http://www.foreignlobbying.org/ foreignlobby.org], and [http://www.transparencydata.com/ Transparency Data].
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| *Go party with the lobbyists and [http://politicalpartytime.org/ tell us about it.]
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| *Create a Model Congress video game that uses [http://realtimecongress.org/ real time congressional information.]
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| *Forward people [http://transparencycorps.org/ here] who want to volunteer.
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| *Organize call clusters asking different federal agencies to improve their [http://sunlightfoundation.com/clearspending/ grades.]
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| *Call the New York Times and ask them if they'd like to comment on [http://metavid.org/wiki/Stream:House_proceeding_03-10-10_00/0:52:50/0:58:35 this video.]
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| Government Officials
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| *Endorse the [http://www.opengovdata.org/home/8principles 8 Principles of Open Government Data.] and sign the [http://publicequalsonline.com/ Public=Online Petition].
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| *Advocate "bulk data access to legislative data and an open API for THOMAS." David Moore of the Participatory Politics Foundation
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| *Read [http://globehoppin.com/2010/10/13/open-senate-overview/ an open government roadmap] authored by the NY State Senate's CIO.
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| *Support the implementation of The Sunlight Foundation's [http://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/documents/house-rules-proposals-112th-congress/ House Rules Proposal] and follow their [http://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/documents/agenda/ 2010 Agenda.]
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| ==Strategy==
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| 1. Be optimistic: Open source technology is accessible technology, so the more advanced open source technologies become, the more wealth each individual can create. It's that simple and that awesome. The vast majority of people don't know open source exists because the media hasn't told them about it. Participation in open (source) projects is a truly evolutionary economic activity that moves us beyond coercive post-industrial economic practices and into networked, voluntary ones.
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| 2. Champion open government: Progressives and libertarians agree that all government activity (except classified military info) should be available to the public in the most accessible ways possible so open government should be viewed as the bridge between two former philosophical nemesis. As we open government up, we can see where inefficiencies are and address them with actions. Whether the actions are reorganization or elimination is a conversation that can only happen after we've achieved the first milestone of radically opening up the government.
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| 3. Articulate a vision: There is an end goal - a meta objective - which is transitioning America from a post-industrial society with a monopolized currency that inefficiently monetizes value into a networked society with free currencies that efficiently allocates capital to participants. Localism, which is voluntary participation in local economic exchanges and is NOT coercive protectionosm, is an objective almost all America can agree on and work towards. Only open source technologies can be localized and decentralized. Closed/proprietary technologies can not be localized so we should always avoid using them when open alternaitves exist.
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| 4. Attract volunteers: There are many things people can do right now to support the open government movement. The more liberty advocated we get into this movement, the more obvious it will become to everyone that liberty is a political persuasion that transcends the Republican/Democrat (Coke/Pepsi) debate and advocates effective, functional and fair governance.
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| Uorganized [[Resources: FLO America]].
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| =Needs Sorting=
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| ==Space Databases==
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| [http://www.OpenCoworking.org/wiki OpenCoworking Wiki]
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| [http://www.Hackerspaces.org Hackspaces Wiki]
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| [http://www.ecovillages.org Ecovillages]
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| ==Community Groups==
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| [http://groups.google.com/group/coworking The Coworking Google Group] is a community of space owners, operators, members and enthusiasts who discuss issues pertaining to the coworking movement
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| [http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/ HackerSpaces.org] is a one stop shop for a tremendous about of information about hackerspaces including a directory of spaces and information about best practices.
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| [http://coworking.de/ Coworking.de] is the German coworking community portal.
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| ==News and Thought Leadership==
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| [http://emergentresearch.com/ Emergent Research] has a 'coworking lab' that focuses on monitoring the growth of the movement.
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| [http://www.deskmag.com/ DeskMag] is "the magazine about the new places we work, how they look, how they function, how they could be improved and how we work in them. We especially focus on workspaces which are home to the new breed of independent workers, such as coworking spaces, private shared studios and executive offices."
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| ==Open Software and Data Projects==
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| [http://github.com/thehub/ The Hub's open source software projects] including space management software.
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| [http://groups.google.com/group/coworkingdb?hl=en Coworking Registry] is a database of coworking spaces that focuses on developing a powerful APi.
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| [https://github.com/nadineproject/nadine Nadine] is a Django web project that helps coworking space staff track and bill members, and more.
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| [http:///www.opencoworking.org/wiki OpenCoworking] is an open data platform for the coworking community. More info [http://wiki.coworking.info/w/page/31359618/NadineProject here].
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| ==Open Space Handbooks and Manuals==
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| The [http://socialinnovation.ca/ Center for Social Innovation] of Toronto Canada has published [http://socialinnovation.ca/sssi three pdfs] about their experiences creating a space, how to create your own space and how collaborative spaces are changing in the world.
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| The Hub Design+Make Handbook version 1.7 is "aimed at helping Hub Design and Make Teams develop and use principles, tools and systems to conceive and navigate the project of creating a physical Hub."
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| The [http://sarapisfoundation.org Sarapis Foundation] has published [http://sarapisfoundation.org/files/Coworking_Finances_v1.0.zip financial models] for a coworking space in Brooklyn, New York. One model includes a cafe, the other is just coworking space and events.
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| Kaan Aksay also shared a great [http://www.editgrid.com/user/harro33/shared_office_model financial model] on the coworking google group that is highly geared towards the process of starting a shared office space.
