[Imc-alternatives] sharing manifesto

[strypey at riseup.net]

Kia ora

Aaron, have you read the Libre Manifesto?
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/files/nodes/1121/1121.pdf

Is the sort of thing you had in mind? Or something more practical and less poetic?

RnB
Strypes

Aaron Kreider wrote:
> I wonder if it'd be useful to get a small group of people to write up a 
> short manifesto calling on activists and activist organizations to Share 
> as much information as possible? 
> 
> I'm thinking a brief 1-3 page manifesto, and then collecting lots of 
> signatures, comments, and organizational endorsements.
> 
> The focus could either narrowly target groups with websites (and 
> particularly groups with networking websites), or it could be more broad 
> and try encourage sharing everywhere.
> 
> Framing terms - radical democracy, openess, sharing, transparency.
> 
> A Couple Goals
> 1) Growing the Movement vs Growing your niche  (solution: growing the 
> movements grows your organization)
> 2) Unleashing the Creativity and Power of Millions of (part-time) activists
> 3) Increasing the Skills Level
> 
> What Should be Open
> -all your publications  (books, videos, leaflets, images, etc)
> -all your programming code that you produce (or hired consultants to 
> produce)
> -internal organizational documents that would be of use (ex. fundraising 
> letter, strategic plan, budget)
> 
> This fits with the IMC vision as IMC sites are already sharing.  And it 
> fits with our goal of including networking in a future imc-alternatives 
> site.  As more and more activist networking sites appear, we need to 
> mobilize thousands of grassroots activists to take a strong stance in 
> favor of sharing data - otherwise organizations won't make it a 
> priority.  In the ideal future, organizations will prioritize sharing 
> and integrate it into their websites from day one.
> 
> 
> Is this a good idea?  If it is, I could start an off-the-list group of 
> people who'd work on it.
> 
> Aaron
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