[okfn-coord] NESTA?

Fri Dec 4 18:29:52 UTC 2009

[And my response:]

Could this be another thing to put to science working group? Or was
the idea broader (e.g. including government data, etc.).

Re: working groups, I know we've been quite careful about keeping the
groups small
(to keep focus, and to concentrate on people doing things) - but
wonder if this is best long term strategy? E.g. at W3C, eGovernment
group is relatively big and still gets things done.

Shall I raise this on okfn-discuss?

(Also: Rufus, perhaps we should aim to set up projects committee next
week, perhaps with Soeren Auer? Think this is top priority! Then we
can take this kind of discussion there...)

Jonathan

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> (Forgot to cc coord). Emailed Stian Westlake in May following meeting
> at NESTA event earlier in May. Arranged a follow-up phone call which
> happened eventually in June discussing OKF, what we do and possible
> research paper. Have an outstanding TODO from end of summer to follow
> this up with a brief 1-pager about doing research on open licensing
> especially re data (this was Wilbanks' idea and I'm not so excited by
> it -- Wilbanks dropped out since turned out NESTA couldn't fund SC as
> US based)
>
> Rufus
>
> 2009/12/4 Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>:
>> Hi Rufus,
>>
>> Just saw Nesta's open 100 competition and made me wonder what contact
>> you've had with Nesta and whether I should set up a call with them to
>> identify areas where we could work together?
>>
>> I know they flew John Wilbanks over in the past - and perhaps thats a
>> sign we should be more on their radar (i.e. expertise on open data at
>> home, rather than looking to US)...
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Gray
>>
>> Community Coordinator
>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://www.okfn.org
>>
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