Tensegrity is the pattern that results when push and pull have a win-win relationship with each other. The pull is continuous and the push is discontinuous. The continuous pull is balanced by the discontinuous push producing an integrity of tension and compression. This creates a powerful self-stabilizing system. The term tensegrity comes from synergic science. The gifting tensegrity is a newly invented mechanism for the exchange of human help. The continuous pull of the giftees' needs are balanced by the discontinuous push from the giftors' offers of help. Again we see as an INTERdependent life form, there will be times when we will help others and times when others will help us.
As promised, here is the first draft of the specifications for a GIFTegrity. Those new to synergic science a GIFTegrity is a synergic help exchange based on trust. See GIFTegrity (brief)(PDF)(scientific basis)
Specifications for a GIFTegrity
As a first step in towards the realization of a synergic help exchange I will propose the following specifications for the creation of a working prototype.
A web site for synergic help exchange would be created describing the concept of GIFTegrity and the rationale and benefits for becoming a member. The web site would be interactive so that individuals could join, register as members, register their gift offers, and then view lists of gifts offered by other members. The web site must support the easy exchange of information between members. And, when the exchange of help occurs, keep a record of those exchanges for the purpose of informing community and making the synergic help exchange process transparent.
Membership Registration
In complete opposition to the present custom of anonymity on the internet, members of synergic community are never anonymous. Membership in a synergic help exchange must be known to their fellow members. Synergic relationship is based on trust. I propose use of the following information as a basis for the creation of explicit non anonymous membership data.
Registration fields: 1) Last Name 2) First Name 3) Middle initial 4) Date of Birth 5) Place of birth 6) E-mail address
| 1) Last Name |
2) First Name |
3) Middle Initial |
| 4) yyyy/mm/dd |
5) nation/state/city |
6) member@abc.com |
Items 1) through 5) would be permanent identifying information that would never change in an individual's lifetime. Considered together the five items are unique enough that their should be no duplications even in very large communities.
Item 6) should be a convenient email address for members of the synergic help exchange to communicate with each other.
E-mail is asynchronous. That means I compose and send email when it is convenient to me. The receiver of the email message reads and responds when it is convenient to them. E-mail conversations do not occur in "real time." You and your partner do not have to be sitting at the computer at the same moment in order to talk. Unlike face-to-face encounters, which are synchronous, e-mail discussions do not require you to respond on-the-spot to what they other has said. You have time to think, evaluate, and compose your reply. This encourages more careful and effective communication that might take place in "real time".
Your email address will also serve as your username. And, you will also select to select a unique password. Your username and password will be used to login in to the GIFTegrity database.
Once you have registered as a new member, you need to offer your help to others in the community. This is accomplished by registering at least one offer of help. Simply click on the link:
Register a new Gift Offer
This begins the Gift Offer registration process: 1) Date the Gift is offered would be automatically entered along with the 2) username of the member offering it.
Recall that gifts can be actions or things. Since these two types of help are somewhat different I suggest using different forms for them. So, you select whether you are offering a gift of action or a gift of a thing. Based on this selection, you are taken to the appropriate form.
Public—Action Offer Form
Every action has an actor—the individual acting to perform a service. This actor's name tells us the most about the offer of help.
Action Offer fields include: 1) Actor's Name (I.E. — Physician, Lawyer, Carpenter, Baby-sitter, Plumber, Tutor, Child CareGiver, etc., etc..) 2) Brief one line description of the service offered. 3) Limits on the offer—time or geography, and 4) Repeatability—Is this a one time offer or is this serviced repeated available?
| Actor's Name |
Brief Description |
Limits |
Repeatablity |
| Physician |
Telephone Consultations |
up to 0.5 hour each |
Available 3-4 times a week |
This becomes a one line entry into the communities database of available gift offers. The offer at this point is generic. It doesn't say who is making the offer. Just that such an offer has been registered.
Examples of other Action Offers:
| Carpenter |
House Repairs |
2 hours (only on weekends) local in town |
two weekends a month |
| Baby Sitter |
Child Care Ages 2 to 12 |
Fri Eve and Saturdays (4 hrs) local |
once a week |
| Mechanic |
Auto Maintenance |
Saturdays (local) |
Bi-weekly |
| Accountant |
Federal & State Tax Returns |
Personal Returns Only |
Schedule In Advance (limited to time available) |
| Personal Shopper |
Run Errands, Buy Groceries, Good Driver |
After school (local) |
Schedule (limited to time available) |
| Web Designer |
Set Up Your Website |
5 hours/week, total 20 hrs |
one at this time |
Public—Thing Offer Form
Every thing has a name. The name tells us the most about the offer of help.
Thing Offer fields include 1) Name of the thing 2) Brief one line description of the thing offered, 3) Limits on the offer—time or geography, and 4) Is the offer permanent ? (if so mechanism of delivery), or temporary what are the terms for the use of the thing.
| Thing's Name |
Brief Description |
Limits |
Terms |
| Firewood |
One Cord Oak |
None |
Local Pick Up |
This becomes a one line entry into the communities database of available gift offers. The offer at this point is generic. It doesn't say who is making the offer. Just that such an offer has been registered.
