[Okfn-no] thoughts on the Nordic Cooperation calls?

Wed Jun 4 12:03:25 UTC 2014

Hey Tryggvi,

Thanks for the note :)

Well, perhaps we should think about doodling our way to a more convenient
time for all of us.
Christian Villum tends to be on a train when we have our call :)

We'll look into this later. ... err... soon.

For now:

- There's another call, on Wednesday the 18th - at a time to be determined
- about figuring out how to start a Nordic School of Data:
I'll make more noise about that soon. But for now, if you're interesting in
attending, please put your details here:
http://pad.okfn.org/p/okfn_nordics_hangout_pad

- There are notes from the call today, in the pad, below the following line:
http://pad.okfn.org/p/okfn_nordics_hangout_pad
------------------------   *Notes from the meeting on the 2014.06.04 :
10:00 Central European Time   *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Thanks and all the best - looking forward to hearing you soon!

miska

On 4 June 2014 11:18, Tryggvi Björgvinsson <tryggvi.bjorgvinsson at okfn.org>
wrote:

> As you probably all notice I'm not joining (since I'm not there). I'm
> going to spend the time with my one day old daughter instead.
>
> I would still very much like to join future calls (thanks for organising
> Miska).
>
> Just a note. The timing will cause me to be a little late over the summer
> time because my other daughter's preschool starts at the same time.
> On 2014 6 4 07:49, "miska knapek" <contactmiska at knapek.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello again everyone,
>>
>> Many thanks for the feedback everyone.
>> I quite appreciate that you want to keep this going.
>>
>> So, the call is in a few minutes.
>> If you'd like to be part, we'll be using skype ( sorry about the closed
>> tech, evil firewalls owing... ) .
>> Contact me - 'mknapek' on skype and I'll join you to the group call.
>>
>> Thanks and all the best,
>>
>> miska
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2 June 2014 09:58, Broomfield, Heather <Heather.Broomfield at difi.no>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi all
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am also very positive to continuing our cooperation and thank you so
>>> much Miska for facilitiating this and pushing us. I am very sorry that I
>>> haven’t been able to join recently, but I seem to have spent the last weeks
>>> on a plane.  Things are better now and I’m looking forward to our talk on
>>> Wednesday.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Heather
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Fra:* Serdar Temiz [mailto:serdar at okfn.se]
>>> *Sendt:* 31. mai 2014 10:35
>>> *Til:* miska knapek; Christian Villum
>>> *Kopi:* 'Broomfield at webmail.crystone.net; Broomfield, Heather; Tryggvi
>>> BjöRgvinsson; 'serdar @ okfn . se'; Niels Erik Kaaber Rasmussen; Mattias;
>>> ØYstein ÅSnes; VeróNica Bluguermann; Okfn Dk; okfn-se at lists.okfn.org;
>>> 'okfn-no @ lists . okfn . org'; 'okfn-is @ lists . okfn . org'
>>> *Emne:* Re: thoughts on the Nordic Cooperation calls?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to thank Miska for his great commitment and and Christian
>>> for the reply.
>>>
>>> I am in to this cooperation and calls, and I think is is very good way
>>> to understand what is happening around and how we can cooperate. Sometimes
>>> one might not be available for skype call but next call that person can be
>>> and can follow discussion via meeting notes.
>>>
>>> I will be available for meetup this month if nothing urgent happens.
>>>
>>> We are already cooperating with Nordic Fi and we will be glad to
>>> cooperate to give Nordic Open Knowledge Awards all together. It is not
>>> launched yet but I have already registered domain http://okaward.org/
>>> as well as got confirmation that Wikimedia Sweden will be part of it to
>>> organize it.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Serdar Temiz - Open Knowledge Foundation Ambassador in Sweden
>>>
>>> *On Tue May 27 13:02 , Christian Villum sent:*
>>>
>>>  Hi Miska, hi all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm a big +1 on keeping this spark in the hay alive. While it may seem
>>> hard for all of us to squeeze in more "work" in our already crowded diaries
>>> (here too!), I do think there there is a lot to gain for all of our
>>> groupings by being in contact with each other. I even think that just
>>> having regular monthly or bi-monthly update-calls (without the need to
>>> start new projects together as the only purpose) would be really useful and
>>> give us all a sense of nordic unity (network-building, experience exchange,
>>> etc. - in other words, synergies!). If we can build such a basic network
>>> activity, then shared projects might grow from that later on in an organic
>>> fashion. First we build the foundation, later we (may) build the house.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Miska has been really great at getting this off the ground, but like all
>>> of us he's a volunteer and it should not fall on his shoulders alone to
>>> keep the fire burning :) In other words, to keep this basic nordic network
>>> afloat, it's up to us all to take a little share upon our shoulders and
>>> show some enthusiasm! In the nordics we have so much potential to work
>>> together and be connected, and it would be such a pity if we indirectly
>>> isolate ourselves by not chatting every now and then. It will not require a
>>> lot of work from each of us if we all chip in with a little effort (for
>>> instance by attending the update calls every month or every second month).
>>> That simple engagement will bring us a long way, I'm sure!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would love to hear from all countries/people in this thread about what
>>> you think and whether you are up for being part in taking this forward - or
>>> whether we should stop filling up your inbox :) (asking to be dropped from
>>> the thread is quite okay of course, frankness goes a long way).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> All the best from sunny Copenhagen,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Christian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Christian Villum
>>> International Community Manager
>>>
>>> skype: christianvillum  |  @villum <http://www.twitter.com/villum>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 11:14 AM, miska knapek <contactmiska at knapek.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Nordic bunch,
>>>
>>> Hope you’re all doing well.
>>>
>>> I regret that people were unavailable and that there was only three of
>>> us during the last Open Knowledge Nordics online meetup. I guess it’s a
>>> busy time of year for all of us.
>>>
>>> In any event, I think there is much to gain from keeping contact and
>>> collaborating. All projects start slow - but think there’s much good that
>>> can come out of this collaboration. I’m not saying this because I’m getting
>>> paid for this to succeed or that there’s some ego issue. I’m using my spare
>>> time to try help openness projects, and I think this one can have a lot of
>>> good in it.
>>>
>>> In the Nordic countries we’ve got a lot of similarities that can help us
>>> work together, and also different situations, which we can help to develop
>>> knowledge and practices for open practice.
>>> There's quite a number of projects coming up that we could collaborate
>>> on. Already now OKF Finland and Sweden are collaborating on the FOIa
>>> platform Froide (Iceland - teeempted yet?).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What do you guys think?
>>>
>>> Does it make sense to continue collaborating?
>>>
>>> What would you suggest that we do to improve the collaboration?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The next call should be on Wednesday the 4th June, 10:00 CET.
>>>
>>> Hope people will be there.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> yours,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> miska
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> mob. +358-50-320-2616
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>>
>>

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