Dadamac OK (Open Knowledge)

If you want Dadamac to work with you, but you can't afford to hire us in the usual way through Dadamac Limited, then maybe we can find a win-win knowledge-sharing "Dadamac OK" way to work together.

People work on projects for many reasons:

Because they want the end result
In order to learn
To meet people
To go places
Because it is fun/satisfying/intersting.worhtwhile etc
To develop skills
To earn a living
To build a reputation
Other

Practical benefits

Ideally, in a Dadamac OK (Open Knowledge) project, everyone who is involved benefits by sharing what they know, and something practical happens as a result.

One of the benefits of working in our OK way is that we don't need formal agreements or funding before we can get started. We just "rub minds" and then go forward in small steps that are win-win.

Resources

People need to be open about resourcing issues

What people will do "for free"
What additional resources people bring - in addition to themselves
What the "lack of funds" stumbling blocks will be
How these might be overcome and progress made to overcome them.

(Dadamac Foundation has legal and online structures to support appropriate projects in their fundraising initiatives, but does not have any fundraisers or financial reserves ready waiting).

Example

Building the Ecodome with Marcus Simmons illustrates the Dadamac OK approach.

We all contributed what we knew, and went forward when we had sufficient resources for the next steps, such as travelling and buying building materials.

As a result:

Marcus had the opportunity to go to Africa and experiment with building an eco-dome there
John and his network in Nigeria met Marcus, and built an eco-dome at Attachab Eco-village
Pamela and her colleague Nikki in London developed more of their systems for facilitating UK-Nigeria collaboration

Not only did we build an eco-dome. We also built a wider, stronger network of relationships, knowledge, skills and trust. (Marcus built the ecodome in 2008. He returned to Nigeria in 2009 and became a core member of our team - a technology transfer guru.)

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