[okfn-discuss] open knowledge event this autumn: proposal

[Jo Walsh]

dear Rufus and Saul and all,
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 12:22:59PM +0100, Rufus Pollock wrote:
> >>>Looks good to me, but rather than have anything too massive - like last
> >>>time, it could make more sense to focus discussion on one thing, then
> >>>perhaps bring in more practical workshops in each of these areas...
> >>event was to bring together people working on *different* areas. I agree 
> >>that I would not want to do something on the scale of WSFII last year 
> >>but I think it would be perfectly possible to do a smaller scale 1-day 
> >>event (perhaps just focused on e.g. content/civic info/geodata).

Sorry it's taken me so long to respond to this thread. Please count me
in! I'm planning to be in Europe from early September to early
October. So i'm a bit cut off from "the scene" but i'd like to do what
i can to help. I'd be up for organising another open geodata stream,
or something beyond that. 

It would be great to get something running with publicwhip, with
mysociety (who are doing increasingly mapping oriented work). I would
like to meet more librarians. I don't hear much bbc backstage buzz
from so far away, but I think they're still doing solid stuff? 

I like 2 days, if that's possible, with the same group of people. +1
on trying to keep it very practical. Now and then i talk to cliques in
Boston and New York about doing a geospatial-themed version of something
like this, but in a climate of a lot more access to data to start
with. http://whereweare.net/Parallel_Streams was the initial general idea.
Talks in the mornings, practical hacking sessions in the afternoon,
demoparty in the evenings. 

Would we still be able to use Limehouse Town Hall? 

What do we do next? :)


jo