Wikipedia Philippines

Posted on 22/11/2011 by berne

Atty. Berne Guerrero met Mr. Asaf Bartov, Head of Grants and Global South Relationships of Wikipedia Foundation, and Mr. Joseph Ballesteros, President of Wikimedia Philippines, at the Arellano University School of Law, on matters for future collaboration between Creative Commons Philippines and Wikimedia Philippines.

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Announcing the Creative Commons Global Summit!

Posted on 12/08/2011 by berne

From the Creative Commons website (through Jessica Coates, 11 August 2011):

We are thrilled to announce the 2011 Creative Commons Global Summit, now open for registration!

The Creative Commons Global Summit will take place over three full days from September 16-18 in Warsaw, Poland, and is generously hosted by our affiliates at CC Poland.

The theme of this year’s Summit is “Powering the Future of Open.” As Creative Commons enters its second decade, prominent thinkers from the commons movement worldwide, including Sir John Daniels from the Commonwealth of Learning, Melissa Hagemann from the Open Society Foundations, CC board member Lawrence Lessig, and CC CEO Cathy Casserly, will come together with experts from our global Affiliate Network, CC staff, and key stakeholders to consider “what next”?

Central to the Summit will be a day-long CC Festival on Saturday, September 17th. This public day will feature a variety of panels, workshops, plenary speakers and a CC visual arts exhibition, showcasing the best of the commons now and in the future. It will include sessions focused on key areas of interest to the commons community worldwide, including education, science, government, data, business and the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) sector. Most excitingly, it will be followed in the evening by a CC Salon, a musical celebration of creativity, remix, and openness.

The Global Summit will also serve as a major meeting and planning forum for the CC community itself, with regional meetings, legal debates, community planning, training workshops, and general discussion and strategizing on the big issues for the next ten years of CC, including the new version 4.0 licenses and supporting and enhancing the Affiliate Network worldwide. The CC Board of Directors will be joining us at the Summit, specifically to meet with the community and engage in these broader discussions.

The Creative Commons Global Summit will be a chance for the whole commons community to communicate, celebrate and connect. We hope you can join us.

For more information, and to register, head on over to the Global Summit wiki. The 2011 Creative Commons Global Summit is a free event, but registration is required.

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Reorganization

Posted on 23/07/2011 by berne

Atty. Jimmy Soriano is the public lead of Creative Commons Philippines. He is also the Executive Director of the Information Technology Center (ITC) and e-Law Center of the Arellano University School of Law (AUSL), which is the affiliated institution for Creative Commons in the Philippines. Atty. Soriano is currently on medical leave, initially covering six months, after he was rushed to the hospital on 30 April 2011 and again on 1 July 2011. Atty. Michael Vernon “Berne” Guerrero was tasked by the Arellano Law Foundation, which manages AUSL, to assume Atty. Soriano’s functions relevant to the law school’s IT Center and e-Law Center, in an acting capacity, effective May 2011.

Reorganization is currently ongoing to delineate the tasks of personnel involved in Creative Commons Philippines, especially as to those of the law school’s IT Center and e-Law Center. This is deemed immediate so that projects may be pursued more efficiently and effectively.

Alberto Maria Lorenzo Sison de Jesus and Olga L. Gallardo, fellows of the e-Law Center, are now tasked exclusively to the development of the LawPhil Project in coordination with the IT Center of the law school. Nina Katrina Gumabay, designated president of the IT Law Society, which is the student arm of the e-Law Center, joins as volunteer coordinator for matters relevant to Creative Commons Philippines.

Other details and updates to follow.

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