Clarity is in short supply
My plan for Matera has already fallen apart, brought low by – you guessed it – delays. This is not the time and place to delve on it, but I think we can now safely assume that:
- MT2019 will not be putting further funding into the unMonastery, barring Joseph deciding he needs it and having the necessary autonomy.
- Edgeryders activities in Matera, even if confirmed (we have no contract with MT2019 yet), involve the unMonastery only marginally. We planned a small event with some resources committed for the first week of October: if unMonastery Matera is live by then, we would of course love to hold it there, and then it would make sense to recruit the coordinator and documentation person from the unMonasterians. Remember, however, that this is conditional on (1) MT2019 finally signing that contract and (2) them paying a substantial advance at the onset of the project. They say this will happen. I think they are sincere, but it is hard to tell how much control they have on process right now.
For what it’s worth, I think it is defensible that we frame the unMonastery extension as a more discretional exercise. Also, we do not have the time to put out a call. So I would go for handpicking people for short stays. Long stays are a different story: people complain and lean on others quite a lot even after applying and answering questions about “being ready to be challenged, physically and intellectually”. I don’t even want to see what happens with people that feel they a sense of entitlement because they have been invited. Of course, if we could find a local person that would commit to taking over…
Your point on residencies is correct. Have you talked to Joseph?
Your point on Erasmus Entrepreneur is also correct. You are welcome to use the Edgeryders corporate shell to make that happen with people you respect, who then would be paid to be in the unMonastery.