Suggested films / topics for meetings
As a focus for future meetings, it would be useful to have a list of films (or something equivalent) we can show, location and circumstances permitting.
Suggestions and comments solicited!
Stacco Troncoso Thu 3 May 2018 11:46AM
It will be back in stock by the end of the month, you can pre-order here. We'll also be working on putting some design global/manufacture local documentation up, but there's no set deadline on that.
Nick S Thu 10 May 2018 7:59AM
I thought I'd already posted this, but I don't see it here... Anyway, for the record there's also Co-opoly:
https://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/2012/nov/21/co-opoly-monopoly-but-better
Nick S Wed 19 Sep 2018 9:05AM
I signed up for notifcations, and I see Commonsopoly is now available for about €44, or about £50...
Nick S Sun 7 Oct 2018 11:08AM
Was thinking of taking a punt on this, but judging by the website the latest release may have sold out again?
Nick S Tue 8 May 2018 2:45PM
Topic proposal: The Common Good Fund
Looks like this is an example of a very old commons. Paraphrasing the video: a unique but apparently generally unknown half-millennia-old Scottish fund possessing assets worth several tens of million pounds with laws to protect it and an obligation to Scottish councils to maintain it for the public's benefit.
http://inthecommongood.org/what-is-the-common-good/
Only 55 views so far!
The video features Bob Hamilton - I remember he was involved with the Electron Club in Glasgow way back when Dorkbot Alba was a new thing...
Also, here's a video of a somewhat younger-looking Andy Wightman (author and advocate of land reform, now a Scottish Greens MSP), describing the Common Good Fund. Very much worth watching:
https://archive.org/details/TheCommonGoodInScotland
(More videos in the "related" section below it - interestingly including Knowledge as a common good. Communities of production and sharing in Greece)
(I discovered this digging around on the P2PF wiki entry for Scotland. I've created an account so I can now update and fix these links, some of which are quite old, I recommend anyone else interested do this too.)
Stacco Troncoso Thu 10 May 2018 9:32AM
(I discovered this digging around on the P2PF wiki entry for Scotland. I've created an account so I can now update and fix these links, some of which are quite old, I recommend anyone else interested do this too.)
I applaud this!
RoryG Fri 18 May 2018 4:29PM
Really interesting topic, it would be good to find out where we are with Common Good funds are at the moment
Nick S Wed 13 Jun 2018 8:46PM
Topic Proposal: social.coop
(Since I seem to have gotten roped into coordinating their sysadmin volunteer rota.)
See this article for what it is: https://medium.com/open-collective/social-coop-a-cooperative-decentralized-social-network-c10980c9ed91
Basically, a Mastodon instance, i.e. open-source, federated Twitter clone with moderation. But run as a member-owned/run cooperative.
It's an interesting place to hang out, if you have the spare bandwidth for the chatter. The "Fediverse" itself (sum of all federated instances) feels a lot like '90's Usenet, lots of weird, wonderful and possibly unsavoury communities, with their own culture, loosely overlapped. Lots of refugees from Twitter, like https://switter.at
Nick S · Thu 3 May 2018 11:40AM
Topic proposal: Games.
@staccotroncoso mentioned this reworking of Monopoly for the commons...
http://commonspoly.cc/
Currently out of stock, but maybe we could procure a copy somewhere or make our own...