[epsi-coord] catching up w Jonathan / OKF

Wed Jul 13 16:25:46 BST 2011

This is cool! I like and support this idea.

Daniel

On 11.07.2011, at 15:04, Ton Zijlstra wrote:

> oh, and more thing. We'll discuss a way of replacing the current page http://www.epsiplatform.eu/psi_data_catalogues with content coming from http://datacatalogs.org/
> 
> best,
> Ton
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> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> had a chat with Jonathan this afternoon to catch up on all of the stuff that is going on.
> 
> Some of the things we discussed:
> OGD Camp: I/we'll do a session on mapping, connecting and strengthening the Central/Eastern European open data network. A type of meet and greet session to bring people together, and at the same time strengthen both epsi's and okfn's ties to them. It's our biggest blank spot at the moment. Esp in countries like Romania, Hungary.
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> OGD Camp: the travel bursary. Epsi will not provide funds for this. But there is some discussion of a government body possibly putting up travel funds. Epsi could volunteer to help prioritize requests to that funding in an advisory capacity.  This is something for us to discuss as a team. 
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> OGD Camp: I've joined the organizers mailing list, to bring in the epsi perspective there
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> OGD Camp: Personally I think I'll try to do a session on how open data is a instrument/tool for governments themselves to do their own work.
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> OGD Camp: Do we know anybody or any organization you think *must* be invited to the OGD Camp in Warsaw in October? Let me know, and I'll forward.
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> Romania: Both I and Jonathan have been building a few contacts there now. We'll be trying to connect them and start an OKF Romania mailing list. Possibly do a workshop there in the fall, or early 2012.
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> Guest blogging: we'll start cross-posting Member State connected guest postings from the OKF blog in a more structured way. Ton will discuss with Daniel how to do this in practice.
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> Idea: in the new website, find a way of visualizing the timeline of re-use/OGD developments in a country.
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> best,
> Ton
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