Comments on: Pockets and legs on Facebook groups

By: Learning Alliances » Blog Archive » Growing better legs and pockets

Learning Alliances » Blog Archive » Growing better legs and pockets — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:46:38 +0000

[...] Talks Pockets and legs on Facebook groups [...]

By: smithjd

smithjd — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:30:40 +0000

Joitske and Josien, I think your comments lead to another post.

By: Empowering non-organizations (2: Pockets « Common Sense)

Empowering non-organizations (2: Pockets « Common Sense) — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:44:24 +0000

[...] blog posts are here:John D Smith, Learning Alliances: “Pockets and Legs on Facebook Groups” and mine just below: “Empowering Non-organizations: Legs and Pockets”, also published [...]

By: Empowering non-organizations (2: Pockets « Sociale Media en Landbouw)

Empowering non-organizations (2: Pockets « Sociale Media en Landbouw) — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:43:51 +0000

[...] blog posts are here:John D Smith, Learning Alliances: “Pockets and Legs on Facebook Groups” and mine just below: “Empowering Non-organizations: Legs and Pockets”, also published [...]

By: josien kapma

josien kapma — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:43:53 +0000

right joitske, I think it is a bit more than just transferring money. In my view, it is like online, international banking (receiving /and/ spending money) MADE VISIBLE in near real time to a wider community. This way leaders would be made accountable to the community in a transparent way, but also would be given the mandate by the community to go ahead.

Facebook groups are just to make a practical example. It could be a stand-alone app, to make it usable also for google, yahoo or whatever groups.

By: Empowering non-organizations: Legs and Pockets « Common Sense

Empowering non-organizations: Legs and Pockets « Common Sense — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:37:28 +0000

[...] Trying to think of what would be needed to get legs and pockets, one thing might be collective money management tools. A tool to make international online banking “visible” to a larger community, in order for the community leaders to move money in an accountable way. It should be simple, but not too simple; communities probably want to differentiate several “stashes” of money. Read John’s blogpost about it here. [...]

By: Empowering non-organizations: Legs and Pockets « Sociale Media en Landbouw

Empowering non-organizations: Legs and Pockets « Sociale Media en Landbouw — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:16:47 +0000

[...] Trying to think of what would be needed, one thing might be collective money management tools. A tool to make international online banking “visible” to a larger community, in order for the community leaders to move money in an accountable way. It should be simple, but not too simple; communities probably want to differentiate several “stashes” of money. Read John’s blogpost about it here. [...]

By: joitske

joitske — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:58:18 +0000

Hi John and Josien,

Technically speaking I think this is easy using fundraising widgets like beth Kanter has been using. On the other hand, as a participant you might like equal contributions (like currently in CPsquare) and you might want to know what the money is used for, and how decisions are being made. So that would call for some governance structure I think.