[euopendata] Fwd: 14 weeks left until Open Government Data Camp 2011!

[Jonathan Gray]

FYI here is our first of 15 weekly roundup emails for Open Government
Data Camp 2011, which will take place in Warsaw on 20-21st October.
There will be satellite events from 17-16th October.

Please hold the dates! ;-)


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Hi all,

I'm going to start doing a weekly roundup in the run up to Open
Government Data Camp 2011, so everyone can see where we are and what
we're up to, and how to help out. Here's the first one...

## What can you do to help?

If you want to help out with anything this week, you can:

 * Evangelise about the event to colleagues, and ask people to hold the date!
 * Suggest other potential partners (e.g. public bodies or NGOs) to
info at ogdcamp.org
 * Suggest people you think should be on the steering committee to
info at ogdcamp.org
 * Suggest possible sponsors or funding sources for venue hire +
travel bursaries to info at ogdcamp.org
 * More stuff here: http://wiki.okfn.org/OGDCamp#Helping_Out

## What did we do last week?

Last week we:

 * Had the first of our fifteen weekly core team calls
 * Invited 50+ organisations to be partners for the event
 * Set up the organisers' mailing list:
http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/ogdcamp
 * Set up the organisers' wiki page: http://wiki.okfn.org/OGDCamp

## What are we doing this week?

This week we are:

 * Continuing to invite people/partners from around the world
 * Setting up the website
 * Setting up registration page
 * Confirming practical arrangements in Warsaw

## Who are the partners for this year's camp so far?

There are currently 19 confirmed partners so far and many more
pending. Confirmed partners include:

 * Coordinator: Open Knowledge Foundation (UK)
 * Local partner: Centrum Cyfrowe (Poland)
 * City of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
 * Civic Commons (US)
 * ePSIplatform
 * LATC (EU)
 * LAPSI (EU)
 * LOD2 (EU)
 * London Datastore (UK)
 * NEXA Centre (Italy)
 * Open Cities (EU)
 * Open Data Network (Germany)
 * Open Government Data Austria (Austria)
 * Pro Bono Publico (Spain)
 * Proyecto Aporta (Spain)
 * Regione Piemonte (Italy)
 * ScraperWiki (UK)
 * Sunlight Foundation (US)
 * Web Foundation (US)

## Who is currently on this list?

There are currently 38 people on this list:

 * Esteve Almirall, Open Cities (Spain)
 * Jose M. Alonso, Web Foundation (Spain)
 * Sören Auer, Universität Leipzig (Germany)
 * Kat Braybrooke, OKF (UK)
 * Carl-Christian Buhr, European Commission (Belgium)
 * David Cabo, Pro Bono Publico (Spain)
 * Laura Castellucci, Open Cities (Spain)
 * Lucy Chambers, OKF (UK)
 * Noor Chandler, OWNI (France)
 * Emer Coleman, London Datastore (UK)
 * Daniel Dietrich, OKF (Germany)
 * David Eaves, Advisor to the Mayor of Vancouver (Canada)
 * Katalin Gallyas, City of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
 * Hauke Johannes Gierow, OKF (Germany)
 * Jonathan Gray, OKF (UK/Germany)
 * Michael Hausenblas, DERI (Ireland)
 * Augusto Herrmann, Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management (Brazil)
 * Francis Irving, ScraperWiki (UK)
 * Martin Kaltenböck, Open Government Data Austria (Austria)
 * Jason Kitcat, OKF (UK)
 * Tim McNamara, OKF (New Zealand)
 * Jorge Cancio Melia, Proyecto Aporta (Spain)
 * Theodora Middleton, OKF (UK)
 * Jorge Palacio Moran, Proyecto Aporta (Spain)
 * Federico Morando, NEXA Centre (Italy)
 * Igor Ostrowski, Centrum Cyfrowe (Poland)
 * Grazyna Piesiewicz-Stepniewska, European Commission (EU)
 * Rufus Pollock, OKF (UK)
 * Lisa Price, London Datastore (UK)
 * Cristiana Sappa, LAPSI (Italy)
 * Andrew Stott, Public Sector Transparency Board (UK)
 * Paul Suijkerbuijk, data.overheid.nl (Netherlands)
 * Alek Tarkowski, Centrum Cyfrowe (Poland)
 * Thomas Thurner, Open Government Data Austria (Austria)
 * Daudi Were, Kenya Open Data Initiative (Kenya)
 * Katarzyna Werner, Centrum Cyfrowe (Poland)
 * John Wonderlich, Sunlight Foundation (US)
 * Ton Zijlstra, ePSIplatform (Netherlands)

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Jonathan Gray

Community Coordinator
The Open Knowledge Foundation
http://blog.okfn.org

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