[omi] Conversation Today [Was: Design rant & Wut should we do]

Hi all, To follow up on these weeks conversations on this list, we are meeting today at 7pm @ sudo room. Not everyone is able to be present today, which is fine - this is an ongoing conversation, and I am happy to take responsibility that everyone is and feels included, and that it is documented and fed forward. Suggested framing for the conversation: - Quickfire, "Why are you part of OMI?" - What are the current needs of ourselves, the communities around us, and the world, in terms of technology and in relation to basic needs (~energy/water/food/housing/exploration & manufacturing)? What open technologies do we believe are important to develop (and/or manufacture) to help solve these needs? What role do we want OMI as an organization to play in this? (~why does OMI exist) - Which open technologies etc. are each of us inspired to develop and build, right now? What are the overlaps in relation to the needs we see? Which are low hanging fruit in terms of demand on our resources and level of impact? - ~Decisions. - How do we want to work (together) in OMI? - Infrastructure, access, space - Methodology/process - Documentation - Actionplanning - Short-term timeline. - Work groups, workflow. - Documentation strategy. - Practical in relation to space (set up, paying of electricity bill, ...) - Etc. See some of you tonight! :) M ===== Ps. Some of my thoughts on exiting things to develop * Lots of people are going into small-scale urban agriculture, and some even want to scale more (ie. occupy the farm) ** Rainwater/Grey water systems to feed into these while solving sewage issues would be interesting to work with. ** There are to my knowledge no open rototillers (except for OSE's, but its a mod for the tractor, so a bigger more complex piece). I think both could be interesting too. * We all use gas for heating our water here in east bay (most of us anyway). Totally unnecessary with all the sun in CA! Thermal solar panels are easy to build. Hooking up to old/used insulated tanks, and using a little pump/making the system passive by placing tank above, is very doable. Potentially portable too. There is significant documentation on this online already. * Portable windmills. Documentation online seems to be spread out, but it should be possibly to pool together resources and create some kickass simply ones and improving documentation.