[Okfn-irl] Fwd: New DGroups Mailing List, Discussion Forum, Library & Calendar

Sun Feb 2 11:40:41 UTC 2014

Hi everyone,

as discussed at our 1st meeting last Thursday here is the link to
DGroups<https://dgroups.org/hivos/ogp/ogpirl>which we can use for our
interaction while working on the OGP Action Plan.
For it to work everyone engaged in the conversation would need to sign up
to it. - It is much easier to navigate than Google Groups!

Also I have set up a collaborative set of working
documents<https://ogpirl.hackpad.com/>for us on the Hackpad
platform <https://ogpirl.hackpad.com/> (links to it also already in the Dgroups
Library<https://dgroups.org/sharehlgkv0h2x4y6a38krnzlfp6rn8xql3spcb7/hivos/ogp/ogpirl/library>).
It's another thing to sign up to but it is great for working together on
the same documents where emailing back and forth may not be a great
solution. You can sign up via google or can sign in to Hackpad to
participate.

I am trying to reach as many people as possible via these Google and OKFN
mailing lists, please let me know if I am missing anyone.

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*Quick Intro to DGroups <https://dgroups.org/hivos/ogp/ogpirl>*

   - On the website "OGP irl" is a sub-community to the OGP Civil Society
   Group (good for connections and seeing what's going on elsewhere)

   - DGroups offers
   - *Calendar* - anybody can log on and see upcoming dates!
      - *Library
      <https://dgroups.org/sharehlgkv0h2x4y6a38krnzlfp6rn8xql3spcb7/hivos/ogp/ogpirl/library>*
- we can have all documentation and collaborative work in one place!
      - *Discussion Forum* - speaks for itself

   - You can *set preferences* for receiving updates by email: My Account >
   Preferences > Email Frequency: Immediate, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, None
   - To contribute to a discussion via email, respond to the notification
   email you have received. Please note that your reply will be distributed to
   all group members.
   - To create a new discussion via email send an email with subject to
   ogpirl at dgroups.org
   - It only takes a minute or so to sign up :-).

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*Thursday's Meeting*

It was good to get things kicked-off and have people come together!

It would be great if people could share their minutes here to keep the rest
of the community up to date:
 https://ogpirl.hackpad.com/Irish-OGP-Action-Plan-Meeting-Minutes-6qJ0xf78ZVX<https://ogpirl.hackpad.com/Irish-OGP-Action-Plan-Meeting-Minutes-6qJ0xf78ZVX>-
this document is now also linked via DGroup
Library.<https://dgroups.org/sharehlgkv0h2x4y6a38krnzlfp6rn8xql3spcb7/hivos/ogp/ogpirl/library>

>From my point of view the immediate agenda for us now looks like this:

   - *By Monday/Tuesday:* Finalize a list of names of people who a) want to
   attend some or all of the meetings with DPER + leading role in sharing &
   collaborating with civil society and b) want to be part of a regular wider
   group. Please email suggestions of people we can contact or ask
them toadd names
here.<https://ogpirl.hackpad.com/Please-add-name-position-affiliation-phone-number-and-email-addresses-of-people-we-should-ask-to-participate-OmDDxrivFkj>

   - *By Wednesday:* Outline our negotiation strategy for Thursday's
meeting<https://ogpirl.hackpad.com/CSO-Strategy-for-DPER-meeting-622014-11.30am-xjkSJ4shQeM>.
   Questions we want to ask and points we want to bring across. It would be
   great if everyone can just add what they want to ask/make sure of either as
   part of this discussion or add to the relevant working document.

   - Create a solid communication plan. I will try and post a suggestion
   later.

   - Create a job description for the note taker? Shall we do
   collaboratively?

What does everyone think?

Enjoy your Sundays -

Flora
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