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| ==Exemplary Spaces==
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| [http://bucketworks.org/ Bucketworks] in Milwaukee
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| [http://www.indyhall.org/ Indy Hall] in Philadelphia
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| [http://thecubelondon.com/ The Cube] in London
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| [http://www.cocovivo.com/blog.html Coco Vivo] in Panama
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| ==Practices==
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| [http://www.foodandtechconnect.com/site/2011/01/8-simple-steps-to-hackathon-epiphany/ 8 Simple Steps to Hackathon Epiphany]
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| [http://ickevald.net/resistance/anti-mass.htm The Anti-Mass: Methods of Organizing for Collectives]
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| ==Space Directories==
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| The [http://directory.ic.org/ Intentional Communities Directory] is part of the Intentional Communities website, a project of the [http://fic.ic.org/ Fellowship for Intentional Community (FIC)]. The community list is 1000s long and [http://directory.ic.org/iclist/geo.php here.]
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| ==Mark Frazier of OpenWorld==
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| Over the years, I've been impressed by the following spectrum of reform
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| opportunities. All can help awaken land values in distressed areas.
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| As long as the gains from appreciated land values go in large part to
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| social benefit (helping fund local good causes), there may be prospects
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| for a left-right alignment in support of the following:
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| 1) Free and open source eGovernment modules, aimed at improving business
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| climates in distressed areas (by simplifying business licensing, zoning,
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| and building code approval processes)
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| More: http://www.openworldinstitute.org
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| 2) Land grants -- via transfers of idle municipally-owned properties -- to
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| endow local microscholarship funds for peer learning, online skills
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| acquisition, and certifications
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| More: http://www.entrepreneurialschools.com/land-grants &
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| http://www.entrepreneurialschools.com/microscholarships
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| 3) Lower insurance costs via group purchase of homeowners insurance
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| policies, with additional discounts keyed to level of progress
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| (digitally-recorded) by neighborhood cleanup/fixup and community crime
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| prevention initiatives
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| More: Stimulating Community Enterprise - a 1984 report I did for the
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| Joint Economic Committee of US Congress (contact me if you'd like a copy)
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| 4) Formation of charter schools and virtual ventures that vest students
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| as equity stakeholders, with rewards and prizes linked to peer group
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| progress
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| More: http://j.mp/7Z8m6w
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| 5) Student engagement with local enterprises via work-study projects on
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| removing barriers to their growth (see @anametheus "University of
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| Tomorrow" talk)
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| http://blog.changeyourreality.com/post/858769274/a-university-of-the-future
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| (especially from 17:25 onward)
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| 6) Formation of coops to lower health insurance prices via group
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| purchase, including discounts for documented changes in diet/lifestyle
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| (e.g. the "Safeway Plan" rewarding those who bring body mass index levels
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| below 30)
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| More: http://j.mp/4Ic3a1
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| 7) Reduction of property tax burdens on neighborhoods in step with their
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| assumption of infrastructure/service responsibilities
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| More: http://j.mp/dNriG2
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| 8) Linking of public sector salaries/pensions to the growth rate of the
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| local/regional economy, along the lines of Singapore's 'flexiwage' system.
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| More: http://j.mp/gxZ6XH
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| ==Projects==
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| [http://it.usaspending.gov/ IT Dashboard]: The IT Dashboard is a website enabling federal agencies, industry, the general public and other stakeholders to view details of federal information technology investments -
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| [http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/resources/tools/fedspace.shtml FedSpace]: FedSpace is a secure intranet and collaboration workspace for Federal employees and contractors.
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| [http://digitaliser.dk/ Digitalizer]: Danish Approach to FedSpace.
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| [http://www.opencongress.org/ OpenCongress]: Track bills, votes, people in Congress.
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| [http://littlesis.org/ LittleSis]: Free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government.
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| [http://www.popvox.com POPvox] "bridges the gap between the input the public wants to provide and the information Members of Congress want and need to receive."
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| [http://metavid.org/ MetaVid]: "The Open Video archive of the US Congress"
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| [http://maplight.org/ MapLight] "Connect the Dots between Money and Votes"
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| [http://www.followthemoney.org/ Follow the Money] "The Nation's Most Complete Resource for Information on Money in State Politics"
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| [http://www.opensecrets.org/ Open Secrets] "OpenSecrets.org is your nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public policy. Whether you’re a voter, journalist, activist, student or interested citizen, use our free site to shine light on your government."
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| [http://www.govtrack.us/ GovTrack] Tracking Congress
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| [http://publicequalsonline.com/ Public=Online] "“Government transparency is critical to creating a better democracy, and of highest importance in how I cast my vote. I pledge, through my sustained engagement, to hold public officials accountable for being open and transparent.”
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| [http://wiki.civiccommons.com/ CivicCommons] "Sharing technolog for the public good."
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| [http://www.govhubs.org/ GovHub] open source repository for government.
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| [http://public.resource.org/index.html Public.Resource.org] makes bulk information from the government available like codes and court decisions.
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| [http://openstates.sunlightlabs.com/ The Open State Project] collects and makes available data about state legislative activities, including bill summaries, votes, sponsorships, legislators, and committees.
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| "A [http://wiki.changecamp.ca/ ChangeCamp] is a creative face-to-face gathering that is citizen-led, non-partisan and social web enabled
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| [http://www.scribd.com/doc/21926670/The-First-Earth-Battalion-Field-Manual The First Earth Battalion Field Manual] articulates a way for the US military to open itself up.
