dear all,
i still don't know how to deal with inclusion and language. here i'll
try to include both nsnd english speakers and people speaking maternji
jezik. većina mejla je na engleskom, ali volio bih da to ni na koji
način ne spriječi bilo koga da sudjeluje u diskusiji. moguće je da će
na taj način komunikacija postati kaotična, ali bitno je veća šansa da
ne bude nikakvog feedbacka i zbog tih razloga odlučio sam se za ovaj
eksperiment.
we, nsnd network, were officially approached by wikimedia people. they
want to support our activity. when i say "we" i also think of several
people from wikimedia who in this case sit on two chairs. i appreciate
that :)
getting into more official collaboration means we will change some of
the constituent dynamics in this group. that usually doesn't work with
hackers. still, i'm optimistic. the results of that step will be
tangible things or something which we already welcomed before:
financial support for traveling costs, food or subsidy for
accommodation. and it didn't really hurt us.
that support came from multimedia institute which in many ways
legitimated itself in providing support for skill sharing in zagreb
and hacklab in mama. there are other organizations which are in a
loose or stronger relations with local communities. there are also
other communities which would like to strengthen their
existence.through gathering together and form some sort of
organization wich will serve the need for sustainability.
please, let me map the (informal) organizations + projects we have at
nsnd. i'm sure i'll forget someone. i'm sorry in advance. i propose to
start this discussion with mapping initiatives and then getting into
more exploration of desires, needs, visions etc. i can't do this but
express what i know. very biased. as always we here we
have:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_known_knowns
- - - - ORGS - - - -
CROATIA:
* zagreb - skill sharing - informal community which founded hacklab u
mami, invited others to nsnd and being quite sustainable for years.
institutional structure is complex but it can be simplified to:
community which is represented by multimedia institute when it comes
to bureaucratic procedures. multimedia institute encourages members of
community to become members of the organization but tries not to
enforce anything which will ruin the informality of the community. i'm
sitting on two chairs. or wearing two hats. as they say.
* split - sok - organization registered in split, our partner for
organization of split nsnd for years. being in small city it rather
struggles with sustainability. mostly because a lot of potential
active members are based or work and live halftime in zagreb. members
from split are some of the most active members of zagreb skill sharing
community.
* moravice - forum mladih moravice - our oldest stable partner for
organization of always fantastic nsnd in moravice. being in rather
small city it is miracle how much mans, milan &co. did (hacklab, nsnd,
workshops with young people). still, if there is no mans and/or milan
the whole project can easily disappear.
* osijek - informal organization with some recent momentum. getting
into the new space (still, not their own) recently. a lot of
enthusiasm. the proof that having a energizing person, working for
years, like valent could bring some results :)
* varaždin & čakovec - foi (faculty) & act (ngo) - not much hanging
out on nsnds but organize skill sharing and/or festivals gathering a
lot of people form nsnd group.
MACEDONIA:
* skopje - spodeli* line of projects, hacklab, self-sustainable,
inspiring, f*great community. organizing nsnd in ohrid. very founders
of the nsnd.
SERBIA:
* beograd - linux user group, skill sharing, recently full steam ahead
hacklab. a community with most diverse wings in many
organizations/projects around/aside. probably the biggest opportunity
to grow in the biggest city in the region. our partner in organization
of april nsnds in belgrade. a great opportunity to be a hub in/with
our nsnd hub.
KOSOVO:
* pristina - linux user group, hacklab, interested in organizing one
more nsnd during the year. the youngest group of enthusiasts. just
like valent it so great to have people like james.
GERMANY:
* ccc - well, ccc.
- - - - PROJECTS - - - -
* nsnd - well, nsnd.
* hacklab couch suring - the project where we would like to make
support for mobility of hackers on all of these places i mentioned.
it's great to give opportunity so hackers can go and enjoy the ambient
of the other hacklabs on mutual benefits of individuals and
communities.
* saturday hangouts - we tried. in zagreb. in between hacklabs. we
struggle. still, one word: kazimir is fucking hero.
ok. here it is. please let's see what we would like to see here. what
are the needs. proposals. fears.
i za kraj, malo maternjeg. mali podsjetnik da je bolje čuti se
međusobno nego odustati jer nas živcira jebeni engleski.
živili