[Open-access] APAC (Bi)Monthly Open Science Calls

Thu May 7 07:07:09 UTC 2015

Just under one hour to go until the Asia-Pacific timezone Open Science at OKFN
call (08:00  UTC, or 4pm here in Hong Kong). Potential attendees please put
your skype details in the hackpad, or send me a contact request
(s.c.edmunds):

https://pad.okfn.org/p/sciencewg-apac-May2015

Please add discussion points to the pad, or even just follow along even if
you can't join on skype.

For more see also the facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1648780738676993/

Hopefully talk to some of you soon.

Cheers,

Scott
ODHK/GigaScience

On 30 April 2015 at 12:04, S.C. Edmunds <scott at gigasciencejournal.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Us Asia-Pacific time zone Open Science folks are planning another of our
> (roughly bimonthly) calls
> <http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Science/APACMonthlyCalls> on 7th May at 8am
> UTC (4pm here in Hong Kong). We'll hopefully cover any news on local OA and
> open science initiatives, and promote plans for any future workshops and
> meetings out East (and beyond). Please sign up and add your agenda points
> on the hackpad here:
>
> https://pad.okfn.org/p/sciencewg-apac-May2015
>
> Cheers,
>
> Scott
>
> On 21 January 2015 at 23:32, S.C. Edmunds <scott at gigasciencejournal.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks to all those who attended the second APAC Open Science call today,
>> and apologies to the few people that didn't manage to connect on skype. We
>> are still struggling to find a solution that works for everyone, so any
>> ideas on that please let us know.
>>
>> The hackpad should now have tidied and up-to-date notes, so feel free to
>> check them out:
>>
>> https://pad.okfn.org/p/sciencewg-apac-Jan2014
>>
>> The main point to highlight was OKFnAu early plans and ideas for an APAC
>> OKCon meeting. Please leave your email details on the hackpad for David
>> Flanders if you'd like to be kept in the loop in these discussions.
>>
>> It would be nice to share the call around between different organisers
>> and countries, so if there are any volunteers to host the February call
>> please let us know, otherwise Ranjith has offered to do it again. This
>> time next month is actually Open Data Day, although I would request on
>> behalf of a big chunk of SE and E Asia not to organise it then as it
>> clashes with Chinese New Year (one of the grumbles in the meeting was the
>> bad form on that date).
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Scott
>> ODHK/GigaScience
>>
>> On 21 January 2015 at 15:02, S.C. Edmunds <scott at gigasciencejournal.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> T-minus 1 hour until the second Asia-Pacific Open Science working group
>>> call. If you'd like to participate please add your skype details and agenda
>>> points to the hackpad:
>>>
>>> https://pad.okfn.org/p/sciencewg-apac-Jan2014
>>>
>>> Looks likely a good spread, in terms of geography (spanning India to New
>>> Zealand) and range of topics to be covered (Open Access, Open Hardware and
>>> some news from OKFNAu on a potential APAC OKCon).
>>>
>>> Hope to talk to some of you soon.
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> On 16 January 2015 at 18:01, S.C. Edmunds <scott at gigasciencejournal.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> We are doing quite well with people expressing an interested and adding
>>>> their details to the hackpad for the second Open Science APAC call next
>>>> Wednesday (21st Jan at 8am UTC). Seems so far we'll have attendees from
>>>> Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, India, Australia and Thailand (Naureen?), and
>>>> good representation and likely discussion on open hardware and open access
>>>> topics. Plus OKFnAu would like to let us know their plans on potential
>>>> OKCon APAC meetings. Be great to get some more countries involved, so if
>>>> you want to join and haven't added your skype details and discussion points
>>>> to the hackpad please do:
>>>>
>>>> https://pad.okfn.org/p/sciencewg-apac-Jan2014
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Scott Edmunds
>>>> ODHK/GigaScience
>>>>
>>>> On 11 January 2015 at 18:01, S.C. Edmunds <scott at gigasciencejournal.com
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been tasked with organising the second Asia Pacific Open Science
>>>>> call, so for those of you in our time zone (or curious insomniacs in the
>>>>> rest of the world) this will be:
>>>>>
>>>>> Wednesday 21 January, 8:00 UTC (12:00 UTC+4 – 18:00 UTC+10) ].
>>>>>
>>>>> We'll hopefully cover some of the news on local OA initiatives,
>>>>> highlight any local open science projects, talk more on the open science
>>>>> census, and promote plans for any future workshops and meetings out East.
>>>>> Please sign up and add your agenda points on the hackpad here:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://pad.okfn.org/p/sciencewg-apac-Jan2014
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Scott Edmunds
>>>>> Open Data Hong Kong/GigaScience
>>>>>
>>>>> On 21 December 2014 at 06:14, Ranjith Raj Vasam <
>>>>> ranjithraj.vasam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>>>                     A gentle reminder that, as its *only 2 hours
>>>>>> left* for our FIRST Open Science call [ Sunday 21 December, 8:00 UTC
