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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:19:47 -0700


Mr. Rod Welch
rodwelch@pacbell.net
The Welch Company
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111 2496
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Subject:   Transformation from IT to Culture of Knowledge

Rod,

[Responding to your letter on August 20, 2002 asking for comments on using a 3-layer architecture to deploy SDS for transformation from information to a culture of knowledge, as shown in a letter, also dated August 20, to Eric Armstrong and the group meeting to develop an OHS/DKR...]
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If you are interested, the GivingSpace meeting in Asilomar is at

http://givingspace.org/sep2002/register.htm

[...the agenda is attached... ]
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Sincerely,



Tom Mennecke
Vice President
munnecket@saic.com
tom@munnecke.com










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Agenda



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Draft as of Sept 12, 2002


GivingSpace Meeting



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September 16-17, 2002
Asilomar Conference Grounds
Acacia Conference Room
http://www.asilomarcenter.com
Pacific Grove, California
(831) 372-8016

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Sunday, Sept 15, 2002




6:00 PM Informal Dinner. Meet at reception area of the conference center
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Monday, Sept. 16, 2002



9:00 Introductions: All
10:30 Break

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11:00 		Introduction to GivingSpace: Tom Munnecke
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.

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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)

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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?
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.
5:30 Discussion/walk around conference grounds

Dinner (location to be announced)

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Tuesday, Sept 17, 2002




9:00 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)

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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.

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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.
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
12:00 Lunch around conference grounds

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1:30 		Trust and Reputation Management - Jan Hauser

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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?

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6:00 		Adjourn




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Thurs, Sept 19, 2002 Stanford University, Cordura Hall room 100



3:30 GivingSpace Seminar. This will be the first of a monthly seminar at Stanford discussing GivingSpace. For those who are not able to make the full two day meeting, Tom Munnecke will be presenting a public seminar introducing GivingSpace and recapping the discussions at Asilomar. This will be held at the Digital Vision Program conference room, Cordura Hall, room 100, 220 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305. Please RSVP to Amy Sanger, (650) 724-4069, amy.sanger@stanford.edu
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5:00 GivingSpace Technical discussions relating to a markup language and other technologies to support and open, scalable, inclusive means of supporting the GivingSpace vision. This is for those who are not afraid of speaking in TLAs (three letter acronyms) such as XML, RDF, XTM, and RSS. For more information, contact Tom@munnecke.com mobile: (858) 342 8860.



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Attendees (as of 9/12/02)

All attendees are responsible for their own reservations and expenses for food, lodging, and transportation.
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Siegfried Woldhek
Cynthia Typaldos Founder, former CEO, RealCommunities 408 867-8875 cynthia@typaldos.com
Dan Connolly * W3C
connolly@w3c.org
David Brin* SciFi Writer
brin@cts.com
Dennis Whittle* DevelopmentSpace (202) 331-7710 dwhittle@developmentspace.com

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Eugene Eric Kim 		Author, consultant (650) 326-0877 eekim@eekim.com

Doug Carmichael?? Big Mind Media
doug@bigmindmedia.com
Gautam Patil Charity Focus 510-209-0646 gpatil@att.net
Harold Koenig Retired Surgeon General, US Navy
eaglesct@cox.net

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Inne ten Have 		Dexus New Media / NABUUR 31703114800 inne@dexus.nl

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Jack Park 		nexist.org 650 813 1054 jackpark@thinkalong.com
Jim Fournier Planetwork.net 415-662-2688 jim@geoman.com

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Jan Hauser 		GivingSpace
jan@janhauser.com
Matt Hamilton Omidyar Foundation (650) 846-2567 matt@omidyar.org
Michael Litz*??? Benton Foundation (202) 454 5603 mlitz@benton.org
Richard Miles Health Frontiers (925) 962-0282 RMilesHFPN@aol.com

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Paul Chaffee 		United Religions Initiative
PJCHAFFEE@aol.com
Nabuur, Netherlands
siegfried@woldhek.nl
Suresh Subramanian Waitt Family Foundation
Suresh@waittfoundation.org
Steven Foster Link Tank 928-282-1828 foster@geoman.com

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Tom Munnecke 		GivingSpace/Stanford Digital Visions (858) 756 4218 tom@munnecke.com

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 Legend: * = Dial in participant, ??? = uncertain

Location: The meeting will be held in the Acacia Conference Room at the California State park at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, located at 800 Asilomar Blvd, Pacific Grove, Ca. 03950, 372-8016. All buildings are designated non-smoking. To preserve the refuge atmosphere, guest rooms are free from the distractions of televisions and telephones. Public telephones are available.
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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.
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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. Full course, family-style lunches are available at the conference grounds for $8.75, and dinners are available for $14. 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 rooms in the area may be found at area may be found at http://www.montereyhotdeals.com/
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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 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
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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