[open-science] Open Science Working Group Update and Call for Community Organisers

Thu Dec 19 09:24:31 UTC 2013

Hi All

I thought as we get to the end of 2013 it would be good to let you know
where the working group is at currently and let you have your say on how we
might proceed in our mission to open up science during the next year!

We have grown to over 630 members (!) on the mailing list and now have
local groups or representation in:

Sweden
Finland
UK (Oxford, London, Cambridge)
Australia
Austria
France
Brazil
US

Which is fantastic, but we'd love to expand further! If you would like to
be an open science ambassador for your region/country/city/university then
get in touch.

To help us keep track of all these activities and make sure we're being as
effective as possible at providing a space for discussions and
collaboration around open science, it would be great to hear from anyone
who would like to be more involved in managing the working group (also, I
have a thesis due in 9 months so any and all help is very much welcome from
my perspective!).

We would like to put together a group of community organisers to contribute
to a variety of roles. There can be a name for this group but we haven't
settled on one yet - suggestions welcome.The time commitment will be
flexible and relatively low, but it will make a big difference to have
someone keeping an eye on specific areas. The roles and tasks might include:

Organising working group meetings
Planning open science events at OKFest 2014
Documenting events and updates from the working group
Coordinating specific projects or documents
Blog Editing
Tech/Dev Liaison
Event Organisation
Designing publicity materials and logos etc.

Do get in touch if any of this sounds of interest even if you are only able
to contribute a small amount of time. If you have any questions, please let
Zara, Michelle and I know and we look forward to hearing from you! Look out
for another email about specific projects, events and 2014 working group
activities coming shortly.

Jenny
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