[OpenSpending] We're hiring

Wed Dec 19 20:28:17 UTC 2012

Hi Steve,

I'm in the US (Based on Bainbridge Island, near Seattle) and am always
interested in being involved in open data stuff. I run Kabissa (an ICT4D in
Africa organization with website at http://kabissa.org) and SlashOpen
(simple blog to promote open data at http://slashopen.net).

I wasn't able to come to Helsinki and so don't know about past discussions,
but from where I sit I'm not entirely sure what you have in mind, what you
need from the OKFN community to move forward with your own plans, and where
the holdup might be. Also not sure what you would do that is better done
only in the US and not in OKFN's more globally oriented lists and
resources.

Maybe you can enlighten me/us. :) From my perspective this is a busy period
and so in the new year, perhaps in February, would be a good time to start
getting organized.

Cheers,

Tobias

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: George Adcock <gsaintheusa at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: [OpenSpending] We're hiring
To: OpenSpending Discussion List <openspending at lists.okfn.org>

Hi Lucy,
We emailed each other about continuing a discussion on US involvement after
Helsinki.
Here I am again and I guess it's time to converse further.
To recap:
1) US chapters appear to have difficulty based on the member response
through the online group setups okfn employs. 1 or 2 participants in each
of about 6 localized areas, no take off apparent. I tried joining each of
them from a distant, and never got a response, so I guess without interest
from others in their areas the initiators backed off.
2) Use of that organizational setup website was a bit tricky.
3) Perhaps a group of individuals operating online and across the US rather
than in one area could serve as a catalyst for more US participation.
4) I purchased a url which can be used to support a blog and community
support for a US effort: wheredoesthemoneygo.org

Not sure where to proceed from here. I'm basically interested in gathering
together in discussion groups those in the US who are interested and wish
to participate. It would be helpful in my case if someone could authorize
my joining the LinkedIn OKFN group (whoever is managing that link does not
seem to be very active as I've had a pending request to join for several
weeks now). I could use LinkedIn and my connections through that social
network to build support for a US chapter and initiate it's organizational
activities. Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks, Steve Adcock

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Just a quick note to say the OpenSpending team is hiring a lead developer:
>
> http://openspending.org/blog/2012/12/18/Jobs-OS.html
>
> For those who like doing job applications over their Christmas Holidays ;)
>
> Lucy
>
>
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> Project Coordinator,
> School of Data & OpenSpending
> Open Knowledge Foundation
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