[okfn-discuss] Joining OKF - Heather Leson

Thu Sep 26 11:37:05 UTC 2013

Welcome, Heather! Wishing you all the best at the OKF!

Meg

On 26 September 2013 10:38, Heather Leson <heather.leson at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi all, thank you so much for the warm welcome. Lane, thanks for the
> thoughts on community, outreach and communications. The local community
> team have been building plans to meet those needs. I certainly look forward
> to contributing.
>
> One thing I do know about wikipedia pages is that it is always better to
> co-create them following the lead of community members. Perhaps you are
> just the person to help on that?  We are nearing our 10 year mark and,
> indeed, you are spot on that now is the time to get our history documented.
>
>
> As I am very new, please know that I will sync with Zara, Christian, Neal
> and the Team. This is something that could be a great community adventure
> too.
>
> Heather
>
>
> On 24 September 2013 14:54, Lane Rasberry <lane at bluerasberry.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Heather,
>>
>> I know you are getting settled in but I would like to have a chat with
>> you sometime. I also am a community organizer and my own job would be
>> easier if OKF supported its own community in a way relevant to me. In short
>> - I would like for an OKF history to be compiled and I would like to work
>> with others to integrated that into Wikipedia.
>>
>> Right now OKF has a sub-par Wikipedia article. I often have to explain
>> concepts related to "open knowledge" to various people and I think that the
>> place of the OKF should be in acting as stewards of cultural standards in
>> the open movement. When I am explaining concepts like "open science" and
>> "open access", I would like to be able to cite an authoritative
>> organization which can be a proponent of the philosophy on which demands
>> for openness can be made. OKF should be that authoritative organization,
>> but right now if someone searches online for information about OKF it is my
>> opinion that a thoughtful person would not find a history and explanation
>> of the organization's scope that would make them sure that OKF was that
>> authority. I say this because I am not aware of any organization which is
>> positioned for or which desires to even have that authority, and even if
>> OKF does not want the authority I feel that it should take the
>> responsibility anyway.
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Knowledge_Foundation>
>>
>> I do not know the entire media strategy for getting recognition, but
>> considering OKF's digital base and community outreach strategy, promoting
>> the development of its Wikipedia article would not be an unreasonable
>> compliment to whatever else is done because whatever the Wikipedia article
>> says other journalists will repeat and people who do genera search engine
>> queries about the organization are likely to find the Wikipedia article as
>> well.
>>
>> No one should promote bias into a Wikipedia article and organizations
>> should not write about themselves, but in the long term and with
>> maintenance, I would like for there to be increased communication between
>> the OKF community and the Wikipedia community such that major projects of
>> the OKF are noted on Wikipedia and general information about broad issues
>> which flows through the OKF community also finds its way in general
>> interest Wikipedia articles, which again for example could be the articles
>> on "open access" and "open science".
>>
>> Congratulations on your position as community manager. As a member of
>> your community a look forward to being managed by you.
>>
>> yours,
>>
>>
>>  On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Nurunnaby Chowdhury <nh at nhasive.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Congrtz & Welcome Heather..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Nurunnaby Chowdhury
>>> Ambassador, OKFN Bangladesh
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Billy Meinke <
>>> billy.meinke at creativecommons.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Welcome, Heather.  I make a point of dropping a line to most of the OKF
>>>> Community Managers as the org has been building.  I'm Billy<http://creativecommons.org/staff#billymeinke>,
>>>> and I work on Education at Creative Commons.  Nice to meet you, hope to run
>>>> into you at some point!
>>>>
>>>> Billy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:27 AM, Heather Leson <heather.leson at okfn.org>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> HI everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> OKCON was a blast and an awesome way to begin my journey as an
>>>>> OKF-Staffer. Fortunately, I met a number of you in person. For those I did
>>>>> not meet, we'll just have to connect online and in person.
>>>>>
>>>>> By way of introduction, I've joined the Network Team as a Community
>>>>> Manager.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the past years, I've volunteered on building community in Toronto's
>>>>> arts and tech scene (Scream in High Park, Podcamp, Toronto Girl Geek
>>>>> Dinners) as well as Mozilla, RHOK, CrisisCommons, Crisismappers, Ushahidi
>>>>> and the Standby Task Force. My previous role was the Director of
>>>>> Community at Ushahidi<http://blog.ushahidi.com/2013/09/05/thank-you-this-community-rocks/>.
>>>>> I'm passionate about global storytelling, citizen voices, excellent
>>>>> software, collaboration, localization and open everything. My background is
>>>>> in libraries and the OSI stack (Network, Application). I believe we can
>>>>> create a better world if we all lend a digital hand. This means that our
>>>>> job is to build open with packets (small and large asks) helping people
>>>>> make meaningful contributions.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't wait to meet you, share and learn how to build with you at OKF.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *How to Reach me:*
>>>>> Email : heather.leson at okfn.org
>>>>> Twitter <https://twitter.com/heatherleson>
>>>>> Personal blog <http://textontechs.com/>
>>>>> IRC  #OKF (heatherleson) | Skype heatherleson
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Onward,
>>>>>
>>>>> Heather
>>>>>
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>>
>> --
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