Hi Molly,, by and large I agree with the tenor of the statements below, but believe they need some refinement...see below...
Dr Molly Cheah wrote: > I'm making this change on the Vision Statement: > > Vision: > Free and Open Source Health Care Software will provide a viable and > sustainable alternative in mainstream ICT for positive impact in health > outcomes as adjunct to building a global information (knowledge?) society. > > > I would like to add the word "solidarity" in the vision statement above, > but don't know how. personally, I wouldn't try to add such a political word. I think "sustainable" is an important word as it is... > > I've also found these 3 interesting points in the oshca.org web-site > under Charter: > > * > > Promotes and helps the formation of development consortia for > health care related projects > > * > > Solicits membership from strategic organizations > > * > > Helps projects find funding and reach critical mass > > The principles outlined at the old web-site may be worth keeping: > > *Principles* > > /Promote a globally sustainable approach/ > > Open source software has global application. OSHCA will encourage > approaches that seek active participation by users, developers, and > policy makers from all parts of the world. I think we need to be careful with statements like these - open source doesn't have any more global application than closed source other than by the mundane fact of being free or more easily available (but some closed source things are cheap and very easily available as well...) It would be better in my view to say something like "open source software developmemnt encourages global collaboration". > > /Stay lightweight and flexible/ > > In the spirit of open source where development is user and needs driven, > facilitation needs to support highly desirable dynamism, adaptability, > and flexibility. This approach seeks to facilitate natural processes > that produce unprecedented quality, usability, and cost effectiveness. hmmm...this sounds nice, but I would prefer more concrete statements - what is this bit really trying to say? Something about adaptability, flexibility - these are qualities of the deployed software; natural processes - not sure what that really means; quality - too general a word; usability....does open source create greater usability? In general, we need to be precise and concise! > > /Be open to diverse opinions and technologies/ > > OSHCA is inclusive of all health care-related open source activities. In > an open source world, the success of an idea, standard, or product is > measured by its practical use. I absolutely agree with the second statement, but this is unrelated to the first, which is about OSHCA being "open" etc... > > /Ethical Deployment/ > > OSHCA's focus is the legal and ethical deployment of reliable and robust > open source systems in all areas of health care. This means meeting or > exceeding current standards and working with legislative bodies to > encourage the inclusion of open source principals in their policies. "meeting or exceeding current standards" - this is tricky one...and I don't know that it is connected with ethics.... > > I've also drafted these activities: > > *Activities* > > 1. > > OSHCA Conference > > 2. > > Maintain OSHCA web-portal > > 3. > > Maintain database of open source health care softwares > > 4. > > Maintain database of open source programmers > > 5. > > Maintain database of individuals, non-profits and commercial > enterprises supporting and maintaining open source health care > softwares > > 6. > > Form groups on developing guidelines on health information > standards, quality control on open source software development, etc. > > Molly > Dr Molly Cheah wrote: > > >I agree that we need to look at existing organisations for refining what > >OSHCA should be. Another similar organisation is http://www.nosi.net, a > >nonprofit Open Source Initiative to bridge the gap between nonprofits > >and the open source communities. Thomas had also added additional > >reasons for resurrecting OSHCA. The discussion appears slow in coming > >out with suggestions. Are most people still on holidays? :) > >What I've done is, assuming that the vision goes beyond organising > >conferences (which I consider as an activity), I've drafted (very > >roughly) the vision and outline some mission statements. Feel free to > >edit, merge, add, minus ... Arrange them in terms of priority... We may > >want to have objectives, goals, charter, principles etc. listed now, but > >not necessary at this juncture. All views are welcomed. > > > >Vision > >FOSS healthcare solutions (systems?) will provide a viable and > >sustainable alternative in mainstream ICT for positive impact in health > >outcomes as adjunct to building a global information (knowledge?) > society.* > > > >Mission* > >1. Advocacy role to promote to policy makers the concept of open source > >in healthcare so as to adopt or give equal opportunity to open source > >solutions > >2. Provide leadership role in refining the FOSS concepts as applied to > >healthcare to ensure best practices and patient safety are not > compromised > >3. Make recommendations on Guidelines on Health Information Standards > >4. Provides Guidelines for Quality Control on open source software > >develpment > >5. Participate in Human Capacity Building > >6. Provide Information Resources to open source health software > developers > >7. Collaborate in open source health care projects > >8. Share technical know-how > >9. Contribute (participate?) in project proposals and project management > >to achieve developing country priorities > >10. Assist in helping deliver a visible and lasting impact on the health > >related MDGs > >11. Role in getting funding?? > > > >*Objectives (Goals)* > > > >*Charter (Principles)* > > > >*Activities* > > > >By the way the first discussion draft of the GNU General Public License > >Version 3 has been released. Its available at > >http://gplv3.fsf.org. Comments are welcomed at > >http://gplv3.fsf.org/comments/ > > > > > >Molly > >William Lester wrote: > > > > > > > >>http://www.nten.org/ > >> > >>When we discuss resurrecting OSCHA, I think it's important to look > at similar organizations with similar deliverables. Successful or not, > we can look at the evolution, the best practices, and the lessons > learned from these groups, and fast track our conversation. There are > lots of blueprints and blueprint experts out there, and it's easier to > edit an existing plan(s) than to build from scratch. > >> > >>imho > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! 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