[OKFN-FR] Newsletter December 2012

Mon Dec 10 13:26:58 UTC 2012

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*Samuel Goëta* // +33646746441 // @samgoeta
Blog : http://coulisses-opendata.com

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Samuel Goëta <samgoeta at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bonjour,
>
> on parle de nous dans la newsletter de l'OKFN.
>
> C'est une bonne introduction au travail de la fondation, je vous invite à
> la lire avant mercredi.
>
> A mercredi soir à la Cantine !
>
> Samuel
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> *Samuel Goëta* // +33646746441 // @samgoeta
> Blog : http://coulisses-opendata.com
>
>
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> From: Open Knowledge Foundation <info at okfn.org>
> Date: Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:21 PM
> Subject: Newsletter December 2012
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>        Newsletter September - December 2012
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>        Become a Supporter!
>  Hi Well here in the northern hemisphere the days are drawing in and
> winter is upon us. Autumn’s been ace though, and as busy as ever! OKFest
> went better than we could have imagined, and we got so excited that we
> started planning next year’s event in Geneva before we’d even left
> Helsinki! We’ve also been over in Tanzania, Ghana, and South Africa helping
> out at the Data Bootcamps, as well as welcoming two fab new members to the
> Network - Open Knowledge Foundation France and the Open Sustainability
> Working Group - and developing some new open-source tools<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=67a46d0aba&e=87a109ab89>.
> Phew!
>
> But of course all this is only possible thanks to the fantastic community
> that we’re part of. As you know, the Open Knowledge Foundation is a
> not-for-profit organisation, and we believe that the knowledge we’re
> opening should be available freely for all to use.
>
> *We need your support to make this happen*. *We would like you to
> consider becoming an **Open Knowledge Foundation Supporter<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=4b9435ec00&e=87a109ab89> and
> either make a one-off donation or give a regular monthly contribution to
> support our growing network.*
>
>  These funds will help us organise events, establish new local groups and
> working groups, maintain websites and respond to new challenges such as Hans
> Rosling’s recent plea for greater transparency around CO2 data<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=ab77489ece&e=87a109ab89>
> .
>
>  As a token of our appreciation, we are offering beautiful sets of Public
> Domain Review<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=5bb467eedc&e=87a109ab89>postcards for those who sign
> up<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=f7e3111452&e=87a109ab89>before Christmas (full details at
> okfn.org/support<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=a41b1bdd74&e=87a109ab89>
> ).
>
>  We hope you consider supporting our activities at this important time.
>    OKFest 2012
>
> Wow. What a week<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=f5fdfc6ab8&e=87a109ab89>.
> With over 1000 of you making the journey to Helsinki from over 50 different
> countries, 12,000 viewers on the online video streams, and 214,000 shares
> of our OKFestival Slideshare presentation, OKFestival 2012 was truly a
> remarkable moment in the history of the movement. If you haven’t seen them
> yet, you should check out the keynotes such as the fantastic one given by Hans
> Rosling<http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=4a5285e15e&e=87a109ab89>,
> plus you’re welcome to browse the video archives<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=42de1c6657&e=87a109ab89>
> .
> It was the first ever event to address open knowledge on such a scale, and
> its resounding success has assured us that we simply have to do it again. A
> Finnish open knowledge organisation, Open Knowledge Foundation Finland,
> will be founded to build on the OKFest buzz there, and next year’s event
> will take place in Geneva, in partnership with Swiss organisers. The year
> 2014 is up for grabs, so do get in touch <info at okfn.org> if you reckon
> you know where it should be!
>
>
>    (Some of) What We’ve Been Up To
>
> A warm welcome to our *two newest members*! The brand new local group for
> France<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=1cf141667a&e=87a109ab89>have already been attracting
> attention<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=0404371516&e=87a109ab89>,
> and our new Open Sustainability Working Group<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=95d38b0d69&e=87a109ab89>has already notched up over 100 members. It's ace to see fresh ideas being
> carried forward. Get involved!
>
