[okfn-discuss] Africa position

Mon Sep 10 18:35:02 UTC 2012

On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 2:38 PM, sam RAMBAYA <rambaya at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Could Africa delegates to the OKfestival get intouch with Oluseun Onigbinde
> of BudgIT on emailbudgitng at gmail.com for a joint position on the lobby for
> Africa hosting the 2013/14 event. South Africa and Kenya which is
> represented by IHub are other candidates.

Big +1 on bringing this down here :)

Cheers,

 - Friedrich

> All the best!
>
>
>
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>> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 15:00:34 +0100
>> From: sam RAMBAYA <rambaya at hotmail.co.uk>
>> Subject: [okfn-discuss] Africa delegates
>> To: ok FESTIVAL <okfn-discuss at lists.okfn.org>
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>> Anyone attending from Africa? Need to lobby for OKfest 2013 or 2014 to be
>> held in Africa.
>>
>> > From: okfn-discuss-request at lists.okfn.org
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>> > Today's Topics:
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>> > 1. at OK Festival (Mr. Puneet Kishor)
>> > 2. Re: On Being Gremlin Free and A Proper Hello (Geppino De Rose)
>> > 3. Re: On Being Gremlin Free and A Proper Hello (Stefano Costa)
>> > 4. Re: at OK Festival (Iyyanki Murali Krishna)
>> > 5. Re: [open-science] at OK Festival (Laura Newman)
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>> > Message: 1
>> > Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 07:03:35 -0700
>> > From: "Mr. Puneet Kishor" <punkish at eidesis.org>
>> > Subject: [okfn-discuss] at OK Festival
>> > To: open-science <open-science at lists.okfn.org>, Open Knowledge
>> > Foundation discussion list <okfn-discuss at lists.okfn.org>
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>> > (cross posted to Open Science and OKFN Discuss lists)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Dear Open Science and OKFN folks,
>> >
>> > I will be attending my first OK Festival in a few days. I am hoping to
>> > meet as many of you as possible and have one-on-one meetings to talk about
>> > how we can work together toward our common goal of making science data
>> > accessible and usable by everyone with little or no impedance.
>> >
>> > If you are going to be in Helsinki, and are interested in a chat, long
>> > or short, with or without an espresso, please, I would love to hear from
>> > you.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Puneet Kishor
>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------------
>> >
>> > Message: 2
>> > Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:40:31 +0200
>> > From: Geppino De Rose <gdritaly at tin.it>
>> > Subject: Re: [okfn-discuss] On Being Gremlin Free and A Proper Hello
>> > To: Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list
>> > <okfn-discuss at lists.okfn.org>
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>> >
>> > >Ciao Meg,
>> > is there any specific discussion group (meaning open data,
>> > knowledge sharing, etc) in local public government?
>> > My job is councillor on Innovation and Technology in a small
>> > town in the South of Italy.
>> > Do you know someone in OKFN working on it?
>> > Thanks
>> > Geppino De Rose
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > >--
>> > >Meg Foulkes
>> > >Foundation Administrator
>> > >Open Knowledge Foundation
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>> > Message: 3
>> > Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:45:02 +0200
>> > From: Stefano Costa <stefano.costa at okfn.org>
>> > Subject: Re: [okfn-discuss] On Being Gremlin Free and A Proper Hello
>> > To: okfn-discuss at lists.okfn.org
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>> > Il 06/09/2012 17:40, Geppino De Rose ha scritto:
>> > > is there any specific discussion group (meaning open data,
>> > > knowledge sharing, etc) in local public government? My job is
>> > > councillor on Innovation and Technology in a small town in the
>> > > South of Italy. Do you know someone in OKFN working on it?
>> >
>> > Ciao Geppino,
>> > you may want to join both these discussion groups:
>> >
>> > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-government
>> > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-it
>> >
>> > Nothing is specific to local government (as versus central government)
>> > but lots of people have dealt with it in the past few years.
>> >
>> > Glad to hear that there's one more town community joining the open
>> > government data tribe!
>> >
>> > Ciao
>> > steko
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>> > Message: 4
>> > Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 22:22:21 +0530
>> > From: Iyyanki Murali Krishna <iyyanki at icorg.org>
>> > Subject: Re: [okfn-discuss] at OK Festival
>> > To: Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list
>> > <okfn-discuss at lists.okfn.org>
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>> > Mr Puneet -
>> >
