[okfn-discuss] First meeting of the OKFN local group in Canada : Montréal, july 9

Prakash Neupane nprkshn at gmail.com
Wed Jul 3 10:48:41 UTC 2013


Sounds great Dr Mercier,

Our best wishes for the first meetup..... Last week we (OKF Nepal) had
started meetup.

I summarized it in our blog
http://np.okfn.org/2013/06/30/open-knowledge-foundation-nepa-meetup-1/

I hope we can get to learn your experience....

Thanks
Prakash Neupane
Ambassador
Open Knowledge Foundation Nepal
http://np.okfn.org


On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Adam Green <adam.green at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi Diane,
>
> I just saw your message. Congratulations on the OKFN local group. I am
> editor of The Public Domain Review, and we have just featured a post on old
> photographs of Canada. I thought you and the group might be interested. Its
> the inaugural post of a new series we have just started called Curator's
> Choice.
>
> Here's the post:
> http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/07/02/canada-through-a-lens/
>
> All the best,
>
> Adam.
>
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> On 3 July 2013 02:08, Diane Mercier <diane.mercier at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi,
>> [Sorry for cross-posting]
>>
>> On May 20th, the Open Knowledge Foundation Network (OKFN) has appointed
>> me as the Ambassador for the local group in Canada (ca.okfn.org). After
>> having set up a mailing list [okfn-ca] and a Website under the OKFN
>> umbrella, I organized the kick-off meeting of the local group in Canada.
>> This to be held on July 9th at Montreal with video conferencing possibility
>> linking with other groups or individuals, both in French and English.
>>
>> Information and registration :
>> http://www.meetup.com/OpenKnowledgeFoundation/Montreal-CA/968442/
>>
>> There are many Canadians who advocate for open knowledge that are
>> scattered throughout many OKFN working groups, tasks forces and other forms
>> of communities. I now take the initiative to post an invitation to everyone
>> asking to join the OKFN local group in Canada.
>>
>> I would also appreciate if you relay this invitation within your own
>> network of open activists in Canada.
>>
>> Lastly, I warmly encourage you to contribute to our discussions list. I
>> am also available for individual discussion especially on goals and vision,
>> and will appreciate any suggestion.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dr Diane Mercier
>> Ph.D. Information sciences
>>
>> Ambassador of the Open Knowledge Foundation - Local Group in Canada
>> Profile : http://okfn.org/members/dianemercier
>> Blog : http://ca.okfn.org
>> List : http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-ca
>> Meetup : http://www.meetup.com/OpenKnowledgeFoundation/Montreal-CA
>> Twitter : @okfnca
>>
>> Open data project manager of Ville de Montréal
>> Open Data Portal : http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca
>> Blog : http://dianemercier.com
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>> Skype : dianemercier
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