[Okfn-no] open knowledge nordics update, and call : wedensday 2014.06.04

[Christian Villum]

Thanks for organizing Miska! Have now signed up. Will likely be on a train
again, but not sure yet :)

-Christian

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On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 3:03 PM, miska knapek <contactmiska at knapek.org>wrote:

>  Dear Nordic OKF bunch,
>
> I hope you can join again for the next call, so we can coordinate.
> The next call is on Wednesday 4th June, 10:00 Central European Time.
>
> I'll still try looking into alternative and open communications solutions,
> But if nothing else it's Skype again.
> Please feel free to note your contact details in the pad, and any
> suggestions of what to talk about:
> http://pad.okfn.org/p/okfn_nordics_hangout_pad
>
>
> There's at least many things we could about, whether now or in Berlin.
> I've pasted in some of the things suggested already:
>
>
>
> Froide
>
> OKF Finland is working on getting an instance of the German+Austrian
> Freedom of Information Request portal software going. OKF Sweden is now
> working in collaboration with OKF Finland to get its own instance.
>
> It’s Django based and it’s been translated into Finnish, Swedish-Finnish
> and Swedish-Swedish by OKF Finland and OKF Sweden (mostly Mattias).
>
> Anyone else interested in getting a Froide installation going, is welcome
> to contact and collaborate with OKF Finland.
>
> http://stefanw.github.io/froide/
>
> https://fragdenstaat.de/
>
>
>
> Satellite event for the OK Festival?
>
> Alas, the submission for a Nordic OKF interested-folks meetup at the OKF
> Festival didn’t make it through. We should in any event meet up when we’re
> all in the same place. I’ll ask around to find out what good alternative
> venues might be.
>
> Let’s try coordinate and put together an agenda of what to talk about.
>
>
>
> Open government technologeis census
>
> Jaakko Korhonen from OKF Finland, who also works at the Finnish ministry
> of Justice, is trying to benchmark open government technologies, for
> consideration of inclusion in open government processes.  Feel free to
> contribute here:
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dNKLoYxTdHi1tWddBpDVWfhX29Hb3jnxdAKJbn_isC0/edit#heading=h.c29ildlz0g9g
>
>
>
> Open Knowledge Roadshow - Nordic edition.
>
> OKF Finland would like to do a Nordic repeat of the public educational
> effort that was the 2013 Open Knowledge Roadshow. *We need help finding
> places to visit and local initiatives. Please help ;)*
>
> * Background : *
>
> This year and last year OKF Finland has worked on an outreach programme
> regarding open nowledge/data, called the Open Knowledge Roadshow.
>
> The Roadshow travelled to six Finnish cities, spreading knowledge about
> Open Knowledge and supporting local initiatives.
>
> The Roadshow team included various Open Knowledge related initiatives,
> from outside OKF Finland, as well as from within.
>
> Alas, most the documentation is in Finnish, but, well, Googel tranlsate
> does a fair job of translating the related webpages:
>
>
> https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Ffi.okfn.org%2Froadshow%2F&edit-text=
>
>
>
> Places api
>
> OKF Finland ( mostly Jaakko Korhonen ) is setting up a geolocation lookup
> server. This will openly provide the ability to look up addresses from
> coordinates and get coordinates from addresses.
>
>
>
> D-cent
>
> Some of OKF Finland is involved in developing the EU D-Cent platform,
> http://dcentproject.eu/, providing a decentralised communication
> platforms for personal and app needs.
>
>
>
> Decisions api
>
> There’s work at OKF Finland - by way of Raimo Muurinen happening to try
> develop global standards for political decision-making processes. Feel free
> to get involved and mention local initiatives and ideas.
>
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> miska
>
>
>
>
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