[School-of-data] Announcing the Kick-Off sprint!

Fri May 18 08:40:23 UTC 2012

Hi guys,

@Laura, as Rosamaria mentioned, we are already involved in the EconWG. This
is the group that I am more actively engaged but I'm also subscribing the
mailing lists of Open Legislation, OKFN-Brasil and a few others.

Regarding the time of the meetings, I will be following the result of the
preparation meetings and try to follow up on that.

@Rosamaria, good promotion on Yourtopia!!!

Greetings,
Joao

2012/5/17 Jane Park <janepark at creativecommons.org>

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm Jane at Creative Commons -- with the obvious interest in helping
> to design challenges and educational materials around sharing data and
> open data - so open tools/licenses used for these purposes, including
> platforms where you can employ these tools, best practices, case
> studies, etc.
>
> Best,
> Jane
>
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Rosamaria Bitetti
> <rosamaria.bitetti at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Laura - and everybody else!
> > Like Joao, I have a background in law and economics, my expertise is
> policy
> > analysis, especially in ICT sectors. We are both involved in the open
> > economics working group.
> > [small advertisement: check out our latest project! italia.yourtopia.net
> ]
> > I'm here mostly to learn, but if you see any use for my (quite limited)
> > knowledge, let me know!
> > Rosamaria
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Joao,
> >>
> >> Thank you for getting in touch - and thanks for getting the ball rolling
> >> on the School of Data mailing list :)
> >>
> >> It sounds like you have a very interesting background, and we would love
> >> to have your involvement in the School of Data in future. Your point
> about
> >> time is well taken, and we will certainly consider including e.g. a
> Saturday
> >> in any workshops and sprints we plan for the future.
> >>
> >> I wonder if you would also be interested in our working group on open
> >> economics (http://openeconomics.net/)? Shout off-list if so and I will
> make
> >> some introductions!
> >>
> >> Thanks again for your positive words and we hope to hear from you again
> in
> >> future!
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Laura
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 2:22 PM, João Pedro Cruz
> >> <cruz.joaopedro at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Dear Laura,
> >>>
> >>> I am very interested and excited about the School of Data and I would
> >>> like to take part from it. My background is Intellectual Property and
> >>> Competition law and economics. I have some theoretical background on
> >>> collaborative economics and community development.
> >>>
> >>> I would love to participate in your events but due to my work I won't
> be
> >>> able do to so... I hope that in the future you could schedule some of
> the
> >>> meetings to the weekend so that I could take part on it.
> >>>
> >>> Anyways, it is great to hear that the School of Data is about to
> >>> kick-off. I am very excited about this project.
> >>>
> >>> Greetings,
> >>>
> >>> João Pedro Cruz
> >>>
> >>> 2012/5/17 Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi all,
> >>>>
> >>>> Many thanks for waiting so patiently for news about the School of
> Data.
> >>>> Things were quiet initially whilst we waited for funding
> confirmation, but I
> >>>> am now delighted to announce that the School of Data will be
> co-supported by
> >>>> both Open Society Foundations and the Shuttleworth Foundation. Many
> thanks
> >>>> to OSF and Shuttleworth for making this possible!
> >>>>
> >>>> Particular thanks also to those of you have volunteered to build
> >>>> learning challenges, to mentor courses, to offer interesting datasets
> and
> >>>> resources, or who have shown an interest in joining the
> collaboration. This
> >>>> is your chance to get involved!
> >>>>
> >>>> Please do drop an email to this list to share your interests and
> ideas.
> >>>> We would be particularly delighted to welcome you to our virtual
> sprint next
> >>>> week!
> >>>>
> >>>> ## School of Data kick-off sprint
> >>>>
> >>>> Next week, we will be holding a School of Data kick-off sprint. This
> >>>> will be a hands on workshop to share ideas, source materials, and
> start
> >>>> building content for the school.
> >>>>
> >>>> On the afternoon of Thursday 24th May, we will be holding a designated
> >>>> online sprint. This will take place on IRC (#schoolofdata on
> freenode) from
> >>>> 12-4pm UTC. All are welcome!
> >>>>
> >>>> Sign-up on the etherpad:
> >>>> http://schoolofdata.okfnpad.org/kick-off-sign-up
> >>>>
> >>>> On the day, we particularly welcome:
> >>>> * Suggestions for content and courses
> >>>> * Recommendations (or donations!) of high quality, openly licensed
> >>>> materials and resources, including interesting datasets to work with
> >>>> * Offers to build a specific learning challenge or track
> >>>> * 'Testers' willing to try out and improve the content available so
> far
> >>>>
> >>>> If you can't join us at the designated time, please do feel to drop
> into
> >>>> the IRC room at other times - we will try to ensure someone is in
> there
> >>>> whenever possible. Additionally, please do feel free to use this list
> >>>> (school-of-data at lists.okfn.org) to begin sharing ideas and resources.
> >>>>
> >>>> ## Social Evening
> >>>>
> >>>> If you happen to be near Berlin, come along for our social evening!
> >>>> Following the virtual sprint, we will be meeting in Oberholz at 7pm on
> >>>> Thursday 24th May for a relaxed and informal gathering.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sign-up here: http://lanyrd.com/2012/opendata/
> >>>>
> >>>> We are really excited to see plans for the School of Data moving
> >>>> forward. With your help, we're sure that this will be a great
> success. It's
> >>>> been really encouraging to read all the messages of support that were
> >>>> submitted via our original form, and we hope that we can now begin
> putting
> >>>> some of those excellent ideas into practice!
> >>>>
> >>>> If you have any questions, do feel free to contact me directly or via
> >>>> schoolofdata at okfn.org at any time.
> >>>>
> >>>> Many thanks,
> >>>> Laura
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Laura Newman
> >>>> Community Coordinator
> >>>> Open Knowledge Foundation
> >>>> http://okfn.org/
> >>>> Skype: lauranewmanonskype
> >>>> Twitter: @Newmanlk
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> School-of-data mailing list
> >>>> School-of-data at lists.okfn.org
> >>>> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/school-of-data
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> João Pedro Cruz
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Laura Newman
> >> Community Coordinator
> >> Open Knowledge Foundation
> >> http://okfn.org/
> >> Skype: lauranewmanonskype
> >> Twitter: @Newmanlk
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rosamaria Bitetti
> > my LinkedIn profile
> > cell: +39 320 6275664
> > skype: rosamaria.bitetti
> >
> >
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-- 
João Pedro Cruz
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