[okfn-discuss] OKFN-meetup / travellers list/service/dashboard idea

Sat Jul 16 18:19:49 UTC 2011

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:

> Great idea Lucy.

Agreed. Excellent if we can make it work.

> Perhaps one thing we could do is have a regular
> round-up of groups, lists, meetups and initiatives? Like a digest of
> 'open knowledge community bulletin'? E.g. a monthly post on
> blog.okfn.org + okfn-discuss with:
>
>  * an overview of local chapters / groups / lists + planned activities
>  * a list of upcoming open knowledge / open content / open data related
> events
>  * an overview of OKF working groups and planned (online) meetups and
> events
>
>
This is along the lines of what I suggested when people asked for ideas for
newcomers to OKFN. A regional resource is something most people can relate
to very quickly and also something fairly easy to start working on. That way
people will get to know each other by discovering each other locally.

> At first this would probably require a fair degree of effort, but if
> it was useful to people then it might get easier. Having the OKF
> community actively scouting these things out would help.
>
> For now I guess okfn-discuss is the main channel for 'hey who's in
> country X?' type shout outs, and everyone at the OKF can help out in
> introducing people to people. We should also have a better overview of
> OKF regional lists, which I think Kat is working on? I don't know if
> country/city groups might also help, e.g.:
> http://okfn.org/groups/open-knowledge-london/
>
> J.
>
> I know that some scientists use Dopplr, but AFAIK this is untargetted - you
advertise to the whole world. The point is that you don't know who is "out
there". I know people who have met others through Dopplr. And there are
times when I have been marooned in a hotel bar when I am sure there are
people out there.

I live most of my life in the open, but for some reason I have been
reluctant to give spacetime coordinates. Maybe I should change? For example
I am travelling later this year to Madrid, Thailand, Beijing and Singapore.
Probably fairly busy in most (but not Thailand).

I don't think Google Calendar works. several thousand people will clog it
up. It needs geo-coordinates. Does OKF-Dopplr mak sense?

P.

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