[okfn-discuss] [OKFN-Local-Coord] Welcome to the OKF's first Local Ambassadors!

Thu Mar 14 14:40:41 UTC 2013

Good input for sure, thank you. Hack-a-thon postcards (even virtual ones)
could be a neat thing to have. Easy to share, too.
I am looping in Beatrice, who is the OKF event coordinator.

-Christian

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On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Christian Villum <
> christian.villum at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> Not a bad idea, Peter - I'll note that down.
>> Maybe let's brainstorm on the content of such a kit? (everyone, feel free
>> to add your 2 cents)
>>
>
> So a lot can be done by collecting the material from a hackathon at the
> end. At the one 2 weeks ago Ross and Rufus went through the 5 parts of
> data-journalism (e.g. story, gathering material, hacking, visualisation,
> design  or something like that). Putting this down on a postcard would be
> great. Similar things like how to find an run a petcha-kucha.
>
> Chuff says It's a lot like running children's parties. Some people have a
> natural flair, but others like a checklist. And there is always a need for
> something for the child-who-wants-to-play-alone or is shy. Things like
> PyBossa are excellent ways of breaking the ice.
>
>
> P.
>
>
>> -Christian
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>> Christian Vilum | @villum <http://www.twitter.com/villum>
>> *Community manager, Open Government Data (OGD)*
>> *Community manager, Local Groups network (LG)*
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>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk>wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Mr. Puneet Kishor <punk.kish at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 27, 2013, at 8:31 AM, Kat Braybrooke <kat.braybrooke at okfn.org>
>>>> wrote:I want to add my welcome to the OKFN Ambassadors (and being the first
>>>> ones, they are pioneers as well). Our organization is strong because of the
>>>> community without which we are really of little consequence. So, Jack,
>>>> Feng, Biao, Prakash, Finnur and Ewan, I wish much stamina, energy and
>>>> inspiration to you in your work on the frontline of OKFN.
>>>>
>>>> And greetings from me. I've just been promoting the OKF and suggesting
>>> we should (help)  run hackathons. These era great ways of getting new
>>> people together. So I think giving ambassadors a hackathon support kit
>>> could be a useful approach if they wanted it.
>>>
>>> P.
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>>>>
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