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

Thu Jun 5 09:10:19 UTC 2014

Hey Mattias and Michelle, and others,

Mattias - excellent suggestion with webinars + local meetups. I very much
enjoy this.
This could perhaps also allow us to do common hackting/teaching days across
several locations.

Though this is more a hackathon than a teaching session, the Australians'
GovHack ( http://www.govhack.org/ ) runs in several ( six last year) cities
at the same time.

Nice nice.

As soon as I get some time I'll put together a bit of a nice etherpad where
we can scheme a bit more.

Thanks again and all the best,

miska

On 5 June 2014 00:28, Mattias OKFNSE <mattias at okfn.se> wrote:

>  Hi Michelle, good to see you subscribing to the list!
>
> I attended an Aarhus Data Drink a couple of months ago and can agree with
> that it's a great initiative. You might remember me asking about the events
> photos to be licensed with Creative Commons to promote openness! ;)
>
> I am really glad that you wish to make the Nordic School of Data happen.
> I'm at large supporting the idea in general, especially in running local
> webinars in the different countries physically and virtually at the same
> time if this is possible to arrange. I would gladly like to help out with
> that in Aarhus if that is something you see as an opportunity you could
> extend to this collaboration.
>
> Best,
> Mattias
> OKFNSE
>
>
> On 06/04/2014 02:40 PM, miska knapek wrote:
>
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  --
>>>>> miska michael knapek - your local illusionist (designer)
>>>>> mob. +358-50-320-2616
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  --
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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
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> http://twitter.com/miskaknapek
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> images: http://flickr.com/miska_too/sets
> code/github: https://github.com/miskaknapek
>
>
>

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