[Grassroots-l] Your voice in EU website and OLPC

[Aaron Kaplan]

>
> The way we know how to use the communication tools, and the culture of
> horizontal networks is, probably, the best way we can follow.
>

right! but instead of having a horizontal approach where everybody  
feels comfortable and *asked* if he/she wants things in a certain  
way, people here already decided to go their own way
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/103986

<sarcasm>great! I love tyranny of structurelessness, well done! </>

<no sarcasm>I would prefer if this would have been done more  
professionally. Even the announcement about OLPC Germany <> OLPC  
Deutschland is wrong</>

a.


> (hope that helps to build)
> jaume
>
> On dl, 2008-02-25 at 10:07 +0100, Aaron Kaplan wrote:
>> On Feb 25, 2008, at 9:58 AM, Alexander Todorov wrote:
>>
>>> OK, I'll try to explain. Here's my view:
>>> at the given website EU citizens can give their opinion about
>>> different topics.
>>> I don't know how popular is the website but it's supposed to reach
>>> broader
>>> audience. We can use this to reach to these people and ask them
>>> about OLPC.
>>
>>
>>
>> the nice thing about OLPC is that it is so grassroots.
>>
>> You don't NEED to ask anybody if they think it is good if you program
>> some activity for the XO or the asus EeePC or the classmate.
>> It is ALL about open sourcing education and educational tools.
>>
>> So... I STILL don't understand why you want to ask anybody if they
>> think it is cool
>>
>> Just CREATE nice things. Then present them. But please please please
>> (!!!) don't talk and talk and blabla about
>> what would be good as an OLPC_Europe thing. Just do things on your
>> own and present it to everybody out there.
>> That is the most effective way. Like that we 1) don't need any big
>> control structures (like an "OLPC_Europe parliament")
>> 2) nor the nasty side effects of politics.
>>
>>
>> --> DON't ASK, DON'T DO POLITICS , JUST DO AND CREATE AND PROPOSE
>> GOOD SOLUTIONS WHICH WORK.
>>
>>
>> This is my very strong opinion.
>> If OLPC_Europe turns into some politics game, I will be out of it.
>>
>> a.
>>
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