[okfn-discuss] Our vision: Why, How and What for the Open Knowledge Foundation

[Luis Villa]

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Joseph
Seddon<joseph.seddon at wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
>> It'd be interesting to see a list of formal organizations (not just
>> informal groupings like you've listed above) that are active in the UK
>> and which might OKFN might formally reach out to to see if there is
>> interest in working together. OSI has considered (among other things)
>> moving in this direction, with open source software foundations like
>> Apache, GNOME, etc., becoming 'member organizations' of OSI and each
>> having some sort of formal representation in planning, organization,
>> etc. Perhaps OKFN could put together a similar 'advisory council' of
>> open-knowledge-related groups in the UK (or more broadly).
>
> The two UK based organisations which spring to mind are a Wikimedia UK (a
> non profit company limited by guarentee, currently seeking charity status)
> where I am a director, and the second group is iCommons which is a fork from
> Creative Commons, which is UK charity. There is also the Open Rights Group.
> I have in passing conversation suggested an Open Knowledge Council for the
> UK, with people from iCommons and OKFN and the reception seems to have been
> good. Prehaps taking this forward and making this an active aim would be a
> good idea and prehaps should start approaching other orgs.

As a non-brit it isn't really for me to say, of course, but it sounds
very useful to me. And if nothing else the conference would be a blast
;)

Luis