Initial set of Cohere+ exemplars

[catherinet1]

Job stories

When presenting project to others and/or discussing metadata i want an initial set of Cohere+ exemplar profiles so that we can use them as a basis for discussion

Plus some (informal) written notes (could be a discussion thread) about where we are at ...

• What is the "center(s)" we care about and the related dimensions (e.g. PIE)
• What are examples of things that closer / further on important dimensions (for didactic purposes)

Acceptance

• [x] 3-5 exemplars 3 refined out of 6 identified as possible exemplars: 42 Acres; Joysong Collective; and Center for Systems Awareness
• [x] Discussion thread on the written notes Here: https://github.com/orgs/life-itself/discussions/972. Some more reflection could be added, e.g. have picked out some common threads but not key differences. We also discussed in 2023-12-20 meeting (and recorded).
• [ ] [Bonus] Nice to have: write up discussion thread into blog post Let's do this after #204
• [x] Principles of our current mapping approach (see notes in Analysis below) are documented at ecosystem.lifeitself.org/sensemaking

Tasks

• [x] Move exemplars from cohereplus repo into ecosystem repo Created as new notes in tbd folder
  • [x] https://github.com/life-itself/cohereplus/blob/main/profiles/awakened-%20life-project.md
  • [x] https://github.com/life-itself/cohereplus/blob/main/profiles/42-acres.md
  • [x] https://github.com/life-itself/cohereplus/blob/main/profiles/joysong-collective.md
  • [x] https://github.com/life-itself/cohereplus/blob/main/profiles/embercombe.md
  • [x] https://github.com/life-itself/cohereplus/blob/main/profiles/the-alternative.md
• [x] Push additions
• [x] Delete the above files from cohereplus repo
• [x] Edit profiles to become final exemplars Did 3: 42 Acres, Joysong Collective, and Center for Systems Awareness
  • [x] 42 Acres https://ecosystem.lifeitself.org/tbd/42-Acres
  • [x] Fix build Tried renaming file from 42 Acres.md to 42-Acres.md
  • [ ] Awakened Life Project don't prioritise this one as it seems to have been archived and taken a new name -- "The Fire of the Heart"
  • [x] Joysong Collective https://ecosystem.lifeitself.org/tbd/Joysong%20Collective
  • [ ] Embercombe
  • [ ] The Alternative
  • [x] Center for Systems Awareness https://ecosystem.lifeitself.org/tbd/Center%20for%20Systems%20Awareness
• [x] Link to Exemplars on Index page Added: 42 Acres, Joysong, Center for Systems Awareness
• [ ] Integrate and delete (?) profiles/42-acres Leave for now
• [ ] Integrate and delete (?) profiles/embercombe Leave for now
• [ ] Integrate and delete (?) profiles/the-alternative-uk Leave for now
• [x] Discussion thread Here: https://github.com/orgs/life-itself/discussions/972
  • [x] Share in research community group chat - [ ] Blog post See note in Acceptance - [ ] Share in research community group chat
• [ ] (Re?)open issue on profile template / specs Doesn't seem necessary given focus for now on "wiki over database"

Analysis

Principles

• wiki over database
  • I don't really care that much about fields right now ... (sure later)
  • use links for categorization if you want (a la wikipedia)
• focus on quality of profiles in terms of summary and drawing out the things interesting to us ...
  • e.g. their philosophy/theory of change
  • e.g. what they actually do
  • e.g. "impact" or potential impact - whether they are "getting stuff done" and doing so in sustainable way (?)
• then do discussion to clarify things ...
  • e.g. what tribes are emerging
  • what features do we care about ...

[catherinet1]

FIXED. Identified 6 possible exemplars and refined 3 (see Acceptance for links to those profiles) and added these to tbd/Index.md. Discussion thread posted (link in Acceptance) and principles of current mapping approach added to ecosystem.lifeitself.org/sensemaking.