OMwiki:About

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Short version:

"OpenMeetings.org is a video transcription and annotation platform built from entirely free and open source software. Launched in June 2009 and inspired by MetaVid (metavid.org), the open video archive of the U.S. Congress, OpenMeetings.org hosts recordings from the 2009 Open Video Conference, 2009 Wiki–Conference New York, and meetings related to shared governance at The Pennsylvania State University. Project goals are to increase the availability, discoverability, and ability to comment on archived meetings in an effort to improve the degree of informed civil discourse across a broad range of political issues."

Long version: OpenMeetings.org is run as a sole proprietorship by George Chriss. The project welcomes submission of recorded, open-to-the-public meetings for the purpose of being transcribed and annotated by volunteer editors.

The project was launched on 7-June-2009 and hosts a MetaVidWiki instance known as "OMwiki". (MetaVidWiki is an extension of Semantic MediaWiki.) All content and software tools are free/libre as detailed on Copyrights.

Transcripts and translations hosted on OMwiki will adhere to a content-neutral point of view.

Hardware or financial donations to support this project may be sent via Paypal or check/money order.

The two major costs to date include:
$650 for Canon FS22 and related equipment
$100 domain name registration and hosting
No funds have been received as of 15-June-2009. Be the first!

OpenMeetings.org would not be possible without the tireless development work done by those interested in building an open society—in both the technical and social sense.

Finally, OpenMeetings.org should not be confused with openmeetings open-source web-conferencing software.

All videos and text are published under the CC-BY 3.0 U. S. or CC-BY-SA 3.0. copyright licenses.  Details.