Fab Association

“Fab Association”, an international fablab association, had kicked off in this January.
Hiroya Tanaka, a founder of Fablabjapan, is one of initial members of Fab Association.

Fab Association
Pieter van der Hijden
Peter Troxler
Harmen Zijp
Hiroya Tanaka
Lindi Mphuthi
Phyllis Klein
Sherry Lassiter

Here is a link about “What is FabLab?” at the very beginning of FabLab activity. We can confirm some of basic concepts.
http://df1d1f2be44ed1b00cfcf7d0e4f3861f9706d381.gripelements.com/pdf/MITFabLab.pdf