Proposed initial meet-up

good idea, Nick @wulee -- I have done a lot of editing on the P2PF Wiki and would be very happy to help set up a page.

p.s. a good place to start looking for related people and groups is on the P2PF wiki UK category page

It'd be great if you did - as a nube I'd hesitate to do it. But I'll request an account, and see if I can contribute.

Nick @wulee I'd appreciate a chat, maybe around the middle of the day tomorrow, to discuss what it is that we want. Arrange offline if you want: I'm asimong at gmail

I've also raised the question of how to do this on the P2PF wiki Loomio.

Good question, Liam @liammurphy -- how about we collaborate (where? Another Loomio group?) at a UK level for identifying the relevant (values-aligned) actors and groups that are aligned (I personally have quite a list); and then more on a region / city basis for actual groups, as with this Scotland group? I think there is a huge potential for a group focused on Manchester as a major city, but not quite sure whether that it would cover the whole of the north of England, or just the north-west. I guess that will happen as it will happen, no predictions! And it could change with time.

I also like the P2PF International Social Charter cited above, particularly the "Local Context and Collaborations" part which emphasises collaboration and non-duplication.

Hi Simon - always keen to collaborate, though need to consider how.. I followed a few links I was interested in and found they’d expired.. so that’s indicative of something I guess! My project is about ‘community wealth (asset) management’ of IP.. I’m trying to keep it focussed to avoid thin spreading failures. But, that said, the whole project is so aligned to P2P values, it would seem crazy not to at least try to affiliate. Maybe we could organise a Skype/ google hangouts type meeting for an initial chat?

PS - have sent Enquiry re affiliation to P2P

You mean links in the P2PF wiki? yes -- it has been Michel's labour of love for many years, but inevitably the links do go out of date. It relies on people like us to go in there and keep the things we care about up to date. I tend to contribute in bursts.

I'm open to Skype/hangouts meetings, rather than trying to have a physical meetup at this stage at a national level ... but also very keen to promote the idea of deeper dialogue between individuals, so we can get a better sense of where we are coming from. That way we can build up the sub-structure or matrix that will support the open and public-facing groups.

Yes - hardly surprising- it’s no criticism. Best answer is probably to generate new projects and material!

I’ve proposed a national level UK conference around commons transitions and a practice based approach to doing it..,

Have potential host and partners.. Glasgow Uni and UEA might be interested. Kings College, CASS business school and Somerset House in London. Have some links To Gulbenkian and Several other interested parties. I’m doing the fundraising rounds now.. We could pool some resources/ideas, share and develop on here and maybe come up with a call out/proposal? I’ve been asked to draft a possible programme but obviously wouldn’t attempt that alone..

Maybe we could drum something up and submit it to P2P for ‘approval’ / developing...?

Open to suggestion... schedule an online chat etc. Have some time on Friday..

L