> We were really pleased to be able to support and contribute to the *Data
> Bootcamps* which took place last month<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=fb3fa5ba79&e=87a109ab89>month in Tanzania, South Africa and Ghana. The Bootcamps aim to provide
> hands-on training for citizens and journalists in countries with open
> government policies, so that the data released can actually be useful.
>
> The *OpenSpending team* have brought us another great development, in the
> shape of a reporting tool<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=5b3c4548fd&e=87a109ab89>to help journalists and analysts to pick the freshest and best departmental
> spending data to work with when exploring the UK central government
> expenditure. Meanwhile our German Chapter, *Open Knowledge Foundation
> Deutschland*, launched its new tool, Stadt Land <Code><http://okfn.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=9328448910&e=87a109ab89>,
> an incubator to create digital tools for Citizens.  Check out this video<http://okfn.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=06021a8e03&e=87a109ab89>of Julia Kloiber discussing the project.
>
> And the ever-busy *Open Economics Working Group* held a Data Party in
> Berlin, where they began work on creating a Failed Bank Tracker<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=36bcfbc70c&e=87a109ab89>.
> The US is currently the only place that keeps a record of its failed banks
> - something the Open Economics folk are planning to change.
>    (A bit of) What You’ve Been Up To
>
> Europeana, of which we are a partner, announced a really exciting data
> release<http://okfn.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=8ead7660ca&e=87a109ab89>:
> the metadata for over 20 million cultural heritage from its repository has
> been opened. It’s the biggest ever one-time dedication of cultural data to
> the public domain, and as such marks a major step forward towards a
> Cultural Commons.
>
> We’re always very pleased to see our work being put to use by others, so
> it was ace to hear from the Fenyman's Flowers project<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=0d57fca3a3&e=87a109ab89>at UCL and the ForestWatchers.net
> project,<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=c9bd75f1d5&e=87a109ab89>who have each been using
> Pybossa<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=d35301e8e9&e=87a109ab89>to different ends: to unlock the secrets of magnetism, and to monitor the
> destruction of our rainforests.
>
> It was super interesting to hear about some fascinating developments in
> the medical sphere, where questions around the efficacy of the leading
> anti-flu drugs is driving demands for open data from all clinical trials<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=cc95b48633&e=87a109ab89>
> .
>
> And a couple of cool developments in open government data, with new
> features for Parltrack<http://okfn.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=b2a486d0aa&e=87a109ab89>making it possible to track and monitor the EU amendment process, and some
> super-scraping making Congress data back to 1973 available to all.<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=89d3031c30&e=87a109ab89>
>    Ideas and Musings
>
> In case you missed it, here’s some of the stuff we’ve been thinking about
> recently:
>
> *Rufus Pollock* called on Creative Commons to drop their No Derivatives
> and Non-Commercial licenses<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=4e6c1b6540&e=87a109ab89>,
> which he argued “prevent CC licensed works forming a unified open digital
> commons that everyone is free to use, reuse and redistribute”
>
> *Guillermo Moncecchi*, from the Montevideo city administration, described
> his vision of a public digital infrastructure<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=fa09ba1941&e=87a109ab89>,
> and explained why governments have just as great a responsibility to its
> maintenance as they do to fixing your street.
>
> *Francis Irving*, CEO of ScraperWiki<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=c042eded73&e=87a109ab89>commended the
> work of legislation.gov.uk<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=4bc991a7f1&e=87a109ab89>,
> which he argued is the world’s first real commercial open data curation
> project, and ought to be imitated far and wide.
>
> And Open Access Week, from October 22 to 28, produced a flurry of
> challenging articles from around the Open Knowledge Foundation, including
> *Martin Weller's* piece, “The Great Open Access Swindle”<http://okfn.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=ac50d8f6f8&e=87a109ab89>,
> and *Peter Murray-Rust *who questioned the openness of the Open Access
> movement<http://okfn.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a3f1f88a62b23f51641693977&id=0a0b174db3&e=87a109ab89>
> .
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