[okfn-discuss] Minutes of July Open Knowledge Foundation board meeting

[Gene Shackman]

Got it. The funders want to know if their money is "well spent". Can i ask what indicators they want to use? Do you (okfn) have input into the evaluation design, questions, measures? Sorry i'm coming late into this.

Thanks

Gene
Evaluation resources
Http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods




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On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 11:36 PM PDT Laura James wrote:

>Hi Gene,
>
>Some of our current funders (grant making foundations) wish to undertake a
>significant piece of due diligence on the Open Knowledge Foundation. This
>will, if it goes well, reassure them that further and potentially much
>larger grants could be given to us.  This due diligence will take the form
>of an independent evaluation organised by the funder(s).
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>Laura
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>On 13 September 2013 01:29, Gene Shackman <eval_gene at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> What's this evaluation proposal about? Evaluating what?
>>
>> Gene
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>>
>> Gene Shackman, Ph.D.
>> The Global Social Change Research Project
>> http://gsociology.icaap.org
>> Free Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
>> http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods
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>> Applied Sociologist
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>>  *From:* Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org>
>> *To:* Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list <
>> okfn-discuss at lists.okfn.org>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 12, 2013 2:04 PM
>> *Subject:* [okfn-discuss] Minutes of July Open Knowledge Foundation board
>> meeting
>>
>> The minutes of the July 2013 board meeting are now posted online:
>> http://okfn.org/governance/meetings/2013-07-09/
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Laura
>>
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>> *