[open-development] Open Dev. Skype planning sessions

Fri Apr 27 12:35:01 UTC 2012

Hi everyone,
 Juha, Sarah, Tim, Siem and me had a good kick-off discussion today. You can read the minutes here: http://okfnpad.org/jW3lnOiStZ and catch-up on what's going on with Open Dev. Stream planning.

The next Skype session will be either Fri 11th May 8:30 GMT or Tue 16th May 9 GMT depending on your votes: http://www.doodle.com/rdkraep9uwdm5cfc

Cheers, Mika

From: claudiaschwegmann at hotmail.com [mailto:claudiaschwegmann at hotmail.com] On Behalf Of Claudia Schwegmann
Sent: 26. huhtikuuta 2012 14:52
To: Välitalo, Mika; open-development at lists.okfn.org; Johns, Sarah; Tim Davies
Subject: RE: Topics streams announced

Hi all!

Excellent - very happy to see this.
I will not be able to be part of the skype call tomorrow, but am very interested to help with further planning and preparations for Helsinki.

One issue that you may be able to take up tomorrow is, if and how we can help participants from Africa, Asia and Latin America to be at the event.

Best wishes

Claudia

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From: Mika.Valitalo at plan-international.org
To: open-development at lists.okfn.org; Sarah.Johns at plan-international.org; tim.g.davies at gmail.com; claudia.schwegmann at openaid.de
Subject: Topics streams announced
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:12:32 +0000
Hi all,

I'm currently participating to a OKF meeting in Helsinki and the themes and topic streams were just announced (see below). Open development has been approved as one of the topic streams, yippee ;) and belongs to a guiding theme called "Open development and economics" (economics does not seem to have its own stream though). The official version will be published tomorrow via etherpad (with more info).  Let's talk more about this on Friday (and whenever on this list).

Cheers, Mika

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From: Välitalo, Mika
Sent: 25. huhtikuuta 2012 8:57
To: open-development at lists.okfn.org; Johns, Sarah; Tim Davies; 'Claudia Schwegmann'
Subject: RE: Skype meeting

Hi all,

According to the Doodle votes (http://t.co/cu4y66Hq), this week Friday 11-12 GMT works the best for most participants. Unfortunately there isn't any time that would suit for everyone, but I'm sure we'll have a few more Skype sessions when planning the dev. stream.  Let's also use the etherpad (http://okfnpad.org/jW3lnOiStZ) to summarize the discussion for everyone.

Add mika.valitalo.flno to your Skype contacts before the call so that I can pick everyone up for the session.

Talk to you soon,

Mika

From: claudiaschwegmann at hotmail.com [mailto:claudiaschwegmann at hotmail.com] On Behalf Of Claudia Schwegmann
Sent: 19. huhtikuuta 2012 13:29
To: open-development at lists.okfn.org; Välitalo, Mika; Johns, Sarah; Tim Davies
Subject: Skype meeting

Dear Mika and others

I think a skype meeting for those interested in the preparation is a good idea.
Have there been any responses to the skype meeting today, that you suggested, apart from Tim?

Maybe we can directly contact the people on the etherpad to agree time and date?

