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Draft list of proposed names for a regional preparatory workshop for a conference on commons-oriented economics.

Context via Proposal for a Conference on Commons-Oriented Economics

thanks for putting from 1 to 3 stars next to each name according to priority.

What Do We Need To Do

Agree on names / first batch of 10 by wednesday, June 3

send out first invitation, send 'save the date' letter, by June 6

ask for more recommendations

decide on second batch by June 13

were booking 16 rooms

budget via https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhaYViL59NNLdDI4SzFCM1RRRWZ6X2QwamlXcF9rOVE#gid=0

QUESTIONS

- should we have a quota on women (one third) to make sure of fair representation ?

- should we have a maximum on westerners, say one third (to avoid over-representation)

The Room and Date

Venue: Office of Heinrich Böll Stiftung Bangkok Hotel: Salil Hotel, Thonglor 1, near BTS Thonlor Maximum of people is 20, to sit comfortable, including five of us staff members, which means 15 people to invite.

Date: 13. and 14.10.2012 Arrival of participants during 12.10. to have a welcome dinner to together Departure on 14. or 15.10. depending on flights

Proposed names

Australia

Tasmanian founder of Nutrient Dense Project
Jose Ramos, Peer Productions documentary, based in Singapore during that weekend ***
Brian Fitzgerald, Creative Commons, Australia

Bhutan

ask via Hans van Willewaard GNH movement

should be sbd from the Centre for Bhutan Studies; but perhaps not necessarily Dasho Karma Ura but sbd. younger / Gross National Happiness

China

Isaac Mao, Sharism ***
ask Isaac and Richard Hames for reco's

India

prof. from UNEP, name? it was: Ramaswamy Sudarshan**
Jagdeesh Rao FES OR sbd. else from FES (a women?) ** ask David (I suggest a conversation with Jagdeesh --David)
Soma Parthasarthy: New Delhi woman and commons scholar who studies women and subsistence commons
Shiv Visvanathan, wrote excellent piece on known commons in Common Voices journal
authors from Common Voices journal ***
Prabir Purkayasha Prabkant, People's Science Network Forum**
Lawrence Liang, Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore** (or Prashant Iyengar, who attended Crottorf?)
Frederick Noronha, Goa, Bytes4All
Vinod Raina, People's Science and Democracy Forum***
Kavaljit Singh, Public Interest Research Centre, India .... does anybody know him? hbs worked with him in the past and the India office still, but I do not know if he worked on the commons issue.
Sunita Narain *

MORE WOMEN?? sbd. related to Vandana Shiva's group??

New Zealand

Sophie Jerram, artist works on energy/commons nexus ***
Prue Taylor, legal scholar, specialized on Common Heritage of Mankind; prue.taylor@auckland.ac.nz *

Philippines

Roberto Verzola: works specifically around the Commons, and the abundance/scarcity/sufficiency angle***
Nina Ramirez: phillipino social-christian activist, works with local communities and created integrated education for grassroots leaders*
Nicolas Perlas: theory of 3 forces*

Singapore

Michael Heng, michael.heng@energycorp-global.com ("Sustainability consulting and value integrator for renewal energy". [1]

Thailand

Prof. Surat . Chulalongkorn Uni.**
Nicolas Mendoza, Colombian, based in Chiang Mai, undertakes research on buddhism economics from commons pov for Hong Kong uni***
Richard Hames, Asian Foresight Institute ***
Pablo Solon Why the Green Economy is a wrong path to restore the equilibrium with nature and what alternatives do we have?: ex-UN-Embassador of Bolivia and now (again) working within civil society. Executive director of Focus on the Global South in Bangkok; contact: <pablosolon@gmail.com> ; bridges commons and Mother Earth debate **

Vietnam

Thomas Leif Olsen, works on Mirror Democracy project, also based in Hua Hin ***

Miscellaneous

Asia Commons conference participants?

I suggest: Takayoshi Kusago, Kansai University, Japan - I am not sure ...

Liz Alden Wily, Kenya ? ** yes, would be great, depends on where she currently is ... might be also interesting for the European deep dive

check Right Livelihood Award winners
Charles Eisenstein, USA

Organizers and assistants

Nancy Alexander <Nancy.Alexander@us.boell.org>

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 * Tasmanian founder of Nutrient Dense Project
 * Jose Ramos, Peer Productions documentary, based in Singapore during that weekend ***
+* Brian Fitzgerald, Creative Commons, Australia
 ==Bhutan==
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 * prof. from UNEP, name? it was: Ramaswamy Sudarshan**
-* Jagdeesh Rao FES  OR sbd. else from FES (a women?) ** ask David
+* Jagdeesh Rao FES  OR sbd. else from FES (a women?) ** ask David ('''I suggest a conversation with Jagdeesh --David''')
+* Soma Parthasarthy:  New Delhi woman and commons scholar who studies women and subsistence commons
+* Shiv Visvanathan, wrote excellent piece on known commons in Common Voices journal
 * authors from Common Voices journal ***
 * Prabir Purkayasha Prabkant, People's Science Network Forum**
-* Lawrence Liang**
+* Lawrence Liang, Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore**  (or Prashant Iyengar, who attended Crottorf?)
 * Frederick Noronha, Goa, Bytes4All
 * Vinod Raina, People's Science and Democracy Forum***
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 * Liz Alden Wily, Kenya ? ** yes, would be great, depends on where she currently is ... might be also interesting for the European deep dive
-* check Right Livelyhood Award winners
+* check Right Livelihood Award winners
 * Charles Eisenstein, USA

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