CMMA and Mass Collaboartion

The six principles of mass collaboration are: participation, collective, transparency, independence, persistence, and emergence. The Central Michigan Manufactures Association makes use of mass collaboration but is really only useful to the members of the CMMA who can sign into the members portion of the website. The use of the six principals is weak to say the least. There is no transparency and unless you were a member nothing is available to see. It is collective in the sense that the website is a place were the members can communicate with each other and schedule board meetings, etc. For the Central Michigan Manufactures Association to truly make use of mass collaboration would be to make a facebook, blog, or some other space where people can go to learn, read, and comment about the CMMA.