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

[Suchith Anand]

That is excellent news. I will be happy to plan Open Geo Science session at OKFest 2014. Will discuss this with other colleagues in the Geo for All initiative  http://www.geoforall.org/ and inform you.

Best wishes,

Suchith

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From: open-science [mailto:open-science-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Jenny Molloy
Sent: 19 December 2013 09:25
To: open-science at lists.okfn.org
Cc: Zara Rahman
Subject: [open-science] Open Science Working Group Update and Call for Community Organisers

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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