Carve Out and Passion for Participaton

As some people know I like Chinese things and recently I came to know a small group of Chinese students working on something they call a "carve out", which is basically a small project that is fairly specialized and that is based on participating with friends and colleagues a like. This really interests me of course because some of the driving things behind my interpretation of good collaboration are that it is based on the "network of friends" system that I have previously discussed and that passion driven participation is rampant, which I think should govern the world. So this is great and I think this might just fall into the category that Malte had suggested I create. One in which I am participating in someone external's project. In this case it is not so much that I am actively part of their project more that I am helping them with decision making on some aspects, however I think the general thing is there. I am working with them and being governed by them. So far it is not very developed, we are just talking about ideas at the moment but I think it could become something engaging.