[okfn-discuss] History of the Open Knowledge Foundation

Mon Dec 2 10:03:02 UTC 2013

Possibly also interesting (if you have spare reading time) are the annual
reports (not very detailed but give a general overview of our activities
each year): http://okfn.org/governance/reports/

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On 2 December 2013 08:57, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I've been working with a few folks to put together a general Open
> Knowledge Foundation TimeMap here:
>
> http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/okfn/open-knowledge-foundation-history
> Trello card on Ideas:
> https://trello.com/c/87jcRNg3/57-open-knowledge-foundation-history-timemap
>
> Here is the source gdocs spreadsheeet<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqR8dXc6Ji4JdDJoRG02VndrNHhKbmRDRnpMMkxWV2c#gid=0> -
> be delighted to see people jump in with contributions - as long as you're
> happy with some editorial :-) (one immediate thing is to go through early
> blog entries!).
>
> There is also work led by Charalampos to put together a *Local Groups
> timemap* (more granular and detailed):
>
> TimeMap: http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/okfn/local-groups-activities
> Trello card on Ideas:
> https://trello.com/c/VGQmB1E6/52-create-a-timeline-and-timemap-with-major-okf-local-activities
>
> @Everton: you raise more general points especially re 10y anniversary but
> I thought these were some good resources to get started with!
>
> Rufus
>
>
> On 1 December 2013 05:10, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <
> everton.alvarenga at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> is there any place I can find the history of the Open Knowledge
>> Foundation? I just know Rufus was one of the co-founders (who were the
>> others?) and what is written here
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Knowledge_Foundation
>>
>> Since next year the OKF will be 10 years old, it would be great to have
>> such kind of information for we understand the roots of our expanding
>> network and celebrate it.
>>
>> Maybe Rufus and Jonathan (others?), copied here, could tell us about it?
>>
>> It'd be great to know who started to write the open definition and why,
>> the origin of CKAN, some initial ideas that were dropped out in the last
>> 10 years, the reason someone thought it was necessary to create an
>> organization that promotes open knowledge in its all forms and her or his
>> main motivations etc.. There are a lot of other things I am sure several
>> people would like to know. :)
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> --
>> Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
>> OKF Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre
>> http://br.okfn.org
>>
>
>
>
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