Thanks
Claudia

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> Subject: Re: [open-development] open development proposal for OK
> Festival 2012 (deadline 20 April)
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> Hello Mika,
>
> Thanks for all the update - this is really useful indeed.
>
> I'm not sure I could make next Thursday 1pm BST, 3pm GMT+3, but could do
> the Friday if that was any good. Otherwise will happily drop in notes in
> advance if others can make it.
>
> Good to hear that 20th April is just snapshot deadline. I think good will
> be to develop a timeline of when we need to get different bits of
> organising done by, so we've got time to prepare.
>
> All the best
>
> Tim
>
> 2012/4/17 V?litalo, Mika <Mika.Valitalo at plan-international.org>
>
> > Hi Tim, Sarah & all,****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > I had a discussion with Juha Huuskonen yesterday and would like to share
> > some points with you:****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > **? **Would it be possible for all/most of the interested people
> > in the open dev. stream to have a joint skype discussion next week Thursday
> > 3pm GMT+3? Juha would participate as well for Q&A session?****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > **? **OKF encourages streams to come up with creative and
> > ?result-oriented? ideas in addition to normal workshops, key notes etc.
> > During the OKF, can open dev stream organize a campaign, petition,
> > initiative or similar outcome along the meetings, workshops and discussions?
> > ****
> >
> > **? **The submission deadline 20th is more of a snapshot of the
> > plans so far. The current etherpad format and content currently is fairly
> > satisfactory for the organizers. Let?s beef it up a bit more and open dev
> > stream should be in good position to be confirmed and become eligible
> > funding for organizing expenses (e.g. travel&accommodation for invited
> > guests).****
> >
> > **? **Juha Huuskonen is our key contact person i.e. he can
> > respond to any general logistical, organizational issues regarding OKF.
> > However, the content and program itself obviously comes from the active
> > people in each stream. Thus, we?d need to name key organizers responsible
> > for the further planning and activities. ****
> >
> > **? **When we continue the more detailed planning it?s good be
> > aware of the available venues that will used by all streams. Some peaks can
> > be found here (use google translate, it?s in Finnish?). This list is
> > incomplete, I?ll ask Juha for confirmed list of venues. ****
> >
> > **? **
> > http://lume.aalto.fi/fi/tilat_ja_palvelut_eng/tilat/sampo-sali/****
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> > ** **
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> > ** **
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> > Best, Mika****
> >
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> > *From:* open-development-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:
> > open-development-bounces at lists.okfn.org] *On Behalf Of *Tim Davies
> > *Sent:* 17. huhtikuuta 2012 2:17
> >
> > *To:* Johns, Sarah; Claudia Schwegmann
> > *Cc:* open-development at lists.okfn.org
> > *Subject:* Re: [open-development] open development proposal for OK
> > Festival 2012 (deadline 20 April)****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > Hey Sarah,****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > This looks good. I've suggested a few tweaks to the session descriptions
> > below - but this looks good. ****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > I think one of the things OKF are really interested in is innovative ways
> > of hosting sessions - so one thing we might want to say in the proposal is
> > that we'll try and invite a range of sessions, from presentations and
> > workshops, to hands on explorations of different open resources for
> > development.****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > I know Claudia had some ideas as well about trying to link up with Finnish
> > NGOs and others for maybe one session of more introductory presentations on
> > open-development to a non OKF audience, possibly as a fringe event outside
> > the main programme. I don't know how far that idea is yet - but it might be
> > something to include in the questions to OKFest organisers (e.g. what are
> > the possibilities for organising these sorts of fringe sessions that would
> > fit alongside OKFest but be open to wider groups not registered for main
> > festival etc.).****
> >
> > ** **
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> > All the best & thanks again for leading on this :)****
> >
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> > Tim****
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> > 2012/4/16 Johns, Sarah <Sarah.Johns at plan-international.org>****
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> > Hello all, ****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > I volunteered to put together a proposal for an Open Development stream
> > for the OK Festival in Helsinki in Sept 2012.****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > I've been making notes on what to include, and would like to share them
> > with you for early comments. The theme is 'Open Knowledge in Action' so
> > we're also looking for projects that are making practical use of open
> > knowledge to benefit communities in developing countries, that we can share
> > at the festival.****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > First question - are the three proposed topics ok?****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > Cheers, Sarah****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > Title: *Open Development Stream*****
> >
> > ** **
> >
> > *Description*****
> >
> > ** **
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> > In the international aid/development field, there?s lots of initiatives
> > happening around open data/knowledge/research, in tandem with the Open
> > Government initiative. In these days of declining resources and an
> > increasingly volatile climate, sharing data/knowledge is absolutely
> > central to supporting developing countries to protect the rights of their
> > citizens, and to reduce the number of people living in poverty. It is also
> > key in monitoring aid donors spend, and ensuring that the money goes to
> > where it?s needed most.****
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> > ** **
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> > A stream (day/two days) dedicated to exploring the practical application
> > of open knowledge/data for development.****
> >
> > ** **
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> > Three core topics****
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> > ** **
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> > *Topic A: Open development and aid flow*: exploring developments in the
> > International Aid Transparency Initiative, and tracking aid to developing
> > countries. Exploring who really benefits, and what is needed to make aid
> > data make an impact? Sharing inspirational examples of how
> > communities/civil society organisations could use this information to
> > monitor government budget and spending and increase the effectiveness of
> > aid. Also looking at new open funding models, such as crowd sourced
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> > *Linked streams: Open Government, Open Funding*****
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> > in developing countries accessing open information? Drawing on community
> > informatics research: Is Open data accessible data? What additional
> > communication channels are needed to engage more rural communities in open
> > government and open development - eg., what about those who are not able to
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> > how can grassroots communities be involved in inputting information,
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> > confirm/contest data that's on OG portals? what about infomediaries at
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> > *Linked streams: Open Democracy, Open Government*****
> >
> > *Topic C: Technologies for open development *What role do ICTs and open
> > technologies such as FLOSS or open hardware play in open development?
> > Mobile technology, app development, mapping and digital data collection,
> > developing great partnerships between development organisations,
> > communities and tech agencies ie Frontline SMS. Include Presentations from
> > attendees who presented at ICT4D 2012.****
> >
> > *Linked streams: ?*****
> >
> > Keywords****
> >
> > development, open data, government, ICT for development, ICT4D, democracy.
> > citizens, mobile, technology****
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> > ** **
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