As of
September 16-17, 2002
Asilomar Conference Grounds
Acacia Conference Room
Pacific Grove, California
(831) 372-8016
6:00 PM Informal Dinner. Meet at reception area of the conference center
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Continental Breakfast |
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Introductions: All |
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10:30 |
Break |
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11:00 |
Creating a Path of Least Resistance Towards a better world: Tom Munnecke www.givingspace.org/sep2002/path.ppt |
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12:00 |
Lunch – at the Asilomar dining room; walk around conference grounds: Conference cafeteria: participants responsible for own lunch |
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1:30 |
Lessons Learned from the Web - Tom Munnecke. A review of how the web evolved, the philosophies which drove it, and how these lessons may be applied to GivingSpace. www.givingspace.org/sep2002/lessons.ppt |
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2:00 |
The Step Beyond Today’s Web. David Brin’s
science fiction novel Earth anticipated a system very much like the World
Wide Web, years before the Web appeared.
We have asked him to present his ideas on how we can use the Web as
both an infrastructure and a role model for maximum humanitarian uplift.
(dial in) (cancelled due to technical difficulties) |
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2:30 |
Creating a Space for the Positive. Paul Chaffee, United Religions Initiative. Using techniques from Appreciative Inquiry, how do insure that the space evolves for positive humanitarian and philanthropic purposes? |
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3:00 |
General Discussion – how to apply these concepts to a space for generosity and compassion? |
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3:30 |
Break |
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4:00 |
Concepts of Community.
Matt Hamilton. Pierre Omidyar, founder
of eBay, brings a passion to the idea that community structures are those
that are most relevant to the day-to-day well being of citizens, and that
communities provide the best platform for societal problem solving and
pursuit of aspirations. As VP of the Omidyar Foundation, Matt will present some of their
emerging thoughts on how to build community. |
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4:30 |
12 Principles of Successful On Line Communities. Cynthia Typaldos
was founder/CEO of RealCommunities, and an expert
on the properties of successful on-line communities. typaldos.htm |
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5:30 |
Discussion/walk around conference grounds |
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Dinner (location to be announced) |
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Continental Breakfast |
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A Decade Later: Reflections on the initial conditions of the Web– Dan Connolly, World Wide Web Consortium. Dan was one of the original editors of the HTML standard, and will discuss how the markup language shaped the evolution of the information space. (dial in teleconference number (702) 851-3330, access code 92002 |
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9:30 |
Topic Maps/Douglas Englebart’s Ideas. Jack Park, editor of XML Topic Maps: Creating and Using Topic Maps for the Web, will discuss technologies and forms of community-based knowledge augmentation. http://www.nexist.org/gs2002/ |
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10:00 |
Community eCommerce, Gautam Patil of Charity Focus will discuss their new initiative to setup an internet store front that allows grassroots communities to sell their goods online, streamlines middle-man costs, gives consumers a chance to participate in social change, and provides an opportunity for volunteers to increase the charity in their lives. Charity Focus' Community e-Commerce |
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10:30 |
Break |
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11:00 |
Nabuur Concept and experiences. Siegfreid Woldhek is CEO of Nabuur in Holland, seeking innovative ways of linking communities. http://www.woldhek.nl/ |
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11:30 |
DevelopmentSpace progress report/markup language efforts. Dennis Whittle cancelled due to technical difficulties |
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12:00 |
Lunch/walk around conference grounds |
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1:30 |
Trust and Reputation Management – Jan Hauser Scalable Trust |
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2:30 |
Where do we go from here? Based on the discussion
and topics of the previous day and a half, what are the specific steps we can
take to make these ideas real? www.givingspace.org/sep2002/wrapup.ppt |
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6:00 |
Adjourn |
All attendees are
responsible for their own reservations and expenses for food, lodging, and
transportation.
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Cliff Figallo |
Socialchemy |
(415)
279-8031 |
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Cynthia Typaldos |
Founder,
former CEO, RealCommunities |
408
867-8875 |
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Dan
Connolly * |
W3C |
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David
Brin* |
SciFi Writer |
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Dennis
Whittle* |
DevelopmentSpace |
(202)
331-7710 |
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Eugene
Eric Kim |
Author,
consultant |
(650)
326-0877 |
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Gautam
Patil |
Charity
Focus |
510-209-0646 |
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Harold
Koenig |
Retired
Surgeon General, US Navy |
(619)
281-9377 |
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Inne ten Have |
Dexus New Media / NABUUR |
31703114800 |
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Jack Park |
nexist.org |
650
8131054 |
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Jim Fournier |
Planetwork.net |
415-662-2688 |
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Jan
Hauser |
GivingSpace |
408 483
1967 |
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Matt
Hamilton |
Omidyar Foundation |
(650)
846-2567 |
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Michel Gelobter |
Redefining
Progress |
(510)
444-3041 |
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Richard
Miles |
Health
Frontiers |
(925)
962-0282 |
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Paul
Chaffee |
United
Religions Initiative |
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Siegfried
Woldhek |
Nabuur, Netherlands |
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Suresh
Subramanian |
Waitt Family Foundation |
(858)
442-4600 |
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Steven
Foster |
Link Tank |
928-282-1828 |
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Tom
Munnecke |
GivingSpace/Stanford
Digital Visions |
(858) 756
4218 |
Legend: * = Dial in participant
Location: The meeting will be held in the Acacia
Conference Room at the
Schedule: “Earlybirds”
may arrive the afternoon of Sunday, May 15 to enjoy the grounds and have an
informal dinner at 6. The formal
meetings will begin at 9 AM Monday, Sept. 16, and end at 6 PM, September 17.
Cost: The Omidyar Foundation has graciously offered to pick up the
costs of the meeting room, so there will be no registration fee. Participants are responsible for their
costs for lodging and food. We will be
collecting $20 per day per person to cover the cost of continental breakfast,
lunch, and morning and afternoon breaks.
Attendees who do not stay at the conference grounds must pay a day-use
fee of $8 per person if they drive in.
Rooms are available at the conference grounds for $103.48 per night
single occupancy and $110.60 double occupancy and include breakfast. Phone
(831) 642-4242 reserve online at http://www.asilomarcenter.com/reservations/reservation.html Other rooms in the
area may be found at http://www.montereyhotdeals.com/
Driving
directions: Asilomar is approximately 120 miles
south of downtown San Francisco (about 105 miles from San Francisco
International Airport) and about 75 miles south of San Jose. Take Highway 101
South to Highway 156 West to Highway 1 South to Highway 68 West to Pacific
Grove. Highway 68 West overlaps a portion of Highway 1
for about 4 miles. Stay on Highway 68 West/Highway 1 and take the Pacific Grove
exit. For about 3-1/2 miles you will then be on a portion of Highway 68 West
that is also called the Holman Highway. Stay on Highway 68 West/Holman Highway
until it becomes a city street called Forest Avenue. Continue on Forest Avenue
for about 1 mile and make a left turn onto Sinex
Avenue. In just under 1 mile, Sinex Avenue ends right
at the front gates to Asilomar. See their website at http://www.asilomarcenter.com/attractions/attractionsmaps.html
For More Information: Tom Munnecke, (858) 756-4218, mobile: (858) 342 8860, tom@givingspace.org The general number for the conference center is (831) 372-8016