As you know, I created a group named “Prediction Markets” at LinkedIn. It has now 137 139 members. You are free to join. The purpose of this group is to display a logo on each member’s profile, and to be an additional tool of networking for the prediction market people. (That is, if you click on that logo, you’ll get a list of people who are into prediction markets.)

Today, I am telling you that I am opening up the “management” (so to speak) of this LinkedIn group to (up to) 9 other people. That is, today, I am naming some “co-managers”, who will have the same power as I have to manage that LinkedIn group.

• Nigel Eccles of HubDub
• Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures
• David Pennock of Yahoo! Research
• John Delaney of InTrade
• UPDATE: David Perry of Consensus Point
• UPDATE: Chris Hibbert of Zocalo
• UPDATE: Adam Siegel of Inkling Markets

If a scholar, and/or a BetFair manager, want(s) to become a “co-manager”, too, let me know. Or any other smart person who would ask. It’s limited to 10 “co-managers”, for your information.

Let me know if I should invite one person in particular. I am open to all suggestions. Or do contact the persons listed above, as they have now the same power as I have, now.

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The “ownership” of this LinkedIn group is still associated with Chris Masse, but I am open to all suggestions. Maybe the ownership should be passed to an Institute (or whatever), one day. [*] However, LinkedIn does not accept companies (and non-profits) as members of their social networking website (at this time). I am open to all suggestions to make this LinkedIn group open, successful… and useful.

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[*] In that logic, the 10th seat of this board should be reserved for a yet-to-be-created Institute for prediction markets, so that the change of ownership of this group could be operated, at one time in the distant future.

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The number of members grows we very day. We are 139, as I update this present post. But when you read this, the figure will be higher…

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