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NK On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Alex Comninos <[email protected]>wrote: > Lolwut? > On Nov 6, 2012 6:32 PM, "Anne Roth" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> News about Lorea https://lorea.org/ >> >> ("Lorea is a project to create secure social cybernetic systems, in >> which a network of humans will become simultaneously represented on a >> virtual shared world. >> >> Its aim is to create a distributed and federated nodal organization of >> entities with no geophysical territory, interlacing their multiple >> relationships through binary codes and languages.") >> >> >> -------- Original-Nachricht -------- >> Betreff: Presenting the new Lorea distribution: Foxglove >> Datum: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:12:17 +0100 >> Von: spideralex <[email protected]> >> >> >> *The new distribution of Lorea is called Foxglove: Social networks of >> the people and for the people!* >> >> As part of the ACT! 2012 <https://lorea.org/assets/act2012>, Lorea >> social networks have migrated to a new version called Foxglove based on >> the version 1.8 of Elgg free software <http://elgg.org/>. This new >> distribution has several improvements regarding the design, usability >> and stability of the networks and offer also new tools (the full list >> can be viewed here >> <https://n-1.cc/pages/view/1505323/lorea-new-distribution-foxglove>). >> >> Among them there is a new module that allows you to design assemblies >> agendas collectively, keeping minutes and highlighting decisions and >> previous consensus. It also enables decision making either by majority >> or by consensus, with the option of blocking decisions and modifying >> proposals for decision. This wide variety of options is intended to suit >> the various decision making processes of groups engaged with >> assamblearism, thus preventing the software of imposing its criteria >> above collective practices. Other new options are customizing the >> working environment, search box for groups contents, new images >> galleries, improvements of the Etherpads (collaborative writing in real >> time) and the integration between fora and mailing lists (persons not >> registered inside the networks will be now able to subscribe to groups >> mailing list). >> >> During the course of this November, Lorea's fairies will work into >> refining the migration and complementing the documentation such as the >> manuals in order to help people become familiar with the new version. It >> should also be kept in mind that Lorea are self-organized networks where >> all its inhabitants can engage with their development and gardening. >> >> Lorea calls for collaboration in this joint project, first by being >> patient with the potential errors that might occur occasionally during >> the migration process, secondly, by testing the tool, reporting >> shortcomings and making suggestions to keep improving (bugs can be >> reported here <https://n-1.cc/pg/groups/929536/testers-elgg-18/>) and in >> third place by making diffusion of this new version (either by >> publishing this news and/or giving talks and workshops). Donations are >> also logically welcomed <https://n-1.cc/pages/view/14888/>. >> >> *About Lorea* >> >> Lorea means "flower" in Euskera and uses the metaphor of seeds to refer >> to each ones of its networks' planted in an experimental field federated >> ". >> >> The project stems from an informal group of people concerned about >> security and privacy on the social web, providing from the field of free >> software and technological activism. It was launched during the 2009 >> Hackmeeting <http://sindominio.net/hackmeeting/index.php?title=Portada>, >> the annual gathering of hackers in the Spanish State. There two social >> networks Digital Free Art and N-1 <https://n-1.cc/> converged and >> decided to join forces to develop further social free, secure, federated >> and self-managed social networks. >> >> ACT! 2012 is an action derivatived from the Barcelona Consensus >> performed by an active citizenship, GLOBAL, simultaneously and with an >> effective PARTICULAR result looking for social, political, economic >> palpable transformation. For this purpose different organizations / >> networks / groups have supported as ACT! 2012 Lorea and another movement >> (Ekta Parishad). The Nova-organization Social Innovation (driving >> Consensus Barcelona) has awarded 4,000 Euros each organization to carry >> out its actions. Thanks to the support you >> gave us the Lorea community have used this incentive to free programmers >> who developed the project. Also with ACT!, During days 27 to 2 >> September, we held a Hacktahon Lorea to outline the development of >> assemblies, modules, feedback and suggestions and work together on >> migration. >> >> N-1.cc, Cooperativa.ecoxarxes.cat and Enekenbat.cc are already migrated, >> rest will follow soon >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> > > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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