[MG] InterMix

[Michael Allan]

Hi Roger,

Welcome to the list.  When you speak of actions that a group may take,
do you mean actions based on agreement?  Does InterMix have facilities
for this purpose, such as voting?

-- 
Michael Allan

Toronto, +1 416-699-9528
http://zelea.com/


> Hello to Metagov,
> 
> Well, I was going to keep out of this until the InterMix project I am
> working on is truly open source - i.e. on the web, downloadable, licensed
> carefully and has a usable version available for testing.  But a couple of
> points have come up - one the need for a forum that can double as an email
> list - and two the desire to bring in multiple communities - that InterMix
> can handle.  That plus InterMix has built in ratings with the ability to
> sort by value and controversy as well as by date.  So it is in line with the
> idea of community voting.  And I believe it will be user-friendly.
> 
> To be sure, InterMix is not and does not pretend to be a method of
> governing, but what it can do is to get people on the same page as to
> general approach, and it has some nice bells and whistles.
> 
> One major innovation is that when multiple groups use it together, the
> groups can link up with autonomous and reversible actions that can be taken
> by each group on its own.  The flow of messages and ratings determine a
> bottom up hierarchy in a system where each community maintains its freedom
> of action.
> 
> See more at http://intermix.org, intermix.org/uri.htm and
> intermix.org/panda.htm.
> 
> Happy to answer questions.  Main one I suspect is when will InterMix be
> available.  Alas, the launch date keeps receding.  Still, a lot of work has
> been done and there is an early alpha now up and running.  Should usable for
> metagov by fall, 2011.
> 
> atb,
> 
> Roger Eaton
> USA 415 933 0153



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