[okfn-help] PreOKCon CKAN Dev Workshop (Was: Workshops preceding OKCon)

Fri May 6 18:22:08 BST 2011

Ok, so David is just waiting to hear back on whether his costs can be
covered to do the workshop.

Apart from that, David - are you happy with the programme as it is and
ready to shoot as soon as we have confirmation?

Lucy

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
>>> Hi David,
>>>
>>> That's wonderful! I'm working on the abstract for the dev workshop
>>> now: http://ckan.okfnpad.org/dev-workshop-proposal - Could you give me
>>> a hand?
>>
>> Sure, I'll flesh it out.
>
> That's looking really good - would you say it was ready to go? If yes:
>
> @ Daniel can we start publicising Monday morning (not before the
> weekend as people will probably be in Friday mode today!)?
>>
>>>
>>> Are you also available on any of the proposed dates 28th / 29th?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, I'm flexible that week, so just let me know what you decide.
>
>
> We have now decided on the 28th for CKAN if that is OK with you?
>
> *Rubs hands together* - Exciting stuff.
>
> Lucy
>
>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 5:26 PM, David Read <david.read at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>> On 5 May 2011 17:19, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>>> Friedrich just made the proposal to have a dev workshop: 28th for OpenSpending and the 29th for CKAN
>>>>>
>>>>> We need to wait for Friedrich to confirm this - I originally suggested
>>>>> that OpenSpending was on 29th (to allow for a 2 day hackday on the
>>>>> Monday and Tuesday) and CKAN was the 28th - but nothing is set in
>>>>> stone yet, so it is open to your views!
>>>>>
>>>>>> I like the idea and would love to see this happening! Also I would need a short abstract for the dev workshop for publication asap.
>>>>>
>>>>> I sent an email to the dev-list yesterday, but have not had any
>>>>> response in people wanting to lead the workshop:
>>>>
>>>> I'd be happy to lead this workshop :-)
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> @Seb / James - can either of you think of someone we should approach
>>>>> personally about this? Once we have the workshop leader confirmed, we
>>>>> can finalise the abstract, I'm going to be drafting it here:
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://ckan.okfnpad.org/dev-workshop-proposal>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> @ Daniel - would there be a room for this (for the time-being the user
>>>>>>> focused workshop) at the conference (there may also be the need for
>>>>>>> another room if we decide to do the dev-one at the conference as well,
>>>>>>> but I will wait to hear back from the dev-list first)?
>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes that would be great! Please go ahead and submit a short proposal via http://okcon.org/2011/submit/
>>>>>
>>>>> @ Seb - would you be happy to lead the 'at conference' user-oriented
>>>>> one? I have created a pad and will start to draft a proposal, please
>>>>> feel free to join in, then we can submit it!:
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://ckan.okfnpad.org/user-workshop-proposal>
>>>>>
>>>>> @ Daniel - the submit link is giving me a 500 server error! Could we
>>>>> get this looked at?
>>>>>
>>>>> Lucy
>>>>>
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>>>>> Community Coordinator
>>>>> Open Knowledge Foundation
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>>
>
>
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> --
> Lucy Chambers
> Community Coordinator
> Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://okfn.org/
> Skype: lucyfediachambers
>

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Lucy Chambers
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Open Knowledge Foundation
http://okfn.org/
Skype: lucyfediachambers