[Dialogue] Archives Work and Open Source

[Terry Bergdall]

The EI/ICA/OE Archives housed at 4750 are openly available with a clear intention of moving toward easy accessibility online. Making them such, however, is an expensive task and will likely take several years to accomplish. In the meantime, ICA-USA does its best to supply electronic versions of documents to people who make specific requests. Interestingly, much of what people seek is already available on the Golden Pathways CD.

If I understand Evelyn correctly, her question really seems to be aimed at new materials currently being produced independently by individuals "inspired" by the historical work of EI/OE/ICA. The mechanisms by which these become available is a conversation that I hope will evolve in the context of the "creative commons." As Wayne described, this has to do with establishing protocols whereby newly developed materials are made available according to guidelines stipulated by the developers. Clarifying such issues is certainly a very important subject within the ToP network as new training courses are being created. The same is true, I assume, with other independent projects like the Profound Journey Dialog (PJD). 

Terry

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Evelyn Kurihara Philbrook <joyful52 at gmail.com>
> Date: 18 May 2010 03:25:24 CDT
> To: Colleague Dialogue <dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
> Subject: [Dialogue] Archives Work and Open Source
> 
> Dear Colleagues, 
> 
> I was very happy to work voluntarily to prepare the archives of the Town Meetings from the EI/ICA basement the first week of May with my many colleagues from the past and new ones from the present. I realize now that these documents do represent a baseline of data that research would find very helpful from our past work in making gold all the counties in many states and in many countries we conducted Town Meetings, though we only focused on the USA counties. The work began to reveal the huge amount of time it would take to finish the whole task. We just scratched the surface and it was exciting and overwhelming to realize how much has been done and how much more needs to be done. However, at some level I assumed that all this information of the movement which we are all working on together voluntarily, would become open source material so that those who helped create the materials and worked jointly on these many projects could use them in the future to build ICA movements in the future around the world. 
> 
> However, I am not so sure this is a true statement. I do want to acknowledge the new current work of colleagues that bring new forms into being of old models we used in the past. I am clear that in each unique situation, adjustments must be made to adapt to customize a specific method to meet the needs of each client and each culture and that work is the brain power of the individuals who work on the model to bring it into being. However, the spirit belongs to us all. The original models created in the Academy, RS-I and on Imaginal Education, or in Town Meetings or any other methods, Social Process Triangles, etc... are we saying now that any model adapted individually are now owned by ICA USA or ICA Canada?
> 
> If any of us shares its models freely with other organizations with the proviso that they receive acknowledgment so that the methods may be used by anyone and not copyrighted to prevent others from using them, that seems on target. However to have methods copyrighted to prevent others from using a method which is based on a common understanding of our whole body, like RS I, CS I, or any of our other courses, does not make sense to me either. I understand if a method is being used without acknowledgment or without permission to make a profit is not correct, but to prevent anyone else from using a method at all who cannot pay for it, but is need of that method does not seem right either. We need to work this through so there is no misunderstanding. 
> 
> Anyone who has been working to transpose RS I into a secular course and would like to continue to share their work with people in Asia, please feel free to contact me. 
> 
> I am currently in USA right now and on skype: joyfuleakp  or Evelyn Philbrook.  My landline for the next two weeks is 559-875-4007 and ask for Evelyn.
> 
> Those who come to work on the archives, how is this material to be made available to colleagues that helped create it, or will we have to pay to have access to the materials once they are digitized? Will this mean only those who can afford to access them will have the right to read and use the material, or only students at a specific university, what does it mean? Is this what will happen to Joe's work because it is technically owned by the family?
> 
> I had hoped we can grow and share together for the future of the planet and those who care.
>  
> Evelyn Kurihara Philbrook
> ICA Certified Facilitator
> ICA International Director, VP of Asia and the Pacific
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> Taipei, 11156, Taiwan ROC
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> Email: joyful52 at gmail.com, joyful at icatw.com
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