[ok-edinburgh] capacity of OK Scotland event

Tue Apr 27 11:03:15 UTC 2010

Jo and all

thanks for the invitation to join the meeting today, i d love to meet but i
have some IMPORTANT work to finish
I ll  see how much I get done then decide

repository fringe? lol - a new one for me,

some wiki page would be good

let us know how can we help

look forward

P

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Jo Walsh <jo.walsh at ed.ac.uk> wrote:

>
> Paula, these all look like great suggestions,
>
>
> On 26/04/2010 16:17, Paola Di Maio wrote:
>
>> 1. break down the meeting into 2-3 smaller topic areas and spread around
>> different dates, perhaps?
>>
>
> Later in the year (September? October?) Robin and Stuart are planning their
> Repository Fringe conference (this will be the 4th?).
> We've briefly discussed adding an Open Knowledge mini-event onto this -
>
> The more I think about it the more I like the idea. This event could be
> focused on the research topic areas - open access, community-driven
> research, open process for publishers and funders, etc.
>
> As for the government / local data areas I'm less sure. There will be some
> Scottish government / archives / geodata showing and one thing I want to see
> emerging from this is "Scotland's Data" ideally based on CKAN. I hope
> current leaders in that scene would take the lead on this.
> We can see how much really shakes out.
>
> This Wednesday am doing an OSGeo talk to a group of local government
> geodata interest types in Glasgow, will big up OK Scotland and would like to
> make sure that folks there are still able to register.
>
> Michael Fourman did mention, a while back, the prospect of moving to
> another bigger venue within the main Informatics Forum - but I really do
> like Inspace as a space and like the fact that it is not so much within,
> security gates etc.
>
>  2. allow remote participation?
>>
>
> You mean people skyping in, or live A/V feeds going out? I have a little
> flip video camera now and will use it to record talks etc.
> EDINA actually has a "social media officer" who i'm counting on to corral
> the twittersphere for this (though has she registered?!)
>
>
>  3. keep the  talks really short and link to a website where people can
>> link their stuff
>>
>
> Thinking 5-10 mins per talk including questions... and yes lots of
> documentation! A programme page on the main OKF wiki?
>
>
>  I also wanted to ask, how can participants engage with OKF and Edina
>> with related projects and research, where relevant?
>>
>
> Yes these are good questions that deserve better answers :)
>
> Tomorrow at 4pm, the Data Library, 5 Buccleuch Place, Second Floor, Robin
> has arranged a meeting to go through the talk submissions and put a draft
> final programme together - I hope we can stay flexible up to the day - all
> welcome to come and meet - strictly 1 hour max.
>
> be well,
>
>
> jo
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