[Open-science-fi] Fwd: Consultation on Open Science Local Groups and Ambassadors

[Leo Lahti]

Tervehdys OKFF avoimen tieteen listalle.

Kv. liikkeen avointiede-koordinaattori Jenny Molloy kyselee kustakin maasta
halukasta Open Science Ambassadorin rooliin. Luontevimmin se olisi joku
avoimen tieteen ja OKF:n piirissä aktiivisesti häärinyt kaveri. Näen että
useampikin ihminen voisi tulla kyseeseen ja oma kiinnostuskin ratkaisee
paljon joten näihin saappaisiin voinee halutessaan hypätä vaikkei olisikaan
mikään pitkän linjan järjestöjyrä vaan kiinnostunut oppimaan aiheesta.
Ymmärtäisin, ettei tähän sisälly velvotteita juuri enempää kuin sen mitä
omalla aktiivisuudellaan haluaa panostaa. Jos joku olisi kiinnostunut
Suomen Open Science Ambassadorin roolista niin pistäkääpä viestiä ja
katsotaan asiaa lisää.

Leo


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org>
Date: Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: Consultation on Open Science Local Groups and Ambassadors
To: Stefan Kasberger <mail at stefankasberger.at>, Ale <abdo at member.fsf.org>,
alberto.labarga at scientifik.info, Leo Lahti <leo.lahti at iki.fi>, Ross Mounce <
ross.mounce at gmail.com>, Rayna St <rayna.st at gmail.com>, "S.C. Edmunds" <
scott at gigasciencejournal.com>, Daniel Graziotin <daniel at ineed.coffee>,
khanal1990 at gmail.com, szczesny.pawel at gmail.com, iradche at gmail.com,
simone at codeluppi.org
Cc: Graham Steel <steelgraham at hotmail.com>


Hello All

Firstly, thank you ever for much for your hard work in 2014 organising
local open science communities. Some of you have had much contact with the
global open science working group and others of you have just been getting
on with your own thing. Some of you are in the planning stages for a local
group and others have developed a really strong and active community
already. Several of you have no current formal ties to Open Knowledge, but
we've all been in touch at some point or another and we're all working for
a common goal so I hope you won't find it forward or me to consider you all
primary contacts of the working group in your local areas :)

As per the email copied below, Graham and I are trying to establish as Open
Science Ambassador scheme and would like to offer the first positions to
those who are already actively coordinating community locally. We'd like to
ask if this is something you'd be interested in?

The idea is that this is an annual position whose holder is the main point
of contact for the working group and Open Knowledge international community
regarding open science policy and projects in their country. You'll have
the title of 'Open Science Ambassador', access to a diverse network of
contacts throughout Open Knowledge and support within the Ambassador group.
You will also have the opportunity to take up speaking opportunities and
other high profile engagements channelled through Open Knowledge. We
realise you've already got most of this except the title, but we'd be
delighted if you'd take that as well!

If you're interested (and there is no obligation), we'd be really grateful
if you could fill in some details on the application form, even though the
position would be automatic.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Xadpjf2Gz3p50vSwEilBwbz5f0ocWxb0yPw6xg6uMgk/viewform?usp=send_form

The Ambassador role is intended as an additional role to local group
coordinator, so after the year you can reapply or continue as you were
before and someone else will take on the role. It is definitely not
designed to create a tiered system and we expect that all ambassadors will
be active within their local group.

Do let Graham and I know if you'd be keen and we'd *really* appreciate your
feedback on expanding the local groups and the Ambassador scheme. Are there
other things the open science working group should try to offer? I am
already very close (hopefully) to getting a community grant funding scheme
off the ground which will help local groups run events and support projects
with modest amounts of money.

With very best wishes

Jenny and Graham


On 16 December 2014 at 16:46, Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org> wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> *Summary: *We'd like your feedback on starting an Open Science Ambassador
> Scheme and expanding the local groups.
>
> Graham Steel, the working group local groups coordinator and I had a long
> call the other day looking at how to grow open science activities in
> different countries.
>
> *Local Groups:*
> Primarily we would like to start more local groups! Anyone can start a
> local group, just get in touch and we can try and link you with other
> people in your area, help set up a web presence and suggest projects to get
> started. Get in touch now if you're interested!
>
> The current local groups list is here:
> http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Science/Local
> Instructions on starting a group are here:
> http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Science/Local/Guide
> Please note: these wiki pages still need some work!
>
> *Open Science Ambassador scheme:*
> As you may know Open Knowledge operates a Local Ambassador Scheme, which
> you can read more about here:
>
> http://blog.okfn.org/2013/03/11/introducing-the-new-global-community-ambassador-scheme/
>
> We'd like to have a similar scheme for open science. Following the
> existing scheme, Open Science Ambassadorships would be one-year positions
> whereby the Ambassador becomes the main point of contact for Open Knowledge
> International regarding open science policy and projects in their nation
> state. Ambassadors make a commitment to undertake certain activities within
> the year through a plan they submit during the application process and are
> rewarded with the title of 'Open Science Ambassador', access to support and
> a diverse network of contacts through Open Knowledge and the opportunity to
> take up speaking opportunities and other high profile engagements
> channelled through Open Knowledge.
>
> We drafted a process for appointing Open Science Ambassadors:
> http://wiki.okfn.org/Open_Science/Local/Guide#Open_Science_Ambassadors
>
> ***We would like to suggest that all active local group leads (i.e. people
> we know are organising meetings, workshops, projects etc) should
> automatically get this title for a year if they want it.***
>
> *Difference between local group coordinators and ambassadors:*
> Both roles are really important and we're very keen to avoid the situation
> where Ambassadors are viewed as 'higher up' than group coordinators. This
> is definitely not the objective, they have a different focus.
>
> Local coordinators run a local group, which could involve meetings,
> conferences, projects and other activities. This is a very flexible role,
> often working with a team and following your own and local interests. There
> is no requirement for particular returns, reporting or any organisational
> commitments. You still get the full support of the global working group
> coordination team and the whole network :)
>
> Ambassadors have specific goals, which may include establishing a group or
> a local project but could be awareness-raising or policy-related
> activities. They are time-limited and we hope this turnover will bring new
> people with great ideas into the open science community and support them.
> There will be an application process, a blog post to report at the end of
> the year, occasional follow-ups and requests for Ambassadors to represent
> the open science working group locally with speaking engagements and
> requests for written material. These requests will also be shared with the
> local coordinator and we expect Ambassadors will be members of their local
> groups (where they exist).
>
> *Consultation:*
> We would like to open a week of consultation with the all of you and then,
> if the scheme is judged to be a good idea, advertise for Ambassadors and
> review at the January working group coordination meeting.
>
> If you could find time to comment via this email thread by Sun 21 Dec,
> that would be really helpful to hone these ideas.
>
> Really looking forward to hearing from you!
>
> Jenny and Graham
>
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