Maria, Thanks for connecting with us. The OpenKollab Pooled Fund Project is trying to identify groups of projects that are a part of an ecosystem (are connected in some way) and that are interested in obtaining loan financing to expand and grow. I am not sure what the state of affairs is in the OpenEducation sector since we have nobody that is connected with this space.
I would be interested in chatting with you to learn more about activity in this area and to explore whether or not our model might be applicable to projects working in this area. Details for the OpenKollab Pooled Fund project can be found on our blog. There is brief video on the main page http://mudball.net/openkollab/, and a more in depth presentation here: http://mudball.net/openkollab/pooled-fund-investor-information/ Let me know what you think. Suresh On Jan 12, 7:52 am, Maria Droujkova <[email protected]> wrote: > I am working in OER - open educational resources. This Spring, I am leading > three open projects that are completely online: Family Multiplication Study, > Family Early Algebra Study, and Math 2.0 Also, all local Math Clubs and > unClasses conducted through Natural Math, seven in all, plan to produce OERs > this Spring. An example, Physics plus Modeling, can be found > here:http://physicsmathmodeling.wikispaces.com/and another example, Math 2.0, > here:http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/events > > Large OER groups I am involved with include WikiEducator, Curriki, and > LearnCentral. Please let me know if you need any other info about > educational projects! > > Cheers, > Maria Droujkovahttp://www.naturalmath.com > > Make math your own, to make your own math. > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Suresh Fernando < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Folks, > > > In looking through the member list for this group, I note that many of you > > are a part of the Open Manufacturing Ecosystem. > > > In case you are not aware, OpenKollab, <http://mudball.net/openkollab/>the > > Forward > > Foundation <http://forwardfound.org/>and the P2P Foundation > > <http://p2pfoundation.net>are collaborating on mapping out this space in > > some detail. > > > In mapping the ecosystem we are interested in understanding > > > - What the various projects in this space are working > > - What the goals of the projects are > > - What relationships they have with each other (common technologies, > > processes, markets, people etc.) > > - What possibilities there are for projects to work together > > - Etc. > > > The following spreadsheet is what we plan to use to gather data: > >http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AiJ9wl9qbZEzdGRYY2YzRlhHemVMT... > > > The reason that we are mapping the ecosystem is > > > - We are looking for candidate projects for the OpenKollab Ecosystem > > Pooled Fund <http://www.slideshare.net/sureshf/openkollab-pooled-fund> > > - We will be able to develop research and intelligence on how P2P > > networks are structured and how they function. This intelligence can > > then be > > used to develop visual maps and other sorts of 'views' of the space that > > can > > then be used to connect work being done in this area with work that is > > being > > done in other ecosystems. > > - We can help to build collaborative infrastructure and processes to > > help these networks function more effectively. > > > Candidate projects will be those that bear some relation to each other and > > where we can identify synergy or mutual interdependence. Since you are all > > working on distributed manufacturing projects, there is clearly some > > relationship. > > > *The question is whether you are willing to come together and work > > together to make it possible for us to support you by helping you to raise > > money.* > > > In short, we believe that the work that is being done in this space good > > benefit from better financing methodologies so we are working towards > > developing a model to make this happen. > > > Let me know your thoughts and whether you would be willing to collaborate > > with us on this initiative. > > > Regards, > > > -- > > Suresh Fernando > > > WEBSITE:http://radical-inclusion.com > > WEBSITE:http://wiki.openkollab.com > > BLOG:http://sureshfernando.wordpress.com > > TWITTER:http://twitter.com/sureshf > > FACEBOOK: facebook.com/suresh.fernando > > 604-889-8167 > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "CooperationCommons" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<cooperationcommons%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/cooperationcommons?hl=en.
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