Availability

• Mon – Wed: London. Thurs this week – Tues next week: Mostly offline, at Resonate festival. Will answer support emails as needed.

Last Week

• Off

This Week

• Help with Council vote on Round 2 Ambassadors
• Work on international strategy for LG expansion with Christian
• Finalise Local Groups ‘project matrix’, events list, Map of Openness and other suggested elements to set up first draft of global domain at local.okfn.org
• Catch up on communications from last week
• Discuss next steps re: LG community management

Availability

• Mon – Fri, London. Thursday – offline after 12pm.

Last Week

• Finalised Welcome Packs re: feedback and comments, published and sent to Round 1 Ambassadors
• Many community welcomes for our brave Round 1 Ambassadors!
• Got Round 1 Ambassadors set up with tech tools, domains etc, with continued support
• Documentation and set up for first Welcome Party for Round 1 Ambassadors
• Documentation and set up of International Council
• Started documentation and first blog post for new International Community Updates series on OKF Blog
• Discussions with Christian, Bea, Theo and others re: LGs and events; re: OKfest contacts; re: key LG contacts in new areas; re Open Book launch at FutureEverything in Manchester; re OuiShare fest in Paris; re press release tutorials for Network

This Week

• Finalise International Council w/ Christian and LG Member Nations
• Finalise Welcome Party and schedule first meeting
• Once these are finalised, get Council set up to vote on Round 2 Ambassadors
• Work on international strategy for LG expansion with Christian
• Help Christian draft public post about Local Ambassadors as needed for OKF Blog
• Finalise first International Community Updates post and publish for OKF Blog
• Help with Ars Electronica community app as needed
• Finalise Local Groups ‘project matrix’, events list, Map of Openness and other suggested elements to set up first draft of global domain at local.okfn.org

Availability

• Mon – Fri, London.

Last Week

• Further meetings re cooperation between Local Groups network, OpenGLAM, Open Design and Open Humanities WGs
• Finishing welcome package (blogging guide, social media guide, events guide, website setup guide, branding guide, roles and responsibilities etc) and finalising all portions for Ambassadors Round 1
• Procedure for approval of new LG applicants (continued)
• Reaching out to new LG applicants
• Support for existing groups re: tech issues, events help
• Meetings to finalise strategy for Local Groups network in 2013 Q1/2
• Transitioning to G Apps

This Week

• Finalise Local Groups ‘project matrix’, events list, Map of Openness and other suggested elements to set up first draft of global domain at local.okfn.org
• Finalise documentation for International Council and Welcome Committee
• Send Welcome Pack to Round 1 Ambassadors, get set up for first Welcome Committee meeting, go through Round 2 Ambassadors
• Help Christian draft public post about Local Ambassadors
• Help with Ars Electronica community application as needed

Availability

• Mon – Fri, London.

Last Week

• Discussed plans from Summit re: Public Domain / Local Groups/ Open Design contest with OKF France and Public Domain WG members
• Lots of discussions re: WG + LG collaboration methods and made plan for further integration
• More discussions & determining internal strategy for upcoming LG meetups w/ Christian
• UX edits to LG pages on site
• Accepted first round of Local Ambassadors
• Discussed + planned + built Local Groups toolkits and ‘welcome packs’
• With Christian, made plans for Local Groups initiatives in 2013 on Trello

This Week

• Finalise Local Groups ‘project matrix’, events list, Map of Openness and other suggested elements for upcoming Global domain at local.okfn.org
• Further meetings re cooperation between Local Groups network, OpenGLAM, Open Design and Open Humanities WGs
• Finalise formation of LG Council
• Provide rest of welcome materials for Round 1 of Local Ambassadors; go through applicants for Round 2
• Help draft public post about Local Ambassadors
• Meetings to finalise plans for Local Groups network in 2013 Q1/2

Availability

• Mon – Fri, London.

Last Week

• Meetings to go over Local Groups notes + plans from Summit
• Strategy for acceptance/denial of LG applicants finalised
• First set of Local Ambassador applicants discussed + approved, welcome packs planned
• Planned and built website for the Open Book – http://theopenbook.org.uk – pre digital launch at OKF Finland Convention last weekend
• Finalised proofs + PDF / ePub publishing details for Open Book
• Timeline of Open Knowledge completed using Timeliner.js
• Discussed + planned Local Groups toolkits and ‘welcome packs’
• With Christian, made plans for Local Groups initiatives in 2013 on Trello

This Week

• Discuss and finalise Local Groups ‘project matrix’, events list, Map of Openness and other suggested elements for upcoming Global domain at local.okfn.org
• Discuss plan from Summit re: Public Domain / Local Groups/ Open Design contest with OKF France and Public Domain WG members
• Finalise