It was about time, and it is good news.
From: Emile Servan-Schreiber, NewsFutures
To: all friends of prediction markets:
A number of us have been talking recently and we are in agreement that the existing forums for prediction market enthusiasts and watchers, owned and controlled by single individuals, are lacking. We think the industry deserves its own independent, open, community-owned discussion forum. As such, we have created a new Google Group dedicated to fostering and furthering high-quality open debate and communication about prediction markets: the R&D, the theory, the practice, the industry developments and upcoming events.
We strive for an open discussion and we commit to run the group with transparency, openness, objectivity, and independence. But we also believe some ground rules are needed to maintain a high quality of conversation that minimizes advertising, second-hand PR, or anyone monopolizing the conversation. We think some vigilance along those lines will make a positive difference in the communication and discussion. We hope you do too!
To join our new discussion group, click here:
http://groups.google.com/group/prediction-markets-open-discussion
Sincerely,
Oliver Bernhard Pedersen
Jed Christiansen
Bo Cowgill
Forrest Nelson
David Pennock
Emile Servan-Schreiber
Adam Siegel
Justin Wolfers
They may have ditched Maloney, but they remain a bunch of jokers!
Niall,
You’re not totally wrong.
By the way, while Midas Oracle will still report on market-generated predictions from betting exchanges, but I am going to blog more about Wall Street stuff in the future.
So, if you have something to say about investing and hedge funds, or whatever, feel free.
We stay in touch.
Ciao,
Chris
PMIA
http://www.pmindustry.org/
They are not very open about who is a member, how many members, how their head(s) were elected, etc.
There is no info on the site.
“owned and controlled by single individuals”
The PMIA seems to be controlled by Emile.
The PMIA Google Group is owned and managed collectively by the eight sponsors listed in the invitation email, and that list is likely to expand in time. The original idea was conceived by David, Bo and I, and the others joined us as co-sponsors and managers before the group was opened to the rest of the community. In no way is this an “Emile” thing, it’s just that somebody had to send the invite…
One person or organization is the “owner” (more exactly, renter) of the domain name: pmindustry.org
http://whois.domaintools.com/pmindustry.org
There is no collective owner of a domain name. One person or organization owns it.
As for having a bunch of editors, there is nothing new here.
Anyway, that was just small remarks. I like to go into the details.
P.S.: How is Bo? Is Bo’s ego still over-sized?