I was so happy with First Thursday yesterday.

As usual on the First Thursday of the month I had emailed some of my friends and contacts to say I'd be online if they wanted to join me. Tim Davies and Graham Knight from UK, Ramadhan Chatta from Tanzania and Steve Bosserman from USA all arrived.

I particularly liked the fact that we were not just looking at information, but we were also discussing  some of the deeper issues  about sharing information effectively between different cultures - and all very much from the heart by people who are doing things. Afterwards I did an edited down cut and paste of our conversation so that you can read the main points  http://etherpad.openstewardship.net/August-First-Thursday - you can also access the full chat if you want to.