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

Thu Dec 19 11:29:56 UTC 2013

Thanks Sucith!

The call for proposals isn't out yet (keep an eye on
http://2014.okfestival.org/) but if you would be willing to put in a
session proposal that would be great!

For Helsinki it worked that a bunch of us planned an open science stream
with several events of varying priorities and applied for slots together,
so it may be a similar process this time around - we will definitely be on
to organising this as soon as the call is out.

Looking forward to hearing from you when you've chatted with colleagues.

Jenny

On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Suchith Anand <
Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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.
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> Best wishes,
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> Suchith
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> Dr Suchith Anand
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> Nottingham Geospatial Institute
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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
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> Hi All
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> 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:
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> Sweden
> Finland
> UK (Oxford, London, Cambridge)
> Australia
> Austria
> France
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> Brazil
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> US
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> 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.
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> 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!).
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> 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:
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> Organising working group meetings
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> Planning open science events at OKFest 2014
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> Documenting events and updates from the working group
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> Coordinating specific projects or documents
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> Blog Editing
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> Tech/Dev Liaison
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> Event Organisation
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> Designing publicity materials and logos etc.
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> 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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