[open-development] More OKF chapters in the global south: how to make it possible?

Wed Mar 12 03:53:05 UTC 2014

That is the problem I propose we think together. Others from OKF discuss
and open development mailing lists are welcome to join. Tom

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From: Everton Zanella Alvarenga <everton.alvarenga at okfn.org>
Date: 2014-03-12 0:38 GMT-03:00
Subject: Re: Regular hangouts, ambassadors per region and missing welcome
parties!
To: Open Knowledge Foundation Local Coordinators Mailing List <
okfn-local-coord at lists.okfn.org>

Dear colleagues from the OKF network,

I would like to propose that we continue to have these meetups. I think
there are a lot of learnings from mistakes and successes we are missing to
share with each other, which could empower our actions aligned with our
mission.

As a way to continue these meetings, I would like to invite those
interested to have a talk this Friday, March 14 at 2h pm GMT (11h GMT-3, my
time), mainly for those in the global south willing to form a chapter and
who can possibly have questions about the Brazil case. I'm still learning a
lot and there are big challenges here to form a sustainable organization.

I want submit a proposal to OKFest telling everything we did here in Brazil
(and likely we didn't do) in the last 2,5 years when a local group started
to form here, so your questions will be very important to me.

Is someone here willing to join? If you want to discuss, please, add your
name in the document and questions will be highly appreciated!

More chapters in the global south: how to make it
possible?<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZWkgOUbzc9DpRrjFtvLwXYseIXIXvsaxhHd4i50r8vo/edit>

Obviously those from privileged countries are also welcome, but I want
focus on this particular big challenge we have as the OKF central is
willing to improve its international status. N. b. this particular
challenge we can see in other international organizations as well, like
Wikimedia chapters, a case I've discussed a lot in previous years.

Greetings,

Tom

2013-07-16 2:27 GMT-03:00 Everton Zanella Alvarenga <
everton.alvarenga at okfn.org>:

Hi all!
>
> I have started two documents, one for listing all the ambassadors per
> region (our OKF world has 4 regions - until we find ambassadors in the
> Poles!) and one with the forge..., err..., missing hangouts, also divided
> per region.
>
> 1. OKF ambassadors: regular hangouts<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X77bKeqdEUfYD1xzAWUsJ1irVNZC2nPxNGTv1Loz_m8/edit>
> 2. New ambassadors hangouts<https://docs.google.com/document/d/17aPqDiYXqy_m8ZT_giq21WHfSrvE-_WeP5GYhE6pNM4/edit>
>
> I want very much talk to my colleagues from America, mainly after the open
> data event in Uruguay recently, and we are planning locally how to develop
> a strategy for local ambassador because of the size of my country, and I
> think Diane and Heath will face the same issue.
>
> That said, I would like to suggest:
>
> a) We make hangouts per region, already welcoming the new ambassador of
> your regions. Thus, for instance, I will be responsible to organize a
> meeting with Jorge, Diane, Heath and also Yamila and Samuel (I'll e-mail
> you tomorrow in separate!).
>
> Prakash, may you, please, organize a meeting with the new ambassadors of
> Asia/Oceania region?
>
> Pierre and Ansatasios, may you, please, organize the meeting with our
> colleagues from Africa and Europe?
>
> Does it work? If someone wants to help to organize the hangout, please,
> speak up. :)
>
> b) Please, may you add your name and country here<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X77bKeqdEUfYD1xzAWUsJ1irVNZC2nPxNGTv1Loz_m8/edit>?
> That will help a lot to organize this regular hangouts for peer
> assistence among our community<https://trello.com/c/NEBRl2nz/3-a-regular-hangout-for-peer-assistance-among-the-community>
> .
>
> Please, if you have any thing to fix or suggest in the proposal above, let
> us know. I hope America can already meet this week or in the beginning of
> the next one and this work out for all regions!
>
> Tom
>
> --
> Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
> OKF Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre
> http://br.okfn.org
>

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Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
OKF Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre
http://br.okfn.org

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Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
OKF Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre
http://br.okfn.org
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