I'm going to submit a p2p-foundation proposal The key ideas are so far:
* turning the FLOK program into a permanent global platform for policy work, managed by the p2p-foundation and eventual partners * creating an office of open technology assessment * creation of a lab for open sustainable technologies in Vilcabamba, Ecuador Given the overwhelming load here, I will need assistance in writing up this proposal Dear Kevin, this is very IMPORTANT for us, can you please look at the conditions , requirements etc .. Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: peter waterman <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:17 AM Subject: [Networkedlabour] Fwd: [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: Knight's open internet challenge - just 7, no 6 !! days left To: [email protected] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jai Sen <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:53 AM Subject: [WSF-Discuss] Fwd: Knight's open internet challenge - just 7, no 6 !! days left To: Post WSFDiscuss <[email protected]> Cc: Mark Surman <[email protected]>, Jai Sen <[email protected]> Wednesday, 12 March 2014 *Worlds in movement, worlds of movement...* *Knight's open internet challenge - just 6 days left* "...Knight / Mozilla / Ford currently have a $2.75M challenge open for tech, educational and policy ideas that will keep the web open trustworthy and free." Deadline : March 18 Eligibility : Anyone can submit an idea ! I'm sure from the exchange that we've had on this list that there are at least some people here who might like to put forward ideas for this. If you do, and especially if you get an award, it would be great to hear form you here ! Thanks for the heads up, Mark ! JS fwd Begin forwarded message: *From: *Mark Surman <[email protected]> *Subject: **Knight's open internet challenge - just 7 days left* *Date: *March 12, 2014 3:22:50 PM GMT+05:30 *To: *Dave Steer <[email protected]> Hey I wanted to flag the fact that Knight / Mozilla / Ford currently have a $2.75M challenge open for tech, educational and policy ideas that will keep the web open trustworthy and free. I thought of you as someone who might have ideas to submit -- or might know of people have ideas. So I wanted to flag this for you. The submission deadline is March 18th. Anyone can submit. Details are below. If you want advice or input, I've copied my colleague Dave Steer who is working closely w/ Knight on the challenge. Cheers - MS PS. Please share, tweet and promote widely -- including the deadline. PPS. Here is the info: 2014 Knight News Challenge Challenge: How to strengthen the Internet and keep it open, trustworthy and safe for free expression and innovation. Funding: $2.75 million Eligibility: Anyone can submit an idea! Deadline: March 18, 2014 - Press release: http://kng.ht/1fWmabo - Mozilla blog post: http://kng.ht/1kdKhJC - Knight blog post: http://kng.ht/1fL8KTa - Twitter hashtag: #newschallenge<https://mofocomms.etherpad.mozilla.org/ep/search?query=newschallenge> -- 1. *EBook, November 2012: Recovering Internationalism <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/recovering_internationalism/>. [A compilation of papers from the new millenium. Now free in two download formats] <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/world_social_forum/> <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/world_social_forum/>* 2. *EBook (co-editor), February 2013: World Social Forum: Critical Explorations http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/world_social_forum/ <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/world_social_forum/> * 3. *Interface Journal Special (co-editor), November 2012: For the Global Emancipation of Labour <http://www.interfacejournal.net/current/>* 4. *Blog: http://www.unionbook.org/profile/peterwaterman. <http://www.unionbook.org/profile/peterwaterman.> * 5. *Interface Journal Special (Co-Editor) Social Movement Internationalisms. See Call for Papers <http://www.interfacejournal.net/>, (Deadline: May 1, 2014). * 6. *Needed: a Global Labour Charter Movement (2005-Now!) <http://interfacejournal.nuim.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Interface-1-2-pp255-262-Waterman.pdf>* 7. *Under, Against, Beyond: Labour and Social Movements Confront a Globalised, Informatised Capitalism <http://www.into-ebooks.com/book/under-against-beyond/>(2011) Almost 1,000 pages of Working Papers, free, from the 1980 <1980>'s-90's.* 8. *Google Scholar Citation Index:* *http://scholar.google.com.pe/citations?user=e0e6Qa4AAAAJ <http://scholar.google.com.pe/citations?user=e0e6Qa4AAAAJ> * - _______________________________________________ NetworkedLabour mailing list [email protected] http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour -- *Please note an intrusion wiped out my inbox on February 8; I have no record of previous communication, proposals, etc ..* P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/
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