commonbound

from their about page:

CommonBound will bring together hundreds of leaders and organizations from across North America for an international conference on visionary strategies for achieving deep systemic change. Participants will share insights and stories, build relationships, highlight achievements, and chart a shared path toward a society that puts people and planet first. Participants will include a cross-section of community leaders, thinkers, and practitioners from around the world, including the New Economy Coalition’s 140-plus member organizations from throughout the US and Canada

The conference will feature more than 20 workshop tracks and day-long gatherings exploring a range of topics, including:

Democratizing energy systems in the face of accelerating climate change

Racial justice, and building an economy where black lives and liberation matter

Game-changing pushes for policy and state power to achieve structural change

Developing vibrant local economies without displacing communities

Hacking emergent technologies in service of redistributive ends

Worker ownership and community enterprise as vehicles for democratizing the economy

…and much more!

CommonBound is taking place July 8-10 in Buffalo, NY,

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Nathan Schneider (@ntnsndr) tweeted at 9:43 AM on Sat, Jul 09, 2016:
“The monopoly model is essentially dead” for energy, says @johnffarrell at #CommonBound
(https://twitter.com/ntnsndr/status/751804093300150272?s=03)

nathan..(59:00 livestream)

http://commonbound.org/node/1097/

moving from situation of having an econ with a cool toy – internet.. to one where internet is intermediating econ..

who’s being disrupted… ie: workers in ny city.. schedules determined by algos.. that were making it more efficient… ie: guy finding out whether working 2 hrs before … actually not even using tech for it.. just behaving like that.. ie: mechanical turk – digital piece work w no protections..

sharing econ not really practicing all the way down.. more was facilitating micro transactions…so what would 1\ sharing look like.. maybe not have to do jobs we don’t want…

vision of 2\ precariat – lose control over work..

both possibilities very real right now.. so what do we say yes/no to

say yes to –

1\ platform cooperatism… what if there were a real sharing econ… sharing ownership and governance

so why still keep track of and measure transactions…? that’s not really sharing..

2\ commons based peer production.. ie: wikipedia

3\ self governance.. ie: derbian constitution.. linux ness

yet .. a lot of ineq already in this open source community

need to start posing question of ownership… because now have lots of energy going in.. and output just goes to those who own it…. putting all ownerships and governance are intertwined…

some already doing this… platform cooperatism… was a name that called them all together… under : internet of ownership… ie: fairmundo – an amazon market place.. where vendors are co owners..

how is that sharing..?

loconomics.. an alt to task rabbit.. where workers are in charge..

cautions – put emphasis on ownership/govt.. not just access; not a one size fits all; not just a cool app rather a culture; a horizon not an absolute

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skimming thru livestream

(3:25) program where you can’t get a loan unless you go thru ed

whoa.. a loan..? and go thru ed..?

that’s our old system.. no?

(2:30) – how to talk about building next system.. – ed

then goes on to assume all olds

(2:40) – where earth and finance back in commons.. for all to own

how is finance and ownership part of commoning..?

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@workingworldorg

Ed Whitfield of @f4dc @BrendanDeMartin Kate Poole on Democratizing Finance #CommonBound pic.twitter.com/Fpg0PvnaUs

demo finance? distracting paradox keeps putting people on hold disengage from measuring transactions

[scott attending this session]

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livestream – sat at 3pm – we’re not interested in your credit history.. we just want to know your business plan

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http://commonbound.org/node/1097/ (2:24 at the time) – on cuba

non agricultural coops.. goal to 50/50 econ.. govt hold slowing approving of coops… 80% were former govt converted into coops…

in cuba.. 1\increased size of private sector w coops 2\ increased de centralization.. cuba still believe in central planning.. not a move toward capitalism.. rather a prosperous and sustainable socialism.. 3\ desire to encourage foreign investment.. cuban econ not in good shape.. need 2.5 bill a year in foreign investment.. to meet desired growth rate… really a problem about lack of capital access to projects of all sorts.. has been capital starved for 30 yrs.. need lots of new resources esp in field of energy..

energy..

cuba is extraordinarily strong in the development of human capital.. much more egalitarian than any other in world.. so how to use human capital to insert into econ

why insert…? sounds like we should follow them

(2:20)

how can cuba maintain econ while maintaining.. and how can it been done in a way to leapfrog into a sustainable period of growth.. to look at self as a leader.. like it has been for decades (social justice, solidarity, leadership of world..)

how to leapfrog – Eric Leenson

now you’re talking #CommonBound

a nother way… leapfrog.. for (blank)’s sake…