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| [http://www.muckrock.com/ MuckRock] is a website that helps you file, track, appeal, and eventually publish FOIA'd documents, all through a single web interface.
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| ==Organizations==
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| [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ Sunlight Foundation] has a tremendous amount of [http://sunlightfoundation.com/resources/ projects] with which to collaboration.
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| [http://www.propublica.org/ ProPublica] is honest news.
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| [http://www.livingeconomies.org/ BALLE] is a vehicle for connecting to local businesses.
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| [http://www.cityyear.org/corpsexperience.aspx City Year] is an example of a 'capacity building organization.'
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| [http://octo.dc.gov/DC/OCTO/ Office of DC CTO] is a primary mover in the open city government movement.
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| [http://codeforamerica.org/ Code for America] "Connecting city governments and Web 2.0 talent."
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| [http://openplans.org/ OpenPlans] is a New York based nonprofit that helped create Open311 and other technology intensive open government projects.
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| [http://knowledgeaspower.org/ Knowledge as Power]: "KAP allows you to track legislation, communicate with lawmakers, and impact the laws of your state – it's quick, easy, and timely."
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| [http://www.opensourceforamerica.org/ Open Source for America] is a technology industry open source advocacy coalition.
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| [http://www.govloop.com/ GovLoop] is a social network geared towards government employees with over 35,000+ members.
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| [http://www.participatorypolitics.org/ Participatory Politics Foundation] is a New York based nonprofit that built [http://www.opencongress.org OpenCongress] and is working on a similar application for open city and state governments.
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| ==Development Firms==
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| [http://developmentseed.org/ Development Seed] DC - Drupal, creators of [http://OpenAtrium.org Open Atrium], a Drupal based project management system being run on GaryJohnson2012.com.
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| [http://www.phase2technology.com Phase Two Technology]: DC - Drupal, creators of [http://www.phase2technology.com/openpublic OpenPublic], a Drupal CMS distribution for federal government projects.
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| [http://bridgecitystudio.com/ Bridge City Studio] Portland - Drupal has a nice [http://bridgecitystudio.com/resources resources] page.
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| [http://civicactions.com/ CivicActions] Berkeley - Drupal, [http://civicrm.org CiviCRM] constituent relationship management system of Drupal and Joomla.
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| [http://brattcollective.com/ Brattcollective.com] is "a worker-owned and operated technology collective, focused on workplace democracy and promoting a democratic society while supporting like-minded businesses and organizations by providing open-source website development and consulting." They work with [http://aspirationtech.org/ Aspiration Tech].
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| [http://radicaldesigns.org/ Radical Designs] "is a full service web development group focused exclusively on the needs of non-profit and grassroots social change organizations."
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| ==News and Commentary==
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| [http://govfresh.com/ GovFresh] is a news organization that "inspires government-citizen collaboration and build a more engaged democracy."
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| [http://www.opengovtv.com/ OpenGovTV] "provides Open Government and Gov 2.0 News, Information & Resources for businesses, government agencies, and constituents to more effectively participate in and benefit from the emerging technologies designed to restore this nation's economy and create jobs as a result of an Open Government."
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| [http://spectrum.ieee.org/riskfactor/computing/it/all-us-government-it-projects-under-review All US Government IT Projects Under Review]
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| [http://www.zdnet.com.au/denmark-urges-government-support-for-open-source_p2-120280102.htm Denmark urges government support for open source]
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| Open Source for America [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/open_source_for_america_the_new_government_account.php The New Government Accountability]
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| [http://www.netaction.org/opensrc/oss-report.html The Case for Government Promotion of Open Source Software]
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| [http://www.epractice.eu/en/cases/digitaliserdk Digitalisér.dk Review]
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| [http://planet.hackingcongress.org/ Joshua Tauberer's News Aggregator]
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| ==States==
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| [http://www.civicapps.org/ CivicApps] Portland App Contest
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| [http://www.rjionline.org/fellows-program/herzog/index.php Open Missouri]
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| [http://reinventalbany.org/ New York State Executive Order]
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| ==Opportunities==
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| [https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx Central Contractor Registration (CCR)] is the primary registrant database for the U.S. Federal Government. CCR collects, validates, stores and disseminates data in support of agency acquisition missions. Is this the primary channel of US government communication with the private sector? If so, we need to start working with them to make APIs...
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| [http://taxpayer.net/search_by_category.php?action=view&proj_id=2789&category=&type=Project The projects] that receive email funding.
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| [http://www.opencrs.com/ Open CRS] simply asks congress to make all the tax-payer funded reports of the $100m/year Congressional Research Service open and available to the tax-paying public. What is this money was allocated via open competitions?
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| [http://resource.org/8_principles.html 8 Principles of Open Data]
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| ==Food==
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| [http://www.projectfresh.msu.edu/ Project FRESH] is an educational program providing participants with coupons to purchase locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables at participating farmer’s markets.
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| [http://www.farmbridge.org/ FarmBridge] wants to "provide free software that will help the local foods movement grow!"
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| ==Fabrication==
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| [http://www.100kgarages.com/ 100k Garages] "is a community of workshops with digital fabrication tools for precisely cutting, machining, drilling, or sculpting the parts for your project or product, in all kinds of materials, in a shop or garage near you."
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| [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-cleveland-model-and-micromanufacturing-an-opportunity-for-collaboration/2010/04/06 "The Cleveland Model and Micromanufacturing: An Opportunity for Collaboration?" by P2P Foundation.]
