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

Tue Jul 23 08:10:49 UTC 2013

Everton,

Yes, I agree. How about we open up a public page (wiki? Google Doc?) where
we can put up all these ideas in a central place, which is much easier to
track compared to a mailing list?

--Abbas.

On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Marc Joffe <marc at publicsectorcredit.org>wrote:

> First, I think it is great that OKFn is soliciting community feedback on
> the strategy slides.
>
> I agree with Abbas and others that the slides would be better if they
> provided more specifics. While a strategy can't be expected to include fine
> details, it would be nice to see a list of key initiatives with 1-2
> sentence descriptions.
>
> I would also like to share a thought about what those initiatives to be.
>  It seems that OKFn is in the "business" of encouraging people to create
> public goods - databases and web sites that can be consumed for free
> without restriction. Because there is no direct profit to be derived from
> them, it is hard for non-governmental organizations to deliver them
> sustainably and with quality. OKFn can help its community by sharply
> reducing the difficulty and cost of delivering open data solutions.
>
> Given limited resources, I suggest OKFn select a small number of target
> areas. Within each area, OKFn should develop open source software, funding
> sources and leaders who can stand up sustainable operations.  It would be
> great if we could have 2-3 new Wikipedia-like organizations maintaining
> quality, complete data sets over the long term.
>
> I want to stress the importance of quality, completeness and sustainabilty
> (or consistency).  If we can't create knowledge resources that the public
> can rely on, they won't gain traction.  A lot of volunteer efforts I have
> seen are well intentioned, but too often they result in incomplete,
> orphaned solutions that don't create real social value.
>
> Regards,
> Marc Joffe
> Public Sector Credit Solutions
> http://www.publicsectorcredit.**org <http://www.publicsectorcredit.org>
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> On July 21, 2013 11:01:17 AM Everton Zanella Alvarenga <
> everton.alvarenga at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Abbas,
>>
>> I agree with you the presentation about the strategy should be
>> improved. And I think we should help OKF to do that. We can give
>> examples of other communities we worked with, mainly those aligned
>> with OKF vision. Kenya has a lot to teach, for instance, from its
>> experience with the Wikimedia local group.
>>
>> I'll try to help later. I need to think.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> 2013/7/21 Abbas Mahmoud <abbasjnr at gmail.com>:
>> > 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.
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
>> OKF Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre
>> http://br.okfn.org
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