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doi:10.22028/D291-25445
Title: | Can we personally influence the future with our present resources? |
Author(s): | Gros, Claudius Hamacher, Kay Meyer, Wolfgang |
Language: | English |
Year of Publication: | 2004 |
SWD key words: | Futurologie Zukunft Computerunterstützte Kommunikation Onlinegemeinde Partizipation Stiftung Kapitalanalage Wachstum Demokratie |
Free key words: | future online-community non-profit foundation participation |
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Publikation type: | Report |
Abstract: | Influencing the future of mankind for the better, supporting sustainable development and realizing ambitious plans as the colonization of outer space? But how? In this paper we will differentiate two distinct approaches: (I) immediate action/projects - most NGOs follow this avenue and (II) long-term growth within an evolvable and improvable organization to accumulate both financial resources and methodical, scientific and procedural knowledge to support the goals. We explain how the initiative Future 25 tries to develop a foundation whose goal is to maintain a platform for the second approach. The long-term perspective requires special organizational prerequisites to support a stable structure and by that the desired long-term growth. The direct member participation results as a possibility in contrast to most foundations that are governed by a small group of people. Our foundation will be heavily based on the utilization of the Internet to realize what we will introduce as maximum participation. We show how current sociological research prompts for concepts such as monitoring and evaluation to support the stability of the organization and facilitate new developments and changes within the foundation. We discuss organizationial, sociological, legal, technological and financial issues. |
Link to this record: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-scidok-4184 hdl:20.500.11880/25501 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-25445 |
Date of registration: | 7-Jan-2005 |
Faculty: | ZZ - Ehemalige Einrichtungen |
Department: | NT - Physik |
Former Department: | bis SS 2016: Fachrichtung 7.1 - Theoretische Physik |
Collections: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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