[okfn-discuss] Minutes of Open Knowledge Foundation board meeting May 2013 posted

Sun Jul 21 19:26:17 UTC 2013

Abbas,

The slides answer your question about the item discussed at the board
meeting in May - I entirely agree they aren't a detailed strategy plan.
 (Nonetheless, I would say that they contain more information about
strategic direction than may first meet the eye - setting out our vision,
goals, values and motivations this clearly is a fairly recent step.)

We are working on more details of implementation and communication and will
be sharing more of this as we make progress this year.

Best regards,

Laura

On 21 July 2013 06:58, Abbas Mahmoud <abbasjnr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Laura,
>
> I'm sorry to say that I am a bit disappointed by these slides. Being a
> strategic plan, I wouldn't expect only 2 pages/slides (20%) out of the
> whole presentation to be about the strategy, while the other 8 pages are an
> overview of the OKF. Especially if this presentation was targeted to an
> audience which is already aware of the OKF, I would've expected the
> presentation to spend little time on the overview, and _focus_ on
> elaborating the actual plan, the resources you'll need, the revenue plan,
> setting targets, and the role of Local Groups (and the rest of the
> volunteer movement) in achieving these goals.
>
> My two cents,
> Abbas.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Pieter,
>>
>> We'll be working on making great presentations and other material to
>> showcase the strategy through the summer; making sure we can convey our
>> message to new audiences outside our community is a top priority, and we
>> know we can do a lot better at this than we have done in the past.
>>
>> Some of the local and working group representatives at our summit have
>> seen Rufus and I present similar material, but it was very much presented
>> for an OKF audience, not for the wider audience we want to address.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Laura
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>>
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>> On 20 July 2013 13:06, Pieter Colpaert <pieter.colpaert at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Laura! These slides are perfect!
>>>
>>> tweeted them with OKFN Belgium:
>>> https://twitter.com/okfnbe/status/358558221859950592
>>>
>>> Can everyone present them? Is there a video of someone presenting them
>>> already? (might be a bit early ;) )
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Pieter
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> The Open Knowledge Foundation strategy is available at
>>>> http://okfn.org/about/strategy/
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> Laura
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Co-Director  | skype: laura.james  |  @LaurieJ<https://twitter.com/LaurieJ>
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>>>>
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>>>> On 16 July 2013 15:54, Abbas Mahmoud <abbasjnr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Laura,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for posting the minutes. However, I'm finding the minutes to be
>>>>> quite vague/generalistic and for someone who didn't attend the meeting,
>>>>> it's quite difficult to fully understand what was discussed at the meeting.
>>>>>
>>>>> For instance, I'm particularly interested in the *Strategy* agenda.
>>>>> What strategy is it that was approved? Are there any relevant links (to the
>>>>> actual strategic plan)?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Abbas.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The minutes of the May 2013 board meeting have been posted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://okfn.org/okfgovernance/meetings/2013-05-14/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Laura
>>>>>>
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