Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Policy Library

[Craig Ragland (craigragland]

Daniel,

What do you think about adding Creative Commons marks to your db?

Coho/US published the Cohousing Conference video onto YouTube with a
creative commons mark that allows anybody to redistribute all or any part of
the content for non-commercial purposes provided they include attribution.

This is displayed at the very end of the video, which can be seen here (if
your computer and connection are fast enough):

http://www.cohousing.org/conference

Here's more on Creative Commons:

http://creativecommons.org/

Craig

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Daniel Lindenberger
<daniel [at] smallboxcms.com>wrote:

>
> Hi Folks,
>
> My dream is that we could have as much information possible available.
> Though I'm starting with policies, I would love to see documents from
> the founding of different communities, extensive profiles of each
> community that wants to participate. It would be great to see not only
> policies, but the revisions they've gone through, along with timelines,
> so we could see how the communities have evolved. I think this could
> serve quite a number of purposes:
>
> - We would all benefit from the experiences of each other - re-invent
> fewer wheels, and learn how well.
>
> - The research potential would be tremendous! We're all engaged in an
> amazing experiment, and it would be wonderful to take a deep look at the
> results, and see what we've learned so far.
>
> - The more information is out there about cohousing, the better the
> understanding that the general population can have about what it is
> we're doing. This can be educational, inspiring, and help spread the
> word about the benefits (and challenges) of cohousing.
>
> I also think I haven't stated it explicitly, but would like to do so: In
> line with Judith's message, any material that goes into this database is
> meant to be completely free for use. That is to say: we'll make it clear
> from which communities documents originated, but a community putting its
> documents into the database is essentially a declaration that they're
> willing to have other people do whatever they want with them, whether
> it's compiling them into a book, using them as the seed documents for
> their own community, or anything else. My goal is to maximize the free
> flow of information between communities and with the public. To this
> end, I don't want to include any works that would require a royalty, nor
> more generally ones that are copyrighted.
>
> Depending on the interest level out there (and the time for working on
> it), we'll let the database evolve as far as we can as a resource.
>
> Best regards,
> Daniel Lindenberger
> Windsong Cohousing
> www.daniellindenberger.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 5/3/2010 2:53 PM, lcamundsen [at] shaw.ca wrote:
> > Good idea! The architects would still be needed to adapt and advise. It
> > might make everybody's job easier and in some cases more affordable
> compared
> > to starting from scratch. I think we need not worry that professionals
> will
> > be excluded from their essential function in designing and building our
> > communities.Not all plans are transferrable.
> >
> > Camilla Amundsen
> > Quayside Cohousing, North Vancouver BC
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Judith Bush"<jbush [at] together.net>
> > To:<cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Policy Library
> >
> >
> >
> >> It is nice to feel the excitement build on the listserve before a
> >> conference, even if you are not crossing the country to attend! The
> Policy
> >> Library thread puts me in mind of the Open Source "attitude" that seems
> to
> >> characterize the cohousing movement.  Putting things like by-laws and
> >> policies on our websites testifies to that.  Now someone is offering to
> be
> >> even more organized about it.  That's great.
> >> One question in my mind: could there be an open source attitude about
> >> house
> >> blueprints?  Maybe there already is.  I'm struck when I look at
> community
> >> websites, homes for sale, etc. at how similar in many basic ways our
> >> buildings (units, common houses) are.  One of the things that drives up
> >> the
> >> costs of building and therefore the cost of homes is professional fees.
> >> Spending a lot of time and energy in the design phase can be fun, but it
> >> can
> >> also be exhausting and ultimately expensive.  We want a mix of low,
> >> middle,
> >> and higher income people in our communities.  But we are often
> >> unaffordable
> >> to younger families, people working intentionally in meaningful but
> >> low-paying jobs, etc.  Is sharing blueprints a piece of the solution?
>  (In
> >> writing this, I worry  that I will be offending the wonderful architects
> >> who
> >> have essentially created a library of possibilities for cohousing.
>  That's
> >> not my intention.)
> >> Anyway, perhaps the whole topic of Open Source could be a focus at a
> >> future
> >> cohousing gathering.
> >> Judith Bush, Cobb Hill, Hartland, VT
> >>
> >>
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