Phillips Building Communities Isummit 2007
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This is a quick intro to the panel I created at iSummit 2007 in dubrovnik. The gist is, as a last resort create/build a new community, otherwise, merge merge merge!
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BUILDING COMMUNITIES
Moving Beyond Rhetoric toChanneling Peoples' Energies
Really...Building Online Communities Around Free and Open Ideas of
Geographically Dispersed People of <= 50 People
Jon PhillipsCC + Inkscape.org + Open Clip Art Library
Inkscape.org
Inkscape.org
The Ideals (an example)
1. Make the source open
2. Release Early, Release Often
3. Reward contributors(with praise or some material reward if possible)
The Reality
1. One Goal(to rule them all)
2. Synchronization (Communication)
Holy Trinity
Install a wikiMaintain group chat
Use mailing list
3. Group Growth Rule
Keep the barriers for participation as low as allowable
“...don't build a house for 20 people if there are just 2 that will
live in the house...”
Before Starting...
1. Survey
2. Consolidate
3. IFF (#1 & #2) == FALSE)Create New Community
CC Poland
OLPC
Wikipedia
FreeCulture.org
Simuze.nl
The Possible Projects
There can only be one...(right now)
1. Spread Open Media
2. cc-violations.org
3. FreeCulture.NET
FreeCulture.org
What's Next?
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/