>> > Greetings - Good to know about your interest -I am sure that the
>> > Helsinki
>> > event will be a major forum for open data and open knowledge networks
>> >
>> > I suggest that you should atteend the Digital Research 2012 conference
>> > at
>> > Oxford University to be held from 10th to 12th October 2012 -I am there
>> > and
>> > may not be at Helsinki
>> > all the best
>> > ivm
>> >
>> > On 6 September 2012 19:33, Mr. Puneet Kishor <punkish at eidesis.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > (cross posted to Open Science and OKFN Discuss lists)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Dear Open Science and OKFN folks,
>> > >
>> > > I will be attending my first OK Festival in a few days. I am hoping to
>> > > meet as many of you as possible and have one-on-one meetings to talk
>> > > about
>> > > how we can work together toward our common goal of making science data
>> > > accessible and usable by everyone with little or no impedance.
>> > >
>> > > If you are going to be in Helsinki, and are interested in a chat, long
>> > > or
>> > > short, with or without an espresso, please, I would love to hear from
>> > > you.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Puneet Kishor
>> > > _______________________________________________
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>> > > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > IV MURALI KRISHNA
>> > * M Tech [IIT-Madras] PhD[IISc-Bangalore] FIE FIS MIEEE FAPASc
>> > *
>> > Former Scientist Remote Sensing SF, NRSA, ISRO, India
>> > Former JNTU Professor in Spatial Information Technology /
>> > Former JNTU Director [R&D] /Director [IST] & Centre for Atmospheric Sci
>> > and Weather Modification Technologies
>> > Former Adjunct Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok,
>> > Thailand.
>> > Chief Consultant Offshore Programs in Asia, Jackson State University,
>> > Jackson, Mississippi, USA
>> > Consultant, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad
>> > Address:
>> > SMR ACROPOLIS Block 4, Flat 201, white Field, Kothaguda, Madhapur,
>> > Hyderabad 500032 AP, INDIA,
>> > +91-98480 49624 ivm at ieee.org www.icorg.org
>> > iyyanki at gmail.com <iyyanki at gmail.com>
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>> > Message: 5
>> > Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 18:12:36 +0100
>> > From: Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org>
>> > Subject: Re: [okfn-discuss] [open-science] at OK Festival
>> > To: "Mr. Puneet Kishor" <punkish at eidesis.org>
>> > Cc: open-science <open-science at lists.okfn.org>, Open Knowledge
>> > Foundation discussion list <okfn-discuss at lists.okfn.org>
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>> > Hi Puneet,
>> >
>> > Your email is well-timed, because I am just arranging details of an Open
>> > Science themed dinner to be held as part of OKFest!
>> >
>> > This will take place on the evening of Wednesday 19th September,
>> > immediately following Mat Todd's keynote speech.
>> >
>> > Basically, it will be an opportunity for anyone who is interested in
>> > open
>> > science and open access to socialise together in a relaxed and informal
>> > setting. Everyone is warmly invited to attend!
>> >
>> > It would be great to see both yourself and others there. More details
>> > and a
>> > sign-up link at: http://science.okfnpad.org/okfest-dinner
>> >
>> > All the best,
>> > Laura
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Mr. Puneet Kishor
>> > <punkish at eidesis.org>wrote:
>> >
>> > > (cross posted to Open Science and OKFN Discuss lists)
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Dear Open Science and OKFN folks,
>> > >
>> > > I will be attending my first OK Festival in a few days. I am hoping to
>> > > meet as many of you as possible and have one-on-one meetings to talk
>> > > about
>> > > how we can work together toward our common goal of making science data
>> > > accessible and usable by everyone with little or no impedance.
>> > >
>> > > If you are going to be in Helsinki, and are interested in a chat, long
>> > > or
>> > > short, with or without an espresso, please, I would love to hear from
>> > > you.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Puneet Kishor
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > open-science mailing list
>> > > open-science at lists.okfn.org
>> > > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Laura Newman
>> > Community Coordinator
>> > Open Knowledge Foundation
>> > http://okfn.org/
>> > Skype: lauranewmanonskype
>> > Twitter: @Newmanlk
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>> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 18:37:42 +0200
>> From: Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>
>> Subject: [okfn-discuss] OKFN on wikimedia
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>> I think
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Knowledge_Foundation
>>
>> deserves some improvement. Any takers?
>>
>> Daniel
>>
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