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| [http://mutualist.blogspot.com/ Mutualist Blog: Free Market Anti-Capitalism] "To dissolve, submerge, and cause to disappear the political or governmental system in the economic system by reducing, simplifying, decentralizing and suppressing, one after another, all the wheels of this great machine, which is called the Government or the State. --Proudhon, General Idea of the Revolution"
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| [http://homebrewindustrialrevolution.wordpress.com/ The Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low Overhead Manifesto] is a free PDF on the ramifications of open hardware.
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| '''The Idea: The government gives underutilized land to people who create FLO solutions for nonprofits so they can provide more services for less money to the America people.'''
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| Time Periods
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| *Colonial
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| *Revolution
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| *Pre Civil War
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| *Land Grant University Acts
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| *Cooperative Extension Programs
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| *World Wars
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| *Post War
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| *The Present
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| [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/7/usc_sup_01_7_10_13.html Morrell Act]
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| ==Cooperative Extensions==
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| '''Where can we find information about the 2900 different cooperative extension offices in the US?'''
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| -http://www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/USA-text.html
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| '''What big technologies have been developed and deployed through cooperative extension programs over their history? Recently?'''
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| '''How do cooperative extension offices relate to land-grant universities? Are they a part of the university, a university network, a statewide network? '''
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| Each U.S. state and territory has a state office at its land-grant university and a network of local or regional offices. These offices are staffed by one or more experts who provide useful, practical, and research-based information to agricultural producers, small business owners, youth, consumers, and others in rural areas and communities of all sizes.
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| '''Where does all the technology developed via cooperative extensions go? Who owns it?'''
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| '''What activities take place at a cooperative extension office? '''
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| Most cooperative extension offices collaborate with partners to help people and communities improve their quality of life and economic well-being. They provide educational opportunities and information grounded in research based science.
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| '''What metrics does the government use to determine success for an individual office? A university? NIFA?'''
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| '''Why did they change the name of the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service change it's name to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture? When did this take place? Why? What do people think about this change?'''
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| ==Federal Land Use==
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| '''Current Breakdown of types of Federal Land (value, fertility, etc)?'''
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| '''What does the Federal Government do with it's land?'''
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|
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| Government land is used mainly as military bases, testing areas, nature and wildlife reserves, Indian reservations, or commercial leasing for mining or agriculture. Federally-owned and managed public lands include national parks, national forests, and national wildlife refuges, which are held for all Americans.
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| '''What factors determine the government's use of land?'''
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| The Federal agencies responsible for managing America's natural resources must meet both the public desire to protect them and the public expectation of economic growth based on them.
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| '''How much value is federal land producing per unit?'''
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| In 2008, the U.S. collected almost $23 billion in revenues from federal oil and gas production and leases: $13 billion in royalties and $10 billion in bonus bids.
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| '''What land has the most underutilized potential?'''
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| '''What practices are effective with the types of land the Federal government has?'''
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| '''How much value are different land management practices getting per unit?'''
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| '''How much value could the application of these practices on federal lands create?'''
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| ==PA Farms==
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| [http://redearthfarm.org/ Red Earth Farm] "Red Earth Farm is a family-owned and operated farm dedicated to bringing the freshest chemical-free produce to your table." 1025 Red Dale Road Orwigsburg, PA 17961:: 570.943.3460
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| [http://www.paenergyfest.com/ PA Renewable Energy Festival] "Our goal is to inform and educate ourselves and the public on renewable energy production, energy efficiency, and sustainable living through meetings, workshops, educational materials, and energy fairs."
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| [http://www.journeysendfarm.org/ Journey's End Farm] "Journey's End Farm is a PA certified organic farm located in northeastern Pennsylvania just outside the village of Sterling. Driving time is approximately 2-3 hours from both New York City Philadelphia and approximately 4.5 hours from Washington, D.C."
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| ==Potential Spaces==
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| http://www.trulia.com/property/3043356871-527-Glenmore-Ave-Brooklyn-NY-11207
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| http://www.trulia.com/property/photos/3052520087-2531-Atlantic-Ave-Brooklyn-NY-11207
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| ==Affiliated Projects==
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| [http://345eldert.org/members/ 345 Eldert]
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| ==Hive, Bk==
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| Coworking Space
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| Classes and Workshop
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| CSA Distribution
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| Art and Media Studio and Gallery
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| Cafe and Commercial Kitchen
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| Yoga and Health Center
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| Garden
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| Networks
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| *coworking registry
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| *hackerspaces.org
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| *[FLOSS Competency Centers http://flosscc.opensource.org/competence-centers]
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| ==Potential Collaborators==
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| [http://eastnewyorkfarms.org East New York Farms]
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| [http://www.nycfuture.org/ Center for an Urban Future] "is a New York City-based think tank that fuses journalistic reporting techniques with traditional policy analysis to produce in-depth reports and workable policy solutions on the critical issues facing our cities."
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| http://digital-democracy.org/
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| Brooklyn Rescue Mission
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| http://www.tacticaltech.org/
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| http://chashama.org/locations
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| http://www.myrtleavenue.org/
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| http://www.myrtleavenue.org/
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| http://www.farmers.coop/
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| http://www.landinstitute.org/
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| http://greenworker.coop/website_j/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=133&Itemid=38
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| http://www.landshare.org/index.html
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| [http://www.worldblu.com/ WorldBlu] "Join thousands of companies and individuals worldwide in a groundbreaking movement to see 1 billion people working in free and democratic workplaces."
