[Okfn-dk] thoughts on the Nordic Cooperation calls?

Wed Jun 4 12:40:57 UTC 2014

Hello all,

Hey Michelle - thanks for the message!
Wow, great, Aarhus Data Drinks sounds great, as well as the Open Data
Aarhus initiative!

Thanks for the willingness to contribute - much appreciated!

( Ps. do put your contact details in the etherpad for our calls ( somewhere
around line 14 ) , so we can ping you when the time is right
http://pad.okfn.org/p/okfn_nordics_hangout_pad )

Regarding the Nordic School of Data - well, it's very much a first meeting
to figure out how to realise it ( ...and what to realise :) .
It's really great to have someone like you aboard - though maybe at this
point more in the planning rather than presenting phase of things.

I guess part of the plan is to ask the Nordic Council's various research
funding bits for help with this. So having a broad representation from the
Nordics, will be great.
(Ping iceland ;p )

thanks again and all the best,

miska

On 4 June 2014 15:27, Michelle Bak Mikkelsen <mbm at aarhus.dk> wrote:

>  Hi all,
>
> First of all, I might come with a small introduction. My name is Michelle,
> and I have been signed up for this OKFN maillist for some time, but I
> haven't participated that much yet. Some of you might have heard about me
> or met me, but I don't think all of you had.
>
> I'm founder of Aarhus Data Drinks (
> https://www.facebook.com/AarhusDataDrinks?fref=ts) (<--- please do not
> comment on the fact that we communicate via FB.. ;-) I know, I know...),
> and now I'm also currently working as project manager for Open Data Aarhus
> (ODAA) - Aarhus' Open Data portal (www.odaa.dk). I'm located within the
> municipality.
>
> Then next: Congratulations Tryggvi! :)
>
> And third - Miska, I would like to hear more about the Nordic School of
> Data. If you are interested, I would like to help out to the extend that I
> can. I would like to help with giving presentations and talks on Open Data
> - both the more idealistic and general ones, but also from a municipality's
> point of view (it's harder opening data from the municipalites, than one
> should think!)
>
> Are you going to skype on the 18th. of June? I'm at a conference there,
> but I might be able to find a quiet room with stable wifi connection.
>
> Kind regards,
> Michelle
>  ------------------------------
> *Fra:* okfn-dk [okfn-dk-bounces at lists.okfn.org] på vegne af Christian
> Villum [christian.villum at okfn.org]
> *Sendt:* 4. juni 2014 14:11
> *Til:* miska knapek
> *Cc:* 'Broomfield at webmail.crystone.net; Tryggvi Björgvinsson; Okfn Dk;
> Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen; Mattias; ØYstein ÅSnes; VeróNica Bluguermann;
> okfn-se at lists.okfn.org; okfn-no @ lists . okfn . org; Broomfield,
> Heather; okfn-is @ lists . okfn . org; serdar at okfn.se
> *Emne:* Re: [Okfn-dk] thoughts on the Nordic Cooperation calls?
>
>   Congrats Tryggvi!
>
>  And thanks for the info and notes, Miska. Was a great call today, really
> interesting to hear about all the different projects and also see a couple
> of new faces. Thanks all!
>
>  -Christian
>
>  --
>
> Christian Villum
> International Community Manager
>
> skype: christianvillum  |  @villum <http://www.twitter.com/villum>
> Open Knowledge <http://okfn.org/>
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>
>
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:03 PM, miska knapek <contactmiska at knapek.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey Tryggvi,
>>
>>  Thanks for the note :)
>>
>> Well, perhaps we should think about doodling our way to a more convenient
>> time for all of us.
>> Christian Villum tends to be on a train when we have our call :)
>>
>>  We'll look into this later. ... err... soon.
>>
>>
>>
>>  For now:
>>
>>  - There's another call, on Wednesday the 18th - at a time to be
>> determined - about figuring out how to start a Nordic School of Data:
>> I'll make more noise about that soon. But for now, if you're interesting
>> in attending, please put your details here:
>> http://pad.okfn.org/p/okfn_nordics_hangout_pad
>>
>>
>>  - There are notes from the call today, in the pad, below the following
>> line:
>> http://pad.okfn.org/p/okfn_nordics_hangout_pad
>>  ------------------------   *Notes from the meeting on the 2014.06.04
>> <2014.06.04> : 10:00 Central European Time   *- - - - - - - - - - - - -
>> - - - -
>>
>>
>>  Thanks and all the best - looking forward to hearing you soon!
>>
>>  miska
>>
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>> On 4 June 2014 11:18, Tryggvi Björgvinsson <tryggvi.bjorgvinsson at okfn.org
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> As you probably all notice I'm not joining (since I'm not there). I'm
>>> going to spend the time with my one day old daughter instead.
>>>
>>> I would still very much like to join future calls (thanks for organising
>>> Miska).
>>>
>>> Just a note. The timing will cause me to be a little late over the
>>> summer time because my other daughter's preschool starts at the same time.
>>>  On 2014 6 4 07:49, "miska knapek" <contactmiska at knapek.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello again everyone,
>>>>
>>>>  Many thanks for the feedback everyone.
>>>> I quite appreciate that you want to keep this going.
>>>>
>>>>  So, the call is in a few minutes.
>>>> If you'd like to be part, we'll be using skype ( sorry about the closed
>>>> tech, evil firewalls owing... ) .
>>>> Contact me - 'mknapek' on skype and I'll join you to the group call.
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks and all the best,
>>>>
>>>>  miska
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2 June 2014 09:58, Broomfield, Heather <Heather.Broomfield at difi.no>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hi all
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am also very positive to continuing our cooperation and thank you so
>>>>> much Miska for facilitiating this and pushing us. I am very sorry that I
>>>>> haven’t been able to join recently, but I seem to have spent the last weeks
>>>>> on a plane.  Things are better now and I’m looking forward to our talk on
>>>>> Wednesday.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Heather
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Fra:* Serdar Temiz [mailto:serdar at okfn.se]
>>>>> *Sendt:* 31. mai 2014 10:35
>>>>> *Til:* miska knapek; Christian Villum
