Sharing brand, ceding control, gaining influence

Steve wrote:

> [K]eeping the community together and allowing it to grow and diversify is something we need to think hard about. My instincts are to do this is a way that is participative in keeping with the 2gether vibe. George Por and David Wilcox have already submitted ideas about how this could be achieved and have suggested I look at some of the emerging open franchise models that being experimented with.

Thank you David for calling our attention to the Open Franchise model! I looked into it; it inspired some ideas, to which I will come back in another post. (read more...) another post.

Potential revisited

The first day of 2gether08, Lloyd Davis wrote an enthused blog entry about its potential and voiced his concern for it may not get realized, and this unconference may end, as so many others, lacking a resolution of that potential. His closing line was “Irony Alert: this post lacks a real resolution.” (read more...);