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| [http://www.fiberforcommunities.com/index.html Google Fiber for Communities]
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| [http://www.muninetworks.org/ Community Broadband Networks]
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| [http://www.reddit.com/r/darknetplan/ DarknetPlan on Reddit]
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| "[http://dee.su/liberte Libre Linux] is a secure, reliable, lightweight, and easy to use Gentoo-based LiveUSB Linux distribution intended as a communication aid in hostile environments."
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| [http://www.openstack.org/ OpenStack] is open source software to build private and public clouds.
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| ==Software==
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| [[Standard Bundle]] is a list of popular, useful open source tools.
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| [http://www.osalt.com/ OS Alternative] shows you the open source alternatives to proprietary software products.
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| [http://www.openbravo.com/product/pos/ Open Source POS System]
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| [http://trac.edgewall.org/ Trac] is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects.
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| [http://bazaar.canonical.com/en/ Bazaar] is a version control system that helps you track project history over time and to collaborate easily with others.
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| [https://launchpad.net/ Launchpad] is a software collaboration platform that provides: Bug tracking, Code hosting using Bazaar, Code reviews, Ubuntu package building and hosting, Translations, Mailing lists, Answer tracking and FAQs, Specification tracking.
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| [http://www.datascribe.biz/ DataScribe] builds nonprofit websites with open source tools.
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| [http://acquia.com Acquia] provides support to the Drupal Community
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| [http://idealware.org/ Idealware]: "Helping Nonprofits Make Smart Software Decisions"
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| ==Hardware==
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| The work of Marcin Jacobowski's [http://www.openfarmtech.org Open Source Ecology project] and all the resources in their [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Wiki_map their wiki.] [http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/explore-more/think-differentley/rethinking-almost-everything-the-global-village-construction-set Rethinking… almost everything: The Global Village Construction Set.]
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| [http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page RepRap 3d Printer] and a [http://reprapkit.com/ store] to buy what we need to make one.
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| [http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-22-sheevaplug-dev-kit-us.aspx SheevaPlug computing device]
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| "[http://www.40fires.org/Wiki.jsp?page=Main The 40 Fires Foundation] takes an open source approach to developing energy-efficient technology." They're working on a small hydrogen-powered [http://www.riversimple.com/ car].
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| [http://www.potenco.com/ Potenco] is a human powered pull-cord electricity generator.
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| [http://www.oswash.org/ The open source washing machine project] aims to rethink the way we wash clothes around the world, in accordance with economical, sociological, cultural and environemental aspects. Spearheaded by [http://www.bricolabs.net/ Bricolabs], "A distributed network for global and local development of generic infrastructures incrementally developed by communities."
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| [http://www.copenhagensuborbitals.com/index.php Copenhagen Suborbitals] is "working towards launching a human being into space."
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| [http://www.osmdevel.org/ Open Space Movement] "seeks to rally public interest in space colonization through a community-driven public space venture."
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| [http://beagleboard.org/hardware-xM Beagleboard] with [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoard additional info].
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| [https://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/ AlwaysInnovating] makes pretty awesome hardware devices including a netbook, smart phone, tablet combo that may or may not be awesome.
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| ==Data==
| |
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| [http://getthedata.org/ Get the Data] is a venue to "ask and answer data related questions."
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| ==Knowledge==
| |
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| [http://blogs.ubc.ca/dean/2007/09/free-culture-open-access-open-education/ Free Culture, Open Access & Open Education]
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| [http://mashable.com/2011/01/07/online-education-websites/ 100+ Online Resources That Are Transforming Education]
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| http://opensourceschools.org.uk/
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| Examples of publishers making it easy to find federal funding options.
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| *[http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/funding/index.htm Scholastic]
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| *[http://educationalleader.com/popup_print.php?flag=home&file=fundingopp.html Benchmark Education]
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| *[http://info.pcieducation.com/get-your-free-funding-guide-here/?utm_campaign=Funding%20Guide&utm_source=Home%20Page PCI Education]
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| Joomla
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| http://www.joomschools.com/
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| http://people.joomla.org/groups/viewgroup/124-Joomla+for+Schools.html
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| http://www.coolnerd.net/2010/01/19/joomla-for-schools/
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| http://demotemplates.joomlashack.com/school/
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| http://www.nesd1.org/
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| Drupal
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| http://drupal.org/node/22523
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| The Pedagogy of Drupal: http://drupalschools.net/
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| http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-k-12-schools
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| http://opensourceschools.org.uk/drupal.html
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| http://flossed.org/taxonomy/term/161
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| http://drupalschools.net/content/case-study-presentation-design-4-drupal-mit
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| http://www.brightlemon.com/blog/drupal-development-plan-international-schools-link-web-site
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| ==Philosophy==
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| [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Main_Page The Wealth of Networks Wiki] is wiki "based on Yochai Benkler's book, The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom."
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| Download and read [http://catb.org/~esr/writings/homesteading/homesteading/homesteading.ps Homesteading the Noosphere] by Eric Steven Raymond - a great primer on open source and hacker culture.
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| [http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-cleveland-model-and-micromanufacturing-an-opportunity-for-collaboration/2010/04/06 "The Cleveland Model and Micromanufacturing: An Opportunity for Collaboration?" by P2P Foundation.]
