Cool. What have you guys been doing with them? On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Luis Gustavo Lira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> We have been working with international initiatives: Lemelson Foundation > RAMP, OLPC, SFD, Google SoC, NESsT, Ashoka, BiD Foundation and with local > organizations: NutriProSalud (Health), Quantum Solutions (Business > Incubation), CIDE-PUCP (Business Incubation), GRUPO-PUCP (Apropriate > Technologies), Telefonica (Rural Telecommunications), CIDESI (Assistive > Technologies), CODESI (Digital Agenda) > > > --- El jue 31-jul-08, Tim Hwang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > De: Tim Hwang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Asunto: [FC-discuss] FC Reaching Out To Development Communities? > > A: [email protected] > > Fecha: jueves, 31 julio, 2008, 11:55 pm > > At least speaking from Harvard FC's experience and some > > of the talking > > I've been doing with other SFC groups, I've been > > thinking lately that, > > strategically, one really promising thing to pursue much > > more > > aggressively in the future is to build up partnerships with > > pre-existing communities that are already poised to be part > > of Free > > Culture without actually being part of it. As a whole, > > chapters (not > > surprisingly) seem to have created good outreach to the > > techie world, > > but on a whole we've got less consistent relationships > > with the world > > outside of that. > > > > I think that the international development community might > > be great > > space for this kind of teaming up on projects. They're > > plugged in with > > a massive ecosystem of organizations who are dealing with a > > bunch of > > intellectual property issues (pharmaceuticals, technology > > transfer, > > cultural product distribution) where restrictiveness is > > causing real > > problems. These are natural allies, and I think Free > > Culture can play > > a big role A) as a connector to the tech world and B) in > > helping these > > groups join up with Free Culture more generally. > > > > In any case, been scheming up some stuff for HFC in the > > fall. I know > > we already have some existing connects with Gavin and the > > UAEM > > (http://www.essentialmedicine.org/) folks -- but wanted to > > see on the > > list if any of the the chapters had any protips/experiences > > to impart > > or had ideas on FC-friendly orgs worth getting in touch > > with/teaming > > up with. Alternatively, if you want to join up with us on > > projects in > > this vein next year -- let me know! > > > > Best, > > Tim > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! MTV Blog & Rock >¡Cuéntanos tu historia, inspira una canción y > gánate un viaje a los Premios MTV! Participa aquí http://mtvla.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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