Fw: FN-FORUM: This collective/cooperative/consortium thing

date posted 11th September 2007 15:47


> Ian Piper wrote on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 3:52 PM
>
>> I was interested when I saw the discussion thread recently about gr0w,
>> the agency in Bristol that is run along cooperative/collective lines.
>> That seemed to me like a model that could work well. I contacted them
>> with the idea of talking to them about how they make it work but sadly
>> no-one has come back to me.
>>
>> So my next port of call is here. Someone else must have been in a
>> similar position, and maybe others are interested in exploring ways of
>> putting together cooperatives, consortia or project teams. Has anyone
>> experience that they would like to share (preferably on-list, but
>> off-list by email if you prefer)?
>>
>>
> If it were practical, face-to-face contact within a structured meeting is
> always a good way to drive something like this forward; it's much easier
> to generate ideas, then plans, then action points with the fuel of group
> dynamics. Perhaps a few people could meet in central London, say, as a
> starting point? Not sure if you're thinking of content, but if you did
> think content representation would be useful I'd be right up for
> involvement! I have lots of content contacts, if only so that I can say
> that phrase regularly...
>