[Okfn-se] thoughts on the Nordic Cooperation calls?

Wed Jun 4 08:18:34 UTC 2014

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
>
>
>
>
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> 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?
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>> Dear All,
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>>
>>
>> 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
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>> --
>>
>> Christian Villum
>> International Community Manager
>>
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>> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 11:14 AM, miska knapek <contactmiska at knapek.org>
>> wrote:
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>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
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>> The next call should be on Wednesday the 4th June, 10:00 CET.
>>
>> Hope people will be there.
>>
>>
>>
>> yours,
>>
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>> miska
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