[okfn-discuss] OKFN-meetup / travellers list/service/dashboard idea

Mon Jul 18 11:54:24 UTC 2011

Agreed with Lucy - definitely a great idea.

Seems like the only question is how to implement it - and while the regional
groups could be an equally useful place to start, given that they're still a
bit fledgling and that many of us are (as noted) traveling often and
therefore not sure how to access the other regional groups or know if
they're active, I wonder if there is a tool (like a calendar, but more
collaborative) that everyone could use if they want to engage with other
open data folk in a city they're visiting.

I'm going to give it more thought now!

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On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

>
>
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:
>
>> Great idea Lucy.
>
>
> Agreed. Excellent if we can make it work.
>
>
>> Perhaps one thing we could do is have a regular
>> round-up of groups, lists, meetups and initiatives? Like a digest of
>> 'open knowledge community bulletin'? E.g. a monthly post on
>> blog.okfn.org + okfn-discuss with:
>>
>>  * an overview of local chapters / groups / lists + planned activities
>>  * a list of upcoming open knowledge / open content / open data related
>> events
>>  * an overview of OKF working groups and planned (online) meetups and
>> events
>>
>>
> This is along the lines of what I suggested when people asked for ideas for
> newcomers to OKFN. A regional resource is something most people can relate
> to very quickly and also something fairly easy to start working on. That way
> people will get to know each other by discovering each other locally.
>
>
>> At first this would probably require a fair degree of effort, but if
>> it was useful to people then it might get easier. Having the OKF
>> community actively scouting these things out would help.
>>
>> For now I guess okfn-discuss is the main channel for 'hey who's in
>> country X?' type shout outs, and everyone at the OKF can help out in
>> introducing people to people. We should also have a better overview of
>> OKF regional lists, which I think Kat is working on? I don't know if
>> country/city groups might also help, e.g.:
>> http://okfn.org/groups/open-knowledge-london/
>>
>> J.
>>
>> I know that some scientists use Dopplr, but AFAIK this is untargetted -
> you advertise to the whole world. The point is that you don't know who is
> "out there". I know people who have met others through Dopplr. And there are
> times when I have been marooned in a hotel bar when I am sure there are
> people out there.
>
> I live most of my life in the open, but for some reason I have been
> reluctant to give spacetime coordinates. Maybe I should change? For example
> I am travelling later this year to Madrid, Thailand, Beijing and Singapore.
> Probably fairly busy in most (but not Thailand).
>
> I don't think Google Calendar works. several thousand people will clog it
> up. It needs geo-coordinates. Does OKF-Dopplr mak sense?
>
> P.
>
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