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

Fri May 6 18:39:00 UTC 2011

On 6 May 2011 18:22, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org> wrote:
> 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?

Yes. Cheers,
David

>
> 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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>>>>>> Lucy Chambers
>>>>>> Community Coordinator
>>>>>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>>>>>> http://okfn.org/
>>>>>> Skype: lucyfediachambers
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>>>> Lucy Chambers
>>>> Community Coordinator
>>>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>>>> http://okfn.org/
>>>> Skype: lucyfediachambers
>>>>
>>>
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>> --
>> Lucy Chambers
>> Community Coordinator
>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://okfn.org/
>> Skype: lucyfediachambers
>>
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> --
> Lucy Chambers
> Community Coordinator
> Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://okfn.org/
> Skype: lucyfediachambers
>