[OKFN-AU] Fwd: [OKFN-Local-Coord] Open Data Census - Call to Action!!
Zara Rahman
zara.rahman at okfn.org
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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