Web Infrastructure

• Thomas translated some Wiki pages in German
• You can create your open profile in English and German
• NEED: we need IT help with JavaScript, WordPress plugins and Wiki code

OSE Presentation and OSE Video

• Nikolay worked last week and continues this week
• NEED: for the OSE Video we need people to produce animations and edit videos

Wind Turbine

• Alex is researching
• Mario and Achmed are making 3D models
• Nikolay will get feedback from one person on Saturday
• NEED: Wireless / Wind Logging System for Sourcing ENergy and materials

CNC Circuit Mill

• MaBe is working on it
• MaBe organized a meeting on open hardware in Freiburg. A second meeting is planned. More news soon.

Media Designer

• NEED: to create our German Brochure and GVCS-like icons for our machines.

Team meeting

• on 25 and 26 May in Berlin

This week we have our status meeting on Sunday, 20:00 in Mumble.

Related Posts:

• OSE Germany Status April 23
• OSE Germany Status April 16
• Status April 10
• Wendland and Open Source Ecology
• Open Network

What we did last week?

• presented OSE in FabLab Aachen. Good discussion afterwards. Main critique point for OSE Germany was TÜV certification – we have to find solutions as open community. René Bohne explains the Fabscan 3D Scanner. See photos.
• attended talk on planned obsolescence by Wolfram Schwenzer in FabLab Köln. Shared contacts. See photos.
• two more people interested in the OSE Community. First step – sharing our visions, wishes.
• we had first virtual OSE Germany Team meeting in Mumble. Seven people attended, get to know each other better. Different backgrounds, same desire.
• had some help with the OSE Video.
• Alex ordered some parts for the Wind Turbine. We found one organization which would be able to transfer the donation, but after June 1st.
• started talk with Aron on the association as part of the Organizational Structure.

Main Blockages?

• we need organization to transfer the Wind Turbine donation of €500 and issue a donation receipt.
• there are open tasks for the wind turbine

This week

• Nikolay prepares OSE presentation in German.
• Better communication with the team and people we are already in touch.
• Alex will order parts for the Wind Turbine Generator and start creating CAD models with Mario.
• continue work on the Organizational Structure.
• Nikolay continues work on the OSE Video.

Related Posts:

• OSE Germany Status 9 May
• OSE Germany Status April 16
• Status April 10
• Wendland and Open Source Ecology
• Open Network

What we did last week?

• planned trip to Aachen, Bonn and Köln
• Gerd Wessling from Transition Towns Germany offered that we present OSE at the next Transition Towns conference.
• Kamala near Dresden offered land, living places and a workshop for OSE purposes.
• Albrecht von Sydow offered that we organize a half-day workshop in Wendland where we present shortly OSE and build one simple machine (e.g. wind turbine). He is also interested in open sourcing a machine for the production of Terra Preta
• Aron Homberg offered €500 donation for the first Wind Turbine prototype.

Main Blockages?

• more people engaged in OSE Germany development, so that we can really start taking off
• had to do some personal stuff

This week

• met Frank Piller – good impressions, will keep in touch as we grow.
• FabLab Aachen presentation + visit to Köln
• find organization that can give a donation receipt back to Aron and transfer the money to Alex.
• start developing the organizational structure: the structure itself + a legal entity
• connect back to Wendland
• continue with the OSE Video

Related Posts:

• OSE Germany Status 9 May
• Status April 10
• Wendland and Open Source Ecology
• Open Network