[wsfii-discuss] secondary - WSFII.2007: Naming

Fri Feb 16 14:52:48 UTC 2007

Hi Fred,

>Please keep the discussion on discuss...

Ok no prob.

>It is good for all to know where the domain openDIV came from and
>where it is going.

>openDiv is (to me) a wsffii child , it replaces my earlier thinking
>for the place of rcfii, as a child of wsfii. WSFII is a summit, a
>gathering. Its open and free.

One of the major things that brought OVF and wsfii together is that we
were and are moving forward on very similar tracks with OdiV/openDIV. On
an even larger level there is a global movement that involves scores of
groups all over the world in similar processes. We need to be sure we
are effectively linked with their work esp when it improves our own
process. ICT has a key role to play here as do openDIV's 

So I feel there are many parents to this child. I see this as "morphic
resonance" - the idea that some things happen/converge/synch up at the
same time because they are interconnected in ways that we currently do
not understand living as we are in the modern world. The essential
message is: either learn to work more collectively and in harmony with
the earth and the universe or suffer the consequences (global warming,
massive drought, loss of species, etc). 

On a more practical and less esoteric level, the Convergence Centres we
are talking about will act on this urgent realization by encouraging
more integrated approaches to development, seeing the role ICT and
specific with relation to us that wireless and open source
approaches/networks play in this process of increasing the collective IQ
of our networks and eventually humanity to address world urgent issues.

>Structure that is needed to build WLAN needs a more international name
>than freifunk, me being dutch and so only half German loves freifunk
>but it doesn't ring bells in other languages.

I see but I love freifunk - lets get FREE, OPEN and FUNKy right now
:-))!

Jeff

On 2/15/07, jeff buderer <jeff at onevillagefoundation.org> wrote:
> Fred, Daniel, All,
>
> I have not had a chance to discuss this with OVF team but the names
> sound fine to me.
>
> I will discuss the details with Joy and Kafui regarding funding and
> logistical issues in planning for the OpenDIV Preparation over the
next
> few days.
>
> I am wondering if this is not a thread of discussion that should on
> wsfii coordination instead of wsfii discussion?
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:wsfii-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Fred Pook
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:58 PM
> To: d.paufler at fhtw-berlin.de; Discuss list on the World Summit on Free
> Information Infrastructure
> Subject: Re: [wsfii-discuss] secondary - WSFII.2007: Naming
>
> Hi All,
> My suggestion:
>
>
> On 2/15/07, Daniel Paufler <d.paufler at fhtw-berlin.de> wrote:
>
> > Question: How do we want to refer to the big summer event in Ghana
> 2007?
> >
> WSFII 2007, Ghana, Africa
>
>
> > Furthermore, there will be a few ongoing projects in preperation.
One
> is
> > the prep-meeting in April. How do we refer to that?
> >
> openDIV preparation
>
> Thanks Freddy
>
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