Examples of other Thing Offers:
| Television Set |
17" SONY Color (10years old) works OK |
none |
PickUp or pay shipment |
| Clothes Women's |
Used, Size 8-10, young styles |
none |
pay shipping |
| Printer for computer |
Epson Stylus 500 color |
none |
pick up or pay shipping |
| Lawn Mower |
21" gasoline power, Toro |
USE ONLY, accept liability, return in same condition |
Schedule In Advance (limited to time available) |
| Truck |
88 Ford Pick Up |
USE ONLY, accept liability, must have insurance, return in same condition |
Schedule In Advance (limited to time available) |
| Bed Room Furniture |
Oak Set, Queen, Good Condition |
None |
Pick Up |
After you have filled out your one line description of your help offering, you will be taken to a second form to describe your offer in more detail. Here you want to give as much information as you can, so that if a member of the community selects your offer it is less likely you will waste each others time because the offer is not well described. This is still a generic description, but a more detailed description. You are not giving out personal information, just describing the gift offer in more detail. See examples:
| Actor's Name |
Brief Description |
Limits |
Repeatablity |
| Physician |
Telephone Consultations |
up to 0.5 hour each |
Available 3-4 times a week |
Detailed Description
| I am a practicing physician with many years of experience in Family Medicine. I can listen and answer your questions concerning yourself or your family. This would be advice only and should not take the place of seeing your own Doctor. I can not prescribe medications over the telephone. However, I can advise you on the need to see a Doctor and in what time frame. I may be able to save you the expense of an unnecessary visit to the Emergency Room or Urgent Care. I can advise you on the proper use of Over-The-Counter medications. |
| Thing's Name |
Brief Description |
Limits |
Terms |
| Firewood |
One Cord Oak |
None |
Pick Up |
Detailed Description
| This fire wood is five years old. It has been sitting a while. It looks relatively clean and burn able. A cord of Oak wood weighs 4000 pounds. It would take two or more trips with a full size pick up to move it all. It will take a healthy adult male up to an hour to load the pick up. If your truck is not in good shape it can be overloaded if you are not careful. |
Once you have registered one or more offers of help to the community, you then go to the public data base. Which will look similar to the above one line examples. If you find a line description of an offer of action or an offer of a thing that might meet one of your needs, you can click on it to get the detailed description.
Once you have found an offer that you think might be of help to you or your family, you can register your interest in the offer with the Giftor. You would click on the line item and click the register my interest with this giftor.
That will take you a new screen where you will answer a two questions.
1) Urgency — Now, ASAP, 1 wk, 2 wks, other
2) Need is — One time, occasionally, or continuous
Then click to register your interest in the OFFER.
At this point an email is sent to the giftor registering your interest in his/her offer. With your registration of interest, the giftor now gains access to the information in your profile. Your name and all comments by others in the community about their dealings with you. They also get the date you joined the GIFTegrity and the number of Gifts you have made and received. (see description below)
You may be one of several members who have expressed interest in their offer. If it is one of a kind offer, only one interested giftee will be offered the gift. If the giftor decides to offer the gift to you, you will then receive an email from the GIFTegrity that advises that you have an offer pending.
At this point you will gain access to the information in the giftor's profile. Their name and all comments by others in the community about their dealings with them. You also get the date they joined the GIFTegrity and the number of Gifts they have made and received.
If after reviewing this information, you decide to accept their offer. They will be notified that you have accepted the offer and both Giftor and Giftee will be given each other's email addresses to directly work out the details. The GIFTegrity does not have your telephone numbers and or residential addresses. It does not know where you live or work and so it can not give this information to anyone. The giftor and giftee will communicate directly with each other and exchange information as appropriate to effect the exchange of help. Once the exchange occurs, the gifor will delete the offering from the community database.
Approximately, one week after the offering is removed, you will be queried for comments about the Giftor, and the Giftor will be queried for comments about you. You may write a one sentence comment and then rate the encounter as positive +1, neural 0, or negative -1. The Giftor will be credited with a gift given, and you will be credited with a gift received. No description of the Gifts will be kept in the data base after the exchange. If you disagree with a comment, you may post a one sentence rebuttal. All comments and rebuttals are available to future Giftors and Giftees that might choose to relate to you.
Giftor-Giftee Profile:
Members Name
Date Joined GIFTegrity
Comments
# of positive comments
# of neutral comments
# of negative comments
Average of all comments (positive +1, neutral 0, negative -1)
Gifts Given
# in past 30 days
# in past 90 days
# total since joining
Gifts Received
# in past 30 days
# in past 90 days
# total since joining
Needs Wish List
If you cannot find offers for your needs on the communities list of offers of help. You may register your need on the wish list. It will appear a simply a request for help with no information identifying the member make the request. All members of the Community may view this list. But, only those members offering you help, would gain more information about you, and then the process would be similar to the one described above for offers of help.
Again, this is a first draft. Please write me and let me know what you think. How can it be made better? What software would be needed? What problems do you see? Thanks ...
More information is here: GIFTegrity (brief)(PDF) (scientific basis)
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