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| [http://mutualist.blogspot.com/ Mutualist Blog: Free Market Anti-Capitalism] "To dissolve, submerge, and cause to disappear the political or governmental system in the economic system by reducing, simplifying, decentralizing and suppressing, one after another, all the wheels of this great machine, which is called the Government or the State. --Proudhon, General Idea of the Revolution"
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| [http://homebrewindustrialrevolution.wordpress.com/ The Homebrew Industrial Revolution: A Low Overhead Manifesto] is a free PDF on the ramifications of open hardware.
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| [http://www.quirky.com/ Quirky] is an open(ish) approach to product R&D.
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| [http://www.opensource.org/governance/announce Open Source Alliance] announces it's looking to get politics.
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| ==Initiatives==
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| [http://www.100kgarages.com/ 100k Garages] "is a community of workshops with digital fabrication tools for precisely cutting, machining, drilling, or sculpting the parts for your project or product, in all kinds of materials, in a shop or garage near you."
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| [http://bestpractices.org/ BestPractices.org] Sharing Database in Improving the Living Environment in partnership with the UN-Habitat.
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| [http://open-innovation-projects.org/ Open Innovation Projects] is a list of open design projects.
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| [http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Main_Page LibrePlanet] "is a global network of free software activists organized into teams working together to help further the ideals of software freedom by advocating and contributing to free software."
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| [http://www.opensolutionsalliance.org/osa/index.html Open Solutions Alliance]
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| [http://adbard.net/ AdBard] is an adnetwork for the FLOSS community.
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| ==New York==
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| "The [http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/pub/departments/csb/index.htm Center for the Study of Brooklyn] at Brooklyn College is pleased to introduce our new [http://websql.brooklyn.cuny.edu/organizations/ web-based directory of over 1,000 Brooklyn-based community organizations and institutions]."
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| [http://nycwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page NYCWiki] is a NY focused wiki created by Wikimedia New York City, the New York Chapter of the Internet Society, Connecting.nyc Inc.
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| ==Land Grant Universities==
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| The Idea: '''Land-grant universities a model for government financing of the production of FLO technology.'''
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| ''§ 304. Investment of proceeds of sale of land or scrip''
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| All moneys derived from the sale of lands as provided in section 302 of this title by the States to which lands are apportioned and from the sales of land scrip provided for in said section shall be invested in bonds of the United States or of the States or some other safe bonds; or the same may be invested by the States having no State bonds, in any manner after the legislatures of such States shall have assented thereto and engaged that such funds shall yield a fair and reasonable rate of return, to be fixed by the State legislatures, and that the principal thereof shall forever remain unimpaired: Provided, That the moneys so invested or loaned shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished (except so far as may be provided in section 305 of this title), and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this subchapter, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
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| ''§ 341. Cooperative extension work by colleges''
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| In order to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture, uses of solar energy with respect to agriculture, home economics, and rural energy, and to encourage the application of the same, there may be continued or inaugurated in connection with the college or colleges in each State, Territory, or possession, now receiving, or which may hereafter receive, the benefits of subchapters I and II of this chapter, agricultural extension work which shall be carried on in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture: Provided, That in any State, Territory, or possession in which two or more such colleges have been or hereafter may be established, the appropriations hereinafter made to such State, Territory, or possession shall be administered by such college or colleges as the legislature of such State, Territory, or possession may direct. For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “solar energy” means energy derived from sources (other than fossil fuels) and technologies included in the Federal Non-Nuclear[1] Energy Research and Development Act of 1974, as amended [42 U.S.C. 5901 et seq.].
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| ''§ 342. Cooperative agricultural extension work; cooperation with Secretary of Agriculture''
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| Cooperative agricultural extension work shall consist of the development of practical applications of research knowledge and giving of instruction and practical demonstrations of existing or improved practices or technologies in agriculture, uses of solar energy with respect to agriculture, home economics, and rural energy and subjects relating thereto to persons not attending or resident in said colleges in the several communities, and imparting information on said subjects through demonstrations, publications, and otherwise and for the necessary printing and distribution of information in connection with the foregoing; and this work shall be carried on in such manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of Agriculture and the State agricultural college or colleges or Territory or possession receiving the benefits of this subchapter.
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| Source: [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/7/usc_sup_01_7_10_13.html CHAPTER 13—AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGES]
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| ''Interpretations''
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| *The importance of the land grant colleges cannot be exaggerated. Although originally started as agricultural and technical schools, many of them grew, with additional state aid, into large public universities which over the years have educated millions of American citizens who otherwise might not have been able to afford college.
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| *The Morrill Act of 1862 was also known as the Land Grant College Act. It was a major boost to higher education in America. The grant was originally set up to establish institutions in each state that would educate people in agriculture, home economics, mechanical arts, and other professions that were practical at the time. The land-grant act was introduced by a congressman from Vermont named Justin Smith Morrill. He envisioned the financing of agricultural and mechanical education. He wanted to assure that education would be available to those in all social classes.
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| *There were several of these grants, but the first passed in 1862. This bill was signed by Abraham Lincoln on July 2. This gave each state 30,000 acres of public land for each Senator and Representative. These numbers were based on the census of 1860. The land was then to be sold and the money from the sale of the land was to be put in an endowment fund which would provide support for the colleges in each of the states.
