[un/loquer] <wintercamp>

[alejo duque]

este email de geert lovink tiene cosas que nos pueden servir,  
Mozillero, ahi esta incluido el parrafo del que hablabamos el otro dia  
pero ya con el contexto
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Begin forwarded message:
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> Framing Thoughts by the Winter Camp Meta-Group
>
> The Winter Camp Meta-Group is responsible for the programming and  
> production details of the event. This group of researchers will  
> report and reflect on the Winter Camp project, and the network  
> dynamics that unfold during the event. The Meta-Group is responsible  
> for producing a comprehensive documentation in the months following  
> the Winter Camp so that those who did not attend can also benefit  
> from its outcomes.
>
> The research of the Meta-Group revolves around the two aims of  
> Winter Camp: giving existing (online) networks the possibility to  
> come together and work on their own issues and collectively  
> developing sustainable network models. The group will facilitate the  
> collective debates and further theorize the pitfalls and  
> possibilities of the 'networked condition'. In addition to critical  
> concepts such as organized networks (new institutions), the Meta- 
> Group would like to address a range of practical and theoretical  
> issues along the following lines:
>
> • Scaling up or down: To stay active and vibrant, should a network  
> scale up? What does growth mean to the core of dedicated  
> contributors? Sometimes, for no obvious reason, networks remain too  
> small. But is expansion always the answer to a stagnated network?  
> What procedures and policies should groups institute, if at all, to  
> integrate new participants? What role do conferences and face-to- 
> face gatherings play in allowing networks to scale? Sometimes  
> networks just need time, often years to find their productive  
> synergy. One of the reasons for this might be the early age of the  
> topics we're dealing with. However, the massive involvement in Web  
> 2.0 platforms and social networks indicates that the critical mass  
> is reached much earlier, compared to five or ten years ago. Internet  
> culture is now mainstream culture. Social mobilization is done so  
> much easier these days. Networks can be fooled by the erratic  
> ruptures of today's online engagement. Is the size of 150 members  
> still the ideal size of a network? Are networked conversations in  
> which more than 500 users participate doomed to fall apart, as  
> stated in the past? Would 'small is beautiful' be the right response  
> to the Facebook masses?
>
> • Dealing with Conflict: Networks can get caught up in recurring  
> instances of social conflict between participants (flamewars,  
> territoriality, etc.), which can lead to the collapse of the larger  
> network. How do we overcome such obstacles? Is it enough to let time  
> pass? Is it a good idea to bring in new people, in the hope of over- 
> ruling the ongoing differences? What role might codes of conduct or  
> other procedures play in mitigating these types of interpersonal  
> conflicts?
>
> • Collaborations: How do these organizations form alliances and  
> collaborations with other like-minded groups? What coalitions are  
> possible? How to relate to the brick and mortar institutions? Is  
> membership an option? How does this relate back to the question of  
> finance and legal structures, but also the modes of relation that  
> define the network?
>
> • Let's talk financial matters and legal structures. Suppose you  
> take your network VERY seriously. It's fun and you all develop the  
> right vibe. There are tonnes of plans. Would writing a grant  
> proposal be the way to go? But for that you need to become a legal  
> body. Most networks do not have a legal structure, but in order to  
> enter the money economy or funding systems, this might be necessary.  
> Online networks also have to deal with money, even if it’s just site  
> hosting and the cost of a domain name. It is a farce to believe  
> everything can and will be for free (meaning gratis). What, then,  
> are the most suitable legal forms for distributed collaboration?  
> What if you don't want a board, or a director? Or on the contrary,  
> what if you are tired of the 'terror of the casual'? Is the legal  
> road a way out or the perfect recipe for disaster? Are there ways  
> out such predicaments? Would it be possible to operate as a parasite  
> institute? Piggyback on an existing NGO? Or even snatch a (dead)  
> legal body? Perhaps there's unexpected opportunities in the society  
> of fakes?
>
> • What role might culture – conceived loosely – play in the  
> constitution of networks? F/OSS emerges from and helps consolidate  
> geek culture, whose history precedes this mode of production and  
> which may account for the strength of these particular networks. Are  
> similar dynamics at play (or not) with other networks? Then there is  
> the related question of the political culture of these networks,  
> which range from anarchist/left to liberal/reformist. How do these  
> political philosophies shape the constitution of these networks?
>
> • Ownership and copyright: While there are current alternatives to  
> copyright (such as copyleft licenses and those of Creative Commons),  
> what are the limits, pitfalls, and problems in using these or any  
> legal solution for creative and knowledge production? The core lies  
> at the level of the individual participant, and the ownership over  
> his or her ideas. If the network accepts the idiom of intellectual  
> property, what are models of IP that allow personal attribution as  
> well as recognition for the group effort? Is it is a major conflict  
> for the network to have legal discourses inscribed upon their mode  
> of production?
>
> • Software and the Technology Fix: What are suitable tools for  
> collaboration? What are the limits of current communication  
> protocols (email, mailing lists, web pages, social networking  
> sites)? What new tools are being created to address these needs? How  
> to keep the network together without getting caught up in difficult  
> or differentiated channels of communication? How does a network of  
> non-experts learn a new language of programming? Is this an  
> opportunity to expand the network, invite in the experts, or is this  
> an occasion of getting down to the labour of acquiring new skills?  
> Perhaps both are necessary. Either way, it seems the software  
> question has to be addressed for those networks wishing to enter the  
> world of open source cultural production and political invention.
>
> • Dissemination: What type of publications and series can be  
> developed? Without much trouble, networks jump into the grey zone  
> between print and online publications – what are the opportunities  
> here?
>
> • Winter Camp's overall aim is to strengthen the network(ed) form of  
> organization. It might also be important in this context to go back  
> to basics and to ask how an (organized) network defines itself. What  
> could a network institution look like? What are its dynamics and how  
> might it become a source of power vis-à-vis the production of new  
> standards and social relations? What forms of self-reflexivity and  
> translation are part of these modes of relation? How does the  
> network learn to institute sharing, democratize its own production  
> of expertise, establish collaborative forms of decision-making and  
> address the question of borders?
>
> Meta-Group:
>
> from Amsterdam:
> Margreet Riphagen (INC, producer)
> Minke Kampman (INC,  assistant producer)
> Sabine Niederer (INC,  producer & researcher)
> Anne Helmond (INC, blogging coordinator) & 6 bloggers
> Annet Wolfsberger (external member, Virtual Platform, Amsterdam)
> Geert Lovink (INC, researcher)
>
> from elsewhere:
> Ned Rossiter (external member, Ningbo-Shanghai/China)
> Soenke Zehle (external member, Saarbruecken/Germany)
> Gabriella Coleman (external member, NY/USA)
> _______________________________________________
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