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

Wed Jun 5 09:17:01 UTC 2013

Hi Alex - the spreadsheet has been shared with you now, thanks for 
taking up the role!

Zara

On 06/05/2013 03:54 AM, David F. Flanders wrote:
> Wonderful, thank you Alex :)
>
> If ok with you I'll announce this role filled on the okfn-au blog?
>
> Kind Regards, Flanders
>
>
> On 5 June 2013 11:51, Alex (Maxious) Sadleir <maxious at gmail.com 
> <mailto:maxious at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I volunteer myself - I was already doing that, check the Submitted
>     By attribution on the Australian entries! ;)
>     I also maintain datacatalogs.org <http://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 <mailto: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
>             <http://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
>         <mailto: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
>         <mailto:okfn-local-coord at lists.okfn.org>>, Christian Villum
>         <christian.villum at okfn.org <mailto:christian.villum at okfn.org>>
>
>
>         Hi everyone,
>
>
>         We want to improve the coverage of the Open Data Census
>         (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 appointOpen Data Census editorswho would
>         oversee a country or region.
>
>
>         This would involvea relatively small amount of time over the
>         next couple of weeks (until June 12th) and would involve both
>         adding information yourselfand 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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