[Okfn-fi] About names: OKFN vs. OK Finland/Suomi

Fri Jan 20 12:59:28 UTC 2012

Hi all,

Thanks for the clarification, Jussi - and Juha for changing things around -
but I should note that your changes don't necessarily have to be as drastic
as it may have sounded :)

To summarise: It's still totally fine to use OKFN-FI when necessary for
your interactions. However, for legal reasons we just have to say that
local meetups are organised by the "OKFN Finland Local Group" instead of
the "OKFN Finland Chapter".

I hope that makes more sense. It is still fine to use OKFN-FI in branding
now (Twitter, on Facebook, on the fi.okfn.org website) but we'll just call
it a "Local Group of the OKFN", not a Chapter.

That being said, I do hope that you will soon be a Chapter anyways, so that
these semantics won't matter!

:) Kat

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On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Henri Ahti <henri.ahti at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the info. Tried to change all related references. Hope there
> won't be need to take fi.thedatahub.org down ;-)
>
> 2012/1/19 Juha Huuskonen <juhuu at juhuu.nu>
>
>> thanks for the clarification! i was wondering about this myself…
>>
>> i just changed the name on the Facebook event page, will
>> change it on the ADC website as well.
>>
>> best,
>>
>> juha.
>>
>> On Jan 19, 2012, at 1:47 PM, Jussi Nissilä wrote:
>>
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I just talked today with Kat from OKFN about the use of the name "Open
>> Knowledge Foundation". As you might know, the Finnish open knowledge
>> community is not yet an official chapter of the OKFN (We are still in the
>> incubation phase and can apply for the official status later). Therefore we
>> should not use the name "Open Knowledge Foundation" (or the abbreviations
>> (OFK/OFKN) in events or any other communication documents in a sense that
>> would suggest that Open Knowledge Foundation is the official organiser.
>> >
>> > Instead, we should use "Open Knowledge Suomi/Finland" or something like
>> that. So I'm suggesting we leave out the "Foundation" until we are more
>> official.
>> >
>> > This is not a black and white issue, as our website and mailing lists
>> are under the OKFN domain. Also, of course we can use the OKFN name when we
>> collaborate with the OKFN in something. However, making some sort of
>> divition between what the informal community/network of all Finns
>> interested in open knowledge and the small but growing more official
>> OKNF-FI organisation does makes sense.
>> >
>> > As of yet, we haven't received any formal guidelines regarding this
>> issue, but this would clarify issues and also decrease risks of creating
>> any bad will. Kat (cc'd here) will hopefully tell us if there is or will be
>> any formal guidelines.
>> >
>> > Kind regards, Jussi
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jussi Nissilä
>> > Programme Director, Society
>> >
>> > The Finnish Institute | 35-36 Eagle Street | London WC1R 4AQ
>> > +44 (0) 20 7404 3309
>> >
>> > http://www.finnish-institute.org.uk
>>
>>
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