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| *The Morrill Acts have become a major educational resource for our nation. This program is available to all people who are in search of higher education. Over the years it has proven to be an important part of our educational system. This Act changed the course of higher education. The purpose of education shifted from the classical studies and allowed for more applied studies that would prepare the students for the world that they would face once leaving the classroom. This Act also gave education support directly from the government. The Morrill Act changed the face of education and made room for our growing and ever changing country and ensured that there would always be money to finance educational facilities and that there would be continual government support of these institutions.
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| [http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/morrill.html Source]
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| “Knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” So wrote the Continental Congress in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. With this ordinance, Congress established a precedent for the support of public education that would grow to substantial commitments in later years.
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| Land was the key to the Federal Government’s early involvement, for this was the most readily available resource in the unopened continent. As public lands were surveyed into 6-mile square townships, a 1-square-mile section in each township was reserved for the support of public schools. The land itself was rarely used for school construction but rather was sold off, with proceeds used to fund the school program. The system invited misuse by opportunists, and substantial portions of the educational land-grants never benefited education. Nevertheless, land-grant support became a substantial factor in providing education to most American children who could never hope to attend private or charity-supported schools.
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| The Morrill Act committed the Federal Government to grant each state 30,000 acres of public land issued in the form of “land scrip” certificates for each of its Representatives and Senators in Congress. Although many states squandered the revenue from this endowment, which grew to an allocation of over 100 million acres, the Morrill land grants laid the foundation for a national system of state colleges and universities. In some cases, the land sales financed existing institutions; in others, new schools were chartered by the states. Major universities such as Nebraska, Washington State, Clemson, and Cornell were chartered as land-grant schools. State colleges brought higher education within the reach of millions of students, a development that could not help but reshape the nation’s social and economic fabric.
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| (Information excerpted from Milestone Documents in the National Archives. [Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995], p. 57.)
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| '''What are land grant universities? Their history? Different types?'''
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| "The 1862 Morrill Act allocated 17,400,000 acres (70,000 km2) of land, which when sold yielded a collective endowment of $7.55 million... Congress later recognized the need to disseminate the knowledge gained at the land-grant colleges to farmers and homemakers. The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 started federal funding of cooperative extension, with the land-grant universities' agents being sent to virtually every county of every state. Starting in 1887, Congress also funded agricultural experiment stations and various categories of agricultural and veterinary research "under direction of" the land-grant universities.[10] In some states, the annual federal appropriations to the land-grant college under these laws exceed the current income from the original land grants. In the fiscal year 2006 USDA Budget, $1.033 billion went to research and cooperative extension activities nationwide.[11] The President has proposed $1.035 billion for fiscal year 2008.[12]"
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrill_Act source]
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| "The Cooperative Extension Service, also known as the Extension Service of the USDA, is a non-formal educational program implemented in the United States designed to help people use research-based knowledge to improve their lives. The service is provided by the state's designated land-grant universities. In most states the educational offerings are in the areas of agriculture and food, home and family, the environment, community economic development, and youth and 4-H. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the USDA administers funding for Smith Lever Act services in cooperation with state and county governments and land-grant universities...
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| The roots of U.S. agricultural extension go back to the early years of our country. There were agricultural societies and clubs after the American Revolution, and in 1810 came the first Farm Journal. It survived for only 2 years, but in 1819 John Stuart Skinner of Baltimore began publishing the American Farmer. Farmers were encouraged to report on their achievements and their methods of solving problems. Some worthwhile ideas, along with some utterly useless ones, appeared on the pages of the publication...
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| At the heart of agricultural extension work, according to the Act, was: (1) Developing practical applications of research knowledge. (2) Giving instruction and practical demonstrations of existing or improved practices or technologies in agriculture.
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| The extension service's first big test came during World War I, when it helped the nation meet its wartime needs by: (1) Increasing wheat acreage significantly, from an average of 47 million acres (190,000 km2) annually in 1913 to 74 million in 1919. (2) Helping the USDA implement its new authority to encourage farm production, marketing, and conserving of perishable products by canning, drying, and preserving. (3) Helping to address war-related farm labor shortages at harvest time by organizing the Women's Land Army and the Boys' Working Reserve.
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| Extension agents taught farmers about marketing and helped farm groups organize both buying and selling cooperatives. At the same time, extension home economists taught farm women—who traditionally maintained the household—good nutrition, canning surplus foods, house gardening, home poultry production, home nursing, furniture refinishing, and sewing—skills that helped many farm families survive the years of economic depression and drought.
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| Between 1950 and 1997, the number of farms in the U.S. declined dramatically—from 5.4 million to 1.9 million. Because the amount of farmland did not decrease as much as the number of farms, the remaining farms have a larger average acreage. During the same period, farm production increased from one farmer supporting the food needs of 15.5 persons in 1950 to one farmer supporting 100 persons in 1990. By 1997, one farmer supported the food needs of almost 140 U.S. citizens. That increased productivity, despite the decline in farm numbers, resulted from increased mechanization, commercial fertilizers, new hybrid seeds, and other technologies. Extension played an important role in extending these new technologies to U.S. farmers and ranchers.
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| There remain approximately 2,900 extension offices nationwide.
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| The extension system also supports the eXtension Web site. One of the goals of eXtension is to develop a coordinated, Internet-based information system where customers will have round-the-clock access to trustworthy, balanced views of specialized information and education on a wide range of topics. For customers, the value will be personalized, validated information addressing their specific questions, issues, and life events in an aggregated, non-duplicative approach.