>>>>> *Kopi:* 'Broomfield at webmail.crystone.net; Broomfield, Heather;
>>>>> Tryggvi BjöRgvinsson; 'serdar @ okfn . se'; Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen;
>>>>> Mattias; ØYstein ÅSnes; VeróNica Bluguermann; Okfn Dk;
>>>>> okfn-se at lists.okfn.org; 'okfn-no @ lists . okfn . org'; 'okfn-is @
>>>>> lists . okfn . org'
>>>>> *Emne:* Re: thoughts on the Nordic Cooperation calls?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to thank Miska for his great commitment and and Christian
>>>>> for the reply.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am in to this cooperation and calls, and I think is is very good way
>>>>> to understand what is happening around and how we can cooperate. Sometimes
>>>>> one might not be available for skype call but next call that person can be
>>>>> and can follow discussion via meeting notes.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will be available for meetup this month if nothing urgent happens.
>>>>>
>>>>> We are already cooperating with Nordic Fi and we will be glad to
>>>>> cooperate to give Nordic Open Knowledge Awards all together. It is not
>>>>> launched yet but I have already registered domain http://okaward.org/
>>>>> as well as got confirmation that Wikimedia Sweden will be part of it to
>>>>> organize it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Serdar Temiz - Open Knowledge Foundation Ambassador in Sweden
>>>>>
>>>>> *On Tue May 27 13:02 , Christian Villum sent:*
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hi Miska, hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm a big +1 on keeping this spark in the hay alive. While it may seem
>>>>> hard for all of us to squeeze in more "work" in our already crowded diaries
>>>>> (here too!), I do think there there is a lot to gain for all of our
>>>>> groupings by being in contact with each other. I even think that just
>>>>> having regular monthly or bi-monthly update-calls (without the need to
>>>>> start new projects together as the only purpose) would be really useful and
>>>>> give us all a sense of nordic unity (network-building, experience exchange,
>>>>> etc. - in other words, synergies!). If we can build such a basic network
>>>>> activity, then shared projects might grow from that later on in an organic
>>>>> fashion. First we build the foundation, later we (may) build the house.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Miska has been really great at getting this off the ground, but like
>>>>> all of us he's a volunteer and it should not fall on his shoulders alone to
>>>>> keep the fire burning :) In other words, to keep this basic nordic network
>>>>> afloat, it's up to us all to take a little share upon our shoulders and
>>>>> show some enthusiasm! In the nordics we have so much potential to work
>>>>> together and be connected, and it would be such a pity if we indirectly
>>>>> isolate ourselves by not chatting every now and then. It will not require a
>>>>> lot of work from each of us if we all chip in with a little effort (for
>>>>> instance by attending the update calls every month or every second month).
>>>>> That simple engagement will bring us a long way, I'm sure!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I would love to hear from all countries/people in this thread about
>>>>> what you think and whether you are up for being part in taking this forward
>>>>> - or whether we should stop filling up your inbox :) (asking to be dropped
>>>>> from the thread is quite okay of course, frankness goes a long way).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> All the best from sunny Copenhagen,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -Christian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Christian Villum
>>>>> International Community Manager
>>>>>
>>>>> skype: christianvillum  |  @villum <http://www.twitter.com/villum>
>>>>> Open Knowledge <http://okfn.org/>* - See how data can change the
>>>>> world*
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 11:14 AM, miska knapek <
>>>>> contactmiska at knapek.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Nordic bunch,
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope you’re all doing well.
>>>>>
>>>>> I regret that people were unavailable and that there was only three of
>>>>> us during the last Open Knowledge Nordics online meetup. I guess it’s a
>>>>> busy time of year for all of us.
>>>>>
>>>>> In any event, I think there is much to gain from keeping contact and
>>>>> collaborating. All projects start slow - but think there’s much good that
>>>>> can come out of this collaboration. I’m not saying this because I’m getting
>>>>> paid for this to succeed or that there’s some ego issue. I’m using my spare
>>>>> time to try help openness projects, and I think this one can have a lot of
>>>>> good in it.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the Nordic countries we’ve got a lot of similarities that can help
>>>>> us work together, and also different situations, which we can help to
>>>>> develop knowledge and practices for open practice.
>>>>> There's quite a number of projects coming up that we could collaborate
>>>>> on. Already now OKF Finland and Sweden are collaborating on the FOIa
>>>>> platform Froide (Iceland - teeempted yet?).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you guys think?
>>>>>
>>>>> Does it make sense to continue collaborating?
>>>>>
>>>>> What would you suggest that we do to improve the collaboration?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The next call should be on Wednesday the 4th June, 10:00 CET.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope people will be there.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> yours,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> miska
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  --
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>>>> mob. +358-50-320-2616
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>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>  --
>> miska michael knapek - your local illusionist (designer)
>> mob. +358-50-320-2616
>> web: http://knapek.org
>> http://twitter.com/miskaknapek
>> animations: http://vimeo.com/miska
>> images: http://flickr.com/miska_too/sets
>> code/github: https://github.com/miskaknapek
>>
>>
>

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