True Fans Human Ecology
True Fans are a source of energy for OpenSourceEcology.org
They provide:
- Steady flow of financial support to cover a core inventory
- Participants in the design sprints
- People interested in growing networks of real solutions bringing positive change
Who are True Fans?
- entrepreneurs
- engineers
- community leaders
- small business people
- small farmers
- home builders
- makers
- students
- open source software engineers
- fabricators
- filmmakers
- collapsitarians - preppers/peak oil
- permaculturists
- human potential
- freedom lovers
- Transhumanists
- military innovators
- community economic development
- audio and video engineers
Core Principles and Philosophy
- open source
- efficiency
- ecology as integration and despecialization = integrated humans
- decentralization
- relocalization
- aligning ecology with economy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_economics
- collaborative
- love of life
- human
- reduce corruption and corrupting environments
- sustainable productivity
Aligned Groups:
- Ouishare
- Transition Towns - http://www.transitionnetwork.org/
- Permaculture community
- Open source hardware community - OSHWA
- Maker movement
- Greenhorns
- Tea party local groups
- Occupy groups
- Open source software community
- Wikipedia
- Vigyan Ashram http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurukula
- Campesino movement
- Weston Price Foundation Chapters
- Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund
- Go fresh/Anti-GMO movement
- Ediblecommunities.org network
- Rotary
Social Groups/Events
- Maker Faires
- Hackerspaces
- 4H Club
- County fairs
Ways of Engaging True Fans - New and Existing
- Define the points of entry very clearly - for developers, for becoming a True Fan
- Create a Media Package
- DVD - Civilization Starter Kit - documentation aspect of OSE Swag
- Set up Local Groups - build on OKFN local group standards
- Biweekly e-mail - 3000 campaign monitor list
- Biweekly True Fans Hangout
- Blog posts
- Wiki
- True Fans Platform f- contacts between True Fans and reaching out with video to new True Fans
- Map True Fans on a map
- Send Swag to True Fans
- Create Swag Store for
- Invite to Design Sprint
- Provide way to show level of commitment and contribution
- contributor - financial support
- developer - technical contribution
- replicator - has built an OSE machine or farm
- Potential contractors and employees; referral and reference network
Grow True Fans Network
- Develop network campaign with Audrey
- Invite True Fans to Invite their Interested Friend, Families and Colleagues
- Encourage True Fans to participate and present at Hangout
- Invite True Fans to connect as Marcin travels
Next Steps
- Discussion on the OSE Core team buy-in
- Engage Katie in managing databases and Website
- Engage JP Bader to continue implementing the True Fans Platform
- Mail Chimp for larger list and True Fans list
- Create update e-mail function for Opensourceecology.org
- Catherine, Mo connect with Katie->Audrey to develop mailing and plan
- Procedures for privacy, backup and integrity of databases
Roles and Responsibilities
Open Ecology:
Marcin: R= Lead bi-weekly hangout
Katie: R=
find webmaster
develop e-mail databases
Mail Chimp relationship
and set up
Audrey
Gary
True Fans:
Catherine
JP
Mo