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| Information on the eXtension Web site is organized into Communities of Practice (COP). Each COP includes articles, news, events, and frequently asked questions (FAQs). The information comes from Land-Grant University System faculty and staff experts. It is based on unbiased research and undergoes peer review prior to publication. Current COPs are organized around many topics, including but not limited to diversity, entrepreneurship, agrosecurity, cotton, dairy cattle, and more.
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_extension source]
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| The Hatch Act of 1887 authorized the establishment of an agricultural experiment station, to be affiliated with the land grant college of agriculture, in each state (7 U.S.C. 361a et seq.). Research done at these stations underpins the curriculum of the colleges, as well as the programs of the Cooperative Extension System.[1]
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| The United States of America has more than 50 stations (1988), run by about 13,000 scientists (1988). Each state has at least one main station, usually located at and associated with a land-grant university. Many states have branch stations to meet the special needs of different climate and geographical zones in those states.
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| They investigate such areas as crop variations, soil testing, livestock, processing and animal technology, and other advanced technology to food and agriculture. They also work with specialists called extension agents.
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_experiment_station Source]
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace_Beltsville_Agricultural_Research_Center The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705 "The World's Largest Most Diversified Agricultural Research Complex"]
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| '''History of open/shared science vs. closed/hoarding science at land grant universities?'''
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| '''Does federal, state or local governments still give out land grants?'''
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| FLOfarm is a 200-acre tree-farm in Greenland, PA. It can be reached by taking the Metro North train to Port Jervis and then driving west for approximately 30 minutes.
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| The land has a hunting cabin and the foundation for a farmhouse. There are a number of roads, firepits, fields, and a bog. A river runs around and through the land, with a lovely waterfall at it's south east corner.
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| [[FLOfarm Meeting: Saturday, January 8, 2011]]
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| ==Goals/Visions==
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| *Arts and Crafts Center
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| *Open Source Fabrication Laboratory
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| **Content
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| **Documentation
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| *Perma/Vermiculture and Plant Nursery
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| *Land for LARPing
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| *Experimental Architecture
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| *Yoga, Wellness and Healing Space
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| *Residency program for people working on mid-long term projects
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| *Local food kitchen and CSA
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| *Farmland
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| *Classes
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| *Media Studio
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| ==Possible Collaborators==
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| Permaculture folks
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| OSE community
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| window farmers
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| greenbustour.com
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| jordan schacter
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| Revenerds Jackson of the Brooklyn Rescue Mission
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| http://www.greenedgenyc.org/
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| http://dachaproject.com/blog/
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| http://www.plovgh.com/index.html
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| ==Locals==
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| [http://redearthfarm.org/ Red Earth Farm] "Red Earth Farm is a family-owned and operated farm dedicated to bringing the freshest chemical-free produce to your table." 1025 Red Dale Road Orwigsburg, PA 17961:: 570.943.3460
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| [http://www.paenergyfest.com/ PA Renewable Energy Festival] "Our goal is to inform and educate ourselves and the public on renewable energy production, energy efficiency, and sustainable living through meetings, workshops, educational materials, and energy fairs."
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| [http://www.journeysendfarm.org/ Journey's End Farm] "Journey's End Farm is a PA certified organic farm located in northeastern Pennsylvania just outside the village of Sterling. Driving time is approximately 2-3 hours from both New York City Philadelphia and approximately 4.5 hours from Washington, D.C."
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| http://www.marshall-machinery.com/rentals.html
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| ==LARPers==
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| [http://www.wyvernrising.org/index.php Wyvern Rising] is a LARPing community in Conyngham, PA.
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| [http://www.sca.org/ The Society for Creative Anachronism] is an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe. Our "Known World" consists of 19 kingdoms, with over 30,000 members residing in countries around the world. Participants, dressed in clothing of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, attend events which may feature tournaments, arts exhibits, classes, workshops, dancing, feasts, and more. Our "royalty" hold courts at which they recognize and honor members for their contributions to the group.
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| ==Similar Spaces==
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| [http://planetsave.com/2008/10/01/radical-simplicity-living-car-free-petroleum-free-and-electricity-free-at-the-possibility-alliance/ "Radical Simplicity: Living Car-Free and Off The Grid at the Possibility Alliance"]
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| [http://www.trumanindex.com/2.10113/family-survives-as-minimalists-1.1458427 "Family Survives as Minimalists"] about the Possibility Alliance.
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| ==Building Resources==
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| [http://static.childrenofmay.org/dome.jpg Andy's Dome]
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| [http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/ Open Architecture Network] has hundreds of open sourced building designs and we can [http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/how_to.html add our own]. Check out this 25 min [http://www.bilconference.com/videos/open-source-architecture-cameron-sinclair/ presentation by the founder].
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| http://www.simondale.net/house/gallery.htm
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| http://arkfab.org/?p=216
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| ==Currency==
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| Land valuation metrics
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| *Average/Square
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| Calculate current and potential production value/acre/year. Create acre currency redeemable for one year of land production. Cultivate the land to make the currency more valuable.
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| ==Artifacts==
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| http://www.anuvar.org/flofarm/game.html
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| =Quotes=
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| "More consumers create more problems. More participants create more solutions. It's that simple.
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| '''The Sarapis Foundation believes that access to technology is a human right and that the only way we can secure this right is by creating an entire ecosystem of [[FLO]] technologies people can use to create wealth and wellness for themselves and their communities.'''
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| Our reward for achieving this ambitious objective is nothing less than the abundance that becomes possible when everyone can participate in a networked society."
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| (http://www.sarapisfoundation.org/)
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