>>>>>> (12:00 UTC+4 – 18:00 UTC+10) ].
>>>>>> Link : https://pad.okfn.org/p/sciencewg-coord-Dec2014
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P.S.: To increase the *outreach of Open Science* to diverse
>>>>>> communities, I would request you all to promote it through social channels
>>>>>> (Hastag : #OpenScience #OpenScienceAPAC) & mailing lists.
>>>>>> Link : https://twitter.com/openscience/status/544749516025757696
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -by
>>>>>> Ranjith Raj . Vasam
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/ranjithraj.vasam> [image:
>>>>>> Twitter] <https://www.twitter.com/ranjithrajvasam> [image: LinkedIn]
>>>>>> <http://in.linkedin.com/in/ranjithrajvasam> [image: about.me]
>>>>>> <http://about.me/ranjithraj.vasam> [image: goodreads]
>>>>>> <http://www.goodreads.com/ranjithraj> [image: Google Plus]
>>>>>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114999509940718317272/> [image:
>>>>>> pinterest] <http://pinterest.com/ranjithrajvasam/> [image:
>>>>>> StumbleUpon] <http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/ranjithrajvasam/>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Ranjith Raj Vasam <
>>>>>> ranjithraj.vasam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>>>>         I'm glad to announce that we're having our FIRST EVER (this
>>>>>>> makes me exciting) APAC Open Science call on 21st Dec, 2014.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *When* it is ?
>>>>>>> At 08:00:00 UTC (12:00 UTC+4 - 18:00 UTC+10 ), 21st December, 2014.
>>>>>>> *Where* it is ?
>>>>>>> *The internet*, a video conference call (preferably on any Open
>>>>>>> Source platform OR Skype)
>>>>>>> *Who* all are attending ?
>>>>>>> It's an *OPEN* invitation to all the *Open Science* enthusiasts,
>>>>>>> that it's a best opportunity to meet like minded people like us & connect
>>>>>>> to a global network of open science. So do make time for *promoting
>>>>>>> this event*. (like twitter / social networking channels, mailing
>>>>>>> lists)[?]
>>>>>>> * I request you all to ad your names in the wiki
>>>>>>> <http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Science/APACMonthlyCalls> and pad
>>>>>>> <https://pad.okfn.org/p/sciencewg-apac-Dec2014>.
>>>>>>> *What* is the agenda ?
>>>>>>> Refer this wiki <http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Science/APACMonthlyCalls>
>>>>>>> and pad <https://pad.okfn.org/p/sciencewg-apac-Dec2014> to know
>>>>>>> about the agenda, I request you all to contribute in developing the agenda,
>>>>>>> *collectively*.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> About Organiser : *Ranjith Raj Vasam
>>>>>>> <https://in.linkedin.com/in/ranjithrajvasam%20>* (*@ranjithrajvasam*
>>>>>>> )
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>          I'm an enthusiast of OPEN SCIENCE; activity leader of Free
>>>>>>> Software Movement in India and many *FREE & OPEN* communities;
>>>>>>> Research Scholar in Centre for Computational Natural Sciences and
>>>>>>> Bioinformatics, IIIT; studying M.Tech(Bioinformatics) in International
>>>>>>> Institute of Information Technology,Hyderabad, India; a voluntary science
>>>>>>> tutor in schools.
>>>>>>> To know more about me : https://in.linkedin.com/in/ranjithrajvasam
>>>>>>> | http://blog.ranjithraj.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Thanks & Regards*
>>>>>>> Ranjith Raj . Vasam
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/ranjithraj.vasam> [image:
>>>>>>> Twitter] <https://www.twitter.com/ranjithrajvasam> [image: LinkedIn]
>>>>>>> <http://in.linkedin.com/in/ranjithrajvasam> [image: about.me]
>>>>>>> <http://about.me/ranjithraj.vasam> [image: goodreads]
>>>>>>> <http://www.goodreads.com/ranjithraj> [image: Google Plus]
>>>>>>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114999509940718317272/> [image:
>>>>>>> pinterest] <http://pinterest.com/ranjithrajvasam/> [image:
>>>>>>> StumbleUpon] <http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/ranjithrajvasam/>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Scott Edmunds PhD
>>>> *GigaScience*
>>>> BGI-Hong Kong Ltd.
>>>>
>>>> Tel: (+852) 3610-3531
>>>> Cell: (+852) 9249-0853
>>>> Twitter: @GigaScience <http://twitter.com/GigaScience>
>>>> ORCID: 0000-0001-6444-1436 <http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6444-1436>
>>>> scott at gigasciencejournal.com
>>>> http://www.gigasciencejournal.com/
>>>> http://gigaDB.org
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Scott Edmunds PhD
>>> *GigaScience*
>>> BGI-Hong Kong Ltd.
>>>
>>> Tel: (+852) 3610-3531
>>> Cell: (+852) 9249-0853
>>> Twitter: @GigaScience <http://twitter.com/GigaScience>
>>> ORCID: 0000-0001-6444-1436 <http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6444-1436>
>>> scott at gigasciencejournal.com
>>> http://www.gigasciencejournal.com/
>>> http://gigaDB.org
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Scott Edmunds PhD
>> *GigaScience*
>> BGI-Hong Kong Ltd.
>>
>> Tel: (+852) 3610-3531
>> Cell: (+852) 9249-0853
>> Twitter: @GigaScience <http://twitter.com/GigaScience>
>> ORCID: 0000-0001-6444-1436 <http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6444-1436>
>> scott at gigasciencejournal.com
>> http://www.gigasciencejournal.com/
>> http://gigaDB.org
>>
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