Special Announcement: Invitation for Nominations to the Stockholm Challenge Award 2008 & Stockholm Challenge GKP Awards 2007
Dear ICT & FOSS Community Members,
The International Free and Open Source Software Foundation iFOSSF, MI, USA (http://www.ifossf.org) is a member of the Champions Network of the Stockholm Challenge (http://www.stockholmchallenge.se). We would like to identify innovative and/or outstanding projects and programmes from the community that use ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) and FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) to intervene in social and economic problems in worthwhile and innovative ways.
Transparency: Risks and Rewards
white paper on Open Source Digital Archival and Preservation System
Towards an Open Source Repository and Preservation System: Recommendations on the Implementation of an Open Source Digital Archival and Preservation System and on Related Software Development', Kevin Bradley,Junran Lei, and Chris Blackall. Paris: UNESCO, 2007.
Financial Market turmoil as a factor in potential human service crisis....how can FOSS help?
Consider what a radically new social landscape we create when we can engage all levels of society based on this idea….
FOSS- a role to play in the future of art and expessive therapy
Before I point you towards a couple of online videos I'd like to help create the context that connects to the role of FOSS in addressing two areas that at first look may not seem related.
Initial thoughts for the research projects
As per the announcement there are a number of advanced funding projects in research areas mainly centred on 'intelligent systems', such as NGNi, Next Generation Networked Information. Here's a few thoughts to get the ball rolling on a discussion about how we could apply.
iFOSSF Cooperation Opportunities
Dear All,
We have established a new facility to announce iFOSSF co-operation opportunities at http://coop.ifossf.org. Opportunities will be ranging from joint grant proposals, stipends and partnerships for awarded project implementations as well as volunteering opportunities.
As a start, there are two Open Calls posted for collaborative grant opportunities, one for US National Endowment of Humanity the other one is for National Science Foundation. The general theme is to encourage iFOSSF members to collaborate on innovative projects to advance FOSS applications and its philosophy in real world situations.
We will add additional opportunities in the coming days, weeks. Please visit http://coop.ifossf.org and let us know if you have any comments/feedbacks. Most importantly submit your ideas and get awarded!
Why Cultural Fusion, Art as Philosophy? (revised)
In sharing this i have come to see with increasing clarity the potential art has to shift the discussion from a debate to a dialogue.
What's the difference? One is shouting to be heard, the other is expressing to share/grow/learn. One will create more of the same old same old, while the other illuminates our path to peace and progress based on radical inclusion.
Cultural Fusion - Art as Philosophy, asks Google, "Are you talking to us?"
Recently when speaking with Washington decision makers, Google's statements (unintentionally) framed the relevance of "Cultural Fusion - art as philosophy" that will be moving forward with "Hotel Infinity phase1" (i will post an update on this in the forum for comment) to officially launch on the UNInternational Day of Peace Sept. 21, 2007. This will premier the first step(s) in the artwork to benefit Foot Steps for Life, the start of my quest to automate global social responsibility as a CRM Strategy. When Eric Schmidt talks, people listen and what he's saying needs to get your attention. Anyone who knows the value of art in society and everyone who doubts this to be true needs to pay attention.
Heise.de: Governing coalition to push for the adoption of open IT standards
" Within the context of a panel discussion at the LinuxTag event in Berlin Dr. Uwe Küster, the party whip of the parliamentary group of the Social Democrats (SPD) in the Bundestag, the lower chamber of Germany's federal parliament, said that the governing coalition would within the next two weeks submit a motion that would make open formats mandatory for the information technology of the federal authorities of the Federal Republic. This, Mr. Küster declared, would boost competition on the software market and strengthen the position of small and medium-sized enterprises."