[open-science] science.okfn.org: New Local Groups Page

Sun Aug 14 22:52:15 UTC 2011

Hi Christopher!

On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Maloney, Christopher (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] <
maloneyc at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov> wrote:

> Seeing this page, I got the idea to try to start an open-science local
> interest group in the Washington, DC area.  I’ve introduced myself to this
> group before – I work at PMC on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD.  I think a
> DC group could potentially be a big win for pushing the cause of
> open-science at US government institutions, including the NIH.****
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> I’ve never tried to do something quite like this before, so I’d really like
> to get suggestions for the best way to go about it.  Here are some specific
> questions:****
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> **-          **Do you think it’s a good idea?
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Yes!

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> **-          **Would it be best to get a select group of people committed
> to the idea first, before sending out any kind of announcement?
>
-          **More generally, any advice on the timing of rolling it out, so
> as hopefully to draw the most interest, would be appreciated.
>
Not necessarily, as Egon says you can start off very informally. I've
mentioned the Oxford one, because I know there are people who are
potentially interested but as of yet no one else is officially on board! To
give you my plan for rolling out, we have an open community pub meet planned
next week and I'll enlist any scientists that come along and try to arrange
a science specific event. We'll then try and hold a larger launch event once
several people are already involved. This isn't really advice because I
don't know yet whether it will work, but it's an idea!

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> **-          **Anyone else on this list who’s interested in helping on
> this group specifically?
>
-          **Could I get help setting up a mailing list / web site?  (Maybe
> we don’t need a web site at first).
>
Yes! You can email okfn-help at okfn.org and this list to ask that one is set
up and the admins will sort it out.

>  ****
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> **-          **Could I get help drafting up an announcement?  I think I
> would send it to the NCBI staff, once it’s ready.
>
If you send a draft/link to a draft to the list I'm sure people will join in
helping to edit. I can set you up an okfnpad for collaborative drafting if
you like. It would be useful for other people who might like to set
something similar up to read and reuse.

> ****
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> **-          **Any advice on how to run the group – details of running
> meetings, etc.
>
Not currently, but I think the most important thing is to follow the
interests of the people you manage to get involved, because being able to do
that is the main benefit of having smaller local groups. Egon and I can both
keep you informed about how our plans pan out, what works and doesn't for
us. OKF tends towards 'doing stuff' meetings so I guess you'd want a mixture
of talking about what you want to happen and workshops/hack sessions to get
it done. That is what I'll be attempting to do here.

Jenny

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> Cheers!****
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> Chris Maloney****
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> NIH/NLM/NCBI (Contractor)****
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> Building 45, 5AN.24D-22****
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> 301-594-2842****
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> *From:* Jenny Molloy [mailto:jenny.molloy at okfn.org]
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 13, 2011 1:29 PM
> *To:* open-science at lists.okfn.org
> *Subject:* [open-science] science.okfn.org: New Local Groups Page****
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> Hi All****
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> Just to let you know we now have a page for local groups interested in open
> science. ****
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> htttp://science.okfn.org/local-groups/<http://science.okfn.org/local-groups/>
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> Currently featuring MIT, Stockholm and the (hopefully) soon to be
> established Oxford group. Let me know if you have info on more groups or
> would like to start one, as I can put an entry inviting interest. These do
> not need to be directly affiliated with OKF but as Jonathan pointed out in
> an earlier email, once they are up and running we can offer****
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> **§  **local mailing lists via lists.okfn.org****
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> **§  **local groups e.g. http://okfn.org/groups/open-knowledge-london/****
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> **§  **local websites e.g. science.okfn.org****
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> Jenny****
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