http://wikispot.org/ideas25april09Recent Changes of the page "ideas25april09" on Wiki Spot.en-us http://wikispot.org/ideas25april092009-11-17 03:40:57WilliamLewisPage deleted (no comment) <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for ideas25april09<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 1: </td> <td> Line 1: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>- ideas from 25 April 09<br> - <br> - Liila, Satya and maree met to talk over the ideas that have formed around future australia.<br> - The history is that Liila and Satya have been talking over the possibility of a something like a think tank. Tom loved the idea when he &amp; Liila discussed it again in March 09.<br> - <br> - But what does this mean?<br> - <br> - So the discussion centred around looking at a network of consultants, facilitators, researchers, whatever with the common interest.<br> - Thinktank occurs/exists where this group is asked to come up with a solution, do some research etc into a particular problem, challenge or opportunity. Of course this work would be taken on from the point of view of sustainability (?) progressive future (??) - or at least be informed by that value set.<br> - <br> - for business structure the options discussed were:<br> - - for-profit incorporated by australian corporations act<br> - - nfp incorporated in tasmania under the associations incorporation act<br> - - nfp incorporated as a comapny limited by guarantee under the australian corporations act<br> - - legal consortium of independent provides/operators<br> - <br> - we had a basic and buzzy discussion about possible pros &amp; cons of each. obviously one of the critical discussions for the core membership. but we were pretty taken with the notion of a consortium as flexible, nimble &amp; responsive maintaining the independence of members to pursue whatever else is going on, rather than incorporating another entity that then creates its own needs and demands to be fed...<br> - <br> - we thought the critical factors were identifying the right people, building it slowly, getting a few wins, quietly testing, ironing out rough spots &amp; so on<br> - <br> - well without having worked out how to load up an image i can't draw the conversation which might explain a little more...<br> - <br> - </span> </td> <td> <span>+ deleted</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> http://wikispot.org/ideas25april092009-04-25 11:53:30mareefudge <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for ideas25april09<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 1: </td> <td> Line 1: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ ideas from 25 April 09<br> + <br> + Liila, Satya and maree met to talk over the ideas that have formed around future australia.<br> + The history is that Liila and Satya have been talking over the possibility of a something like a think tank. Tom loved the idea when he &amp; Liila discussed it again in March 09.<br> + <br> + But what does this mean?<br> + <br> + So the discussion centred around looking at a network of consultants, facilitators, researchers, whatever with the common interest.<br> + Thinktank occurs/exists where this group is asked to come up with a solution, do some research etc into a particular problem, challenge or opportunity. Of course this work would be taken on from the point of view of sustainability (?) progressive future (??) - or at least be informed by that value set.<br> + <br> + for business structure the options discussed were:<br> + - for-profit incorporated by australian corporations act<br> + - nfp incorporated in tasmania under the associations incorporation act<br> + - nfp incorporated as a comapny limited by guarantee under the australian corporations act<br> + - legal consortium of independent provides/operators<br> + <br> + we had a basic and buzzy discussion about possible pros &amp; cons of each. obviously one of the critical discussions for the core membership. but we were pretty taken with the notion of a consortium as flexible, nimble &amp; responsive maintaining the independence of members to pursue whatever else is going on, rather than incorporating another entity that then creates its own needs and demands to be fed...<br> + <br> + we thought the critical factors were identifying the right people, building it slowly, getting a few wins, quietly testing, ironing out rough spots &amp; so on<br> + <br> + well without having worked out how to load up an image i can't draw the conversation which might explain a little more...<br> + <br> + </span> </td> </tr> </table> </div>