[OKFN-AU] Fwd: [OKFN-Local-Coord] Open Data Census - Call to Action!!

Wed Jun 5 01:51:18 UTC 2013

I volunteer myself - I was already doing that, check the Submitted By
attribution on the Australian entries! ;)
I also maintain datacatalogs.org entries for Australia so if anybody is
launching a new portal (or there is one missing), let me know.

Zara: Can I get access to edit the review spreadsheet, please?

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 11:26 AM, David F. Flanders <
david.flanders at ands.org.au> wrote:

> Dear OKFN-au WG,
>
> I'm hoping one of you might be willing to step up and act as the curator
> for making sure Australia is represented on the Open Data Census platform,
> see email from Zara (international OKFN coordinator) below.
>
> This volunteer commitment would be approximately three days per year
> (broken up however you so please), including the following tasks:
>
>    - You would need to check census.okfn.org quarterly to make sure the
>    latest data is being made available.
>    - We would hope for at least one blog post on the OKFN-au blog per
>    year to provide an update on the international census data movement.
>    - Email updates to the national listserv of any census news of
>    interest.
>    - No coding skills are required for this task, as if it was found that
>    we needed to upload more data we would action an event or the like to do
>    so.  Though naturally we would need you involved in that event.
>    - Good article/blog writing skills, and social media skills encouraged.
>    - This work may potentially lead into an international hack event on
>    international data day - further discussions will happen at OKFN-au of
>    which Pia and I will be attending this year as Ambassador for Australia.
>    - We are still working on the title of this role, but something like
>    "Australian Open Census Ambassador" <-- OKFN would look to provide an
>    official reference on your LinkedIn profile or the like for
>    this volunteer role.
>
> Please note we'll be advertising for these volunteer ambassador roles on
> the OKFN-au blog however we'll always offer these responsibilities to our
> official working group first.  Please do suggest someone if you think they
> would be well situated to take on this volunteer role.
>
> Further news:
>
>    - We'll also be adding everyone who ticked the 'yes please add me to
>    the OKFN listserv' from the GoHhack registration in the coming weeks :)
>    Stay tuned.
>    - Also further announcements with regards to Dr. Rufus Pollock's visit
>    in July coming soon.
>    - As always OKFN-au is looking to empower all open organisations in
>    Australia so please do let me know how we can help promote your open
>    efforts - together we can make more of a difference.
>
>
> Kind Regards,  David F. Flanders
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Zara Rahman <zara.rahman at okfn.org>
> Date: 31 May 2013 00:50
> Subject: [OKFN-Local-Coord] Open Data Census - Call to Action!!
> To: Open Knowledge Foundation Local Coordinators Mailing List <
> okfn-local-coord at lists.okfn.org>, Christian Villum <
> christian.villum at okfn.org>
>
>
>  Hi everyone,
>
>  We want to improve the coverage of the Open Data Census (
> http://census.okfn.org/ <http://census.okfn.org/>) and verify existing
> contributions to ensure information is still up to date and reliable.
>
>  We need your help in doing this! There are 2 aspects:
>
>
>    -
>
>    Contributing on countries where there is missing information - you can
>    do this right now, just visit http://census.okfn.org/c<http://census.okfn.org/countries/>
>    ountry/
>     -
>
>    Reviewing existing contributions - you will need access to the review
>    spreadsheet<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiWM2KV46Zt0dGxMVVo3c3JKZ2U0NHVzZVozSEJwdXc#gid=0>(just let us know and we can add you)
>
>
>  We would also like to appoint Open Data Census editors who would oversee
> a country or region.
>
>  This would involve a relatively small amount of time over the next
> couple of weeks (until June 12th) and would involve both adding
> information yourself and mobilizing input and expertise from colleagues
> to contribute.
>
>  If you are interested in being an editor please just reply to this mail
> (this way we can coordinate efforts). Or, simply go to
> http://census.okfn.org/countries/ add information directly!
>
>
> We look forward to hearing from you!
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Zara, Christian, Rufus and the rest of the OKF team
>
>
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>
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>
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