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A key change at iCommons
If you're not part of the iCommons mailing list, take a look at the letter that Heather Ford, Executive Director of iCommons, sent to the list yesterday:
Dear friends,
At the 2 August iCommons Board Meeting, the board decided to make some difficult but necessary changes at iCommons. It has become clear over the past months that our vision for iCommons is different from the... more
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"It's not a diet, it's a lifestyle choice"
Daniela Faris · Johannesburg (South Africa) · Aug 20th, 2007 5:24 pm · 34 votes · 5 comments
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| Please meet Gogo Hleba, iCommons' agony aunt, by pic by iCommons |
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Joi Ito at SXSW 2007, by Rex Hammock, flickr.com CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Last month we introduced you to Gogo Hleba, iCommons' resident agony aunt, who we have appointed to help you deal with your Commons heartaches and headaches. In this, her first installment of her Ask Gogo column, she provides answers on how to feel part of the iCommons community, and how to make that healthy lifestyle choice, using Joi Ito as a glowing example (yes, literally glowing!).
Question: I feel like I want to really be a part of the iCommons community but I don’t know where to start. I did not go to the Summit and I’m not much of a writer (although I enjoy reading the high 5 of the week) so I don’t know where I could contribute. I feel like I’m on the outside looking in, as if this is a club that I would like to join but don’t know how. I work in a call center but in my spare time I’m into remixing and will mash up anything from Sergio Mendes to Dylan.
Gogo replies: Now that the joyful ululating has stopped at the iCommons head office (we’re awfully pleased that at least one person reads the High 5 of the week) I’d like to address your concern. It may surprise you to know that I, Gogo Hleba, also once felt like I was on the outside looking in. I always thought rams were animals, FLOSS was something you cleaned your teeth with and OERs was the sound people made when they tripped over a chicken in the yard. I felt like I knew absolutely nothing. (As it is, I still firmly insist that rams are male sheep with all their private bits intact.) But I do know one thing: although the iCommons community may seem to you like a get-along-gang that has grown up together (and indeed, many of these commons folk have come of age within the movement) they really do have welcome hearts and wide open ears. They are eager to hear about what you do, eager to share their projects and ideas, and eager to learn from you and your own experiences.
If you want to be a part of this community, register yourself on icommons.org and roll up your sleeves. You may read about a node that you like the sound of: join it! You might think that you have a better idea: share it! You can upload some of your remixes into the resources section for others to listen to (just check the iCommons policy first... we don’t want Gogo Hleba inciting illegal activity). You could even post a question to the iCommons mailing list; you’ll be surprised by how many people will offer you friendly advice and direct you to the best resources. All you need do is step through the window! And if you fall over a chicken just say Open Educational Resources!
Question: I noticed that Joi was looking extremely fit at the recent iSummit in Croatia. Gogo, do you know what regime he followed in order to get so healthy looking?
Gogo replies: Someone said to me at the Summit, “Gogo Hleba, doesn’t Joi look fine?” I said, “Where’s Joi?” And the response was “Over there by the fruit stall.” Well, I can tell you I almost fell over (and with my generous proportions I could have been down there for days!) I had been looking at a young fellow in running shorts thinking about the joys of being young again, when I realised that I had, in fact, been staring at Joi who is only a few years younger than Gogo herself. I have done some careful research into what has made Joi look like he took a dip into the Fountain of Youth. Some people claim he won the Lotto. Not so. Some say he has a new hairstylist. Not true. Tailor? Nyet. The truth is simple. In a word: fruit. Another word: vegetables. No red meat (including rams). It’s not a diet; it’s a lifestyle choice. Do you too, wish to look lithe, healthy and youthful? Forget lipo, facelifts and dermabrasion. Just eat fruit. Because you’re worth it!
Do you have a question for Gogo Hleba? Please send questions to askgogo ‘AT’ icommons ‘DOT’ org before 30 August, to be included in the next newsletter and on the website. Questions can range from the insane and ridiculous to intelligent and serious. In other words, we welcome real queries that we can debate, as well as those that are merely good for a giggle. To avoid disappointment, be sure to read the Ask Gogo policy.
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