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Written by Hugh Morrow
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Thursday, 15 November 2007 |
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The ATO ruling that forced charities to pay tax on earned/business income has been over-ruled by the full Federal Court on November 14, 2007. This is a significant breakthrough, opening the way for more social economy organisations to develop 'earned income' strategies to reduce their dependence on donors and traditional funding sources. |
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Written by Hugh Morrow
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Thursday, 08 November 2007 |
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At present we have adopted the GNU Free Documentation License developed by the Free Software Foundation. A good overview and source of information on Open Source Licenses is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Discuss this article on the forums. (0 posts) |
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Written by Hugh Morrow
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Wednesday, 07 November 2007 |
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We wish to introduce the idea of “open source research”. This idea parallels the very successful open source movement in the software industry exemplified by Linux, Firefox and thousands of other valuable projects. A core principle of open source is a license that forces derivative works to be as free as the material on which it is based. In this way, intellectual property can enjoy total freedom, maximising its opportunity to be used and improved.
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Written by Leo Bartlett
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Thursday, 04 October 2007 |
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The language used in communication is causing confusion and misunderstanding: - Common words are used to describe quite different concepts (Concepts and ideas that over time acquire several words to communicate their meaning)
- Several words with different meanings which collapse over time into one meaning with no distinction made between words i.e. investment and funding
- The same concept might be described using very different words / language.
As a consequence, people often do not realise that they are talking about quite different ideas. This ‘miscommunication’ leads to a false sense of agreement / alignment as well as to unnecessary disagreements (when people think they are talking about different ideas that are in fact the same). |
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Written by Leo Bartlett
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Thursday, 04 October 2007 |
The majority of participants either:
- Claimed that while there were some excellent leaders largely but that they had failed to act with unity; speak out on behalf of the sector; marginalised smaller SE organisations (as corporates who were more often heard by Governments; contest government ‘gagging’ once funded; embrace an advocacy role ; others. Or
- Highlighted the barriers to becoming an effective leader. Comments such as; there’s little financial gain in becoming leaders; corporate charities closeness to Governments disadvantages smaller organisations – keeps them small!; other .
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