Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Policy Library

[Daniel Lindenberger (daniel]

Hi Craig,

I love the idea! Creative Commons is a solid solution, and makes it easy 
to link to information explaining usage rights.

Thanks for the great advice, I'll do so this morning.
Daniel


On 5/3/2010 3:37 PM, Craig Ragland wrote:
> 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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