Ev Salon clan of wizards meets in Portland

Lion, Jair, John (Abbe), Kaliya, Brandon .. did I miss anyone? What is it that draws together this creative/ artistic/ compu/ techno/ open/ activist/ deeply moral/ nonviolent/ participatory/ musico-poetic emergent collective?

Portland has become one of the hubs for open source, wiki, and a restless breed of young creatives. Looking backwards from the distant future 70 years from now, I see this as a kind of meeting of the clan of wizards on what I like to call our New Silk Road. These are the young visionaries who embrace the nonludditic vision of a compu-techno world as the new camels that might carry us across the desert toward their vision. Others just as visionary (Jennifer for example) warn us with cautions of dystopia. Many in the world politely scratch their heads, while others focus their gaze on the Super Bowl searching for samadhi.

Kaliya, Lion, Jair told me about the Portland event while at the Ev Salon. John emailed me. Amazingly I find out from John’s email that it’s right on my campus at University Place just a few blocks away. It’s called Recent Changes Camp. You might find yourself interested in checking it out at

<http://recentchangescamp.org/>

Namaste’ to everyone,

-Jack :)

PS: My apology if I’ve mischaracterized anyone, but I have no doubt this group will let me know! :)

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Submitted by Jack Semura on February 4, 2006 - 00:44.

Video

Submitted by John Abbe on February 11, 2006 - 08:18.

No plain audio, but there was a video - see http://recentchangescamp.org/OpenFrame

Tom Buxton too

Submitted by John Abbe on February 11, 2006 - 08:16.

Tom Buxton was there too.

Any audio interview from the frontlines of the wiki revolution?

Submitted by George Por on February 5, 2006 - 00:35.

I'm working on integrating podcast (upload and subscribe) into Drupal. It would be nice to hear interviews with some lead geeks on the evolution of technology with a human face, and the role that wikis may play in building a new civilization.

Craig Hamilton & Tom Atlee

Submitted by John Abbe on February 4, 2006 - 23:50.

Craig Hamilton is here now too, to see Tom and catch up on the Evolutionary Spirituality Wiki. I want to get caught up on that too...

Tom says this feels like another branch of the same energy that was at the Evolutionary Salon. He feels the repercussions of the Ev Salon mixing here with some other energies. One conversation here generated a new form of Open Space, which he'll write about soon.

Craig says: hi everyone! It's been great keeping the connections from the salon alive. He's connected with about half a dozen people in various ways, including new work collaborations and evolutionary friendships. It definitely feels like the salon is alive in his life, and the threads that were created are getting stronger.

chocolate being reciprocated

Submitted by Sheri Madrone on February 4, 2006 - 20:28.

thank you jack. i see it as we're all in this field together and as we hold that intention, well then i believe that we haven't even seen yet what is possible. and i love gift economies. how about a digital photo in exchange for the yummy chocolate :)

sheri

Kudos to the cross-pollinators of channels!

Submitted by George Por on February 4, 2006 - 18:48.

Thank you jack for posting news from the IRC channel here. Like many of us, I just be can't be simultenlously at all places where I would love to be. Cross-pollinators of conversations held in our various media channels are essential neuro-transmitters of our collective brain!

Carl too

Submitted by John Abbe on February 4, 2006 - 18:18.

Still haven't seen Joseph McCormick, but Carl Anderson is here now too!

Let’s add Tom, Rich, and Joseph!

Submitted by Jack Semura on February 4, 2006 - 10:56.

Thank you, John. That makes John, Jair, Kaliya, Lion, Brandon, and Tom, Rich, and Joseph. And although she's up north, also Sheri in spirit. Quite a rich group!

Bowing,

-Jack :)

Re: inspired by your description

Submitted by Jack Semura on February 4, 2006 - 10:47.

Hi Sheri,

You might be at another stop along the Road this weekend, but we will still hold a place for you here in all the ways that we can. And I owe you some chocolate!

-Jack

You missed 3! Also: Evolutionary Edge of Software Development

Submitted by John Abbe on February 4, 2006 - 05:52.

...did I miss anyone?

Yes: Tom Atlee and Rich Henry, and Joseph McCormick signed up but i haven't seen him yet. Tomorrow i offer a session on the Evolutionary Edge of Software Development (that page will have something on it after i post session notes tomorrow). The idea developed partly out of conversations and other exploration around our own site here. The session is in Room A from 11a-12:30p - i give the time and place because there are several ways of Participating Remotely - http://recentchangescamp.org/ParticipatingRemotely (don't click on that link - copy the whole URL to your address bar).

inspired by your description

Submitted by Sheri Madrone on February 4, 2006 - 01:52.

hi jack and other evolsalon wizards,

i am inspired by this description of this meeting of the clan of wizards on the modern day silk road - when we look back with hindsight. beautiful. i was wanting to be there but other commitments call me to stay in the northern part of cascadia. i hope you all will be letting us know about any irc channels that are happening and blog entries that get created and cocreated. i absolutely LOVE that all of you will be there continuing the field that we created together on whidbey. and a field that is so generative. i can't wait to hear more. please look out for a fellow visionary from 2people.net - phil. he is a wizard as well :)

open space meeting open source can only be a fertile ground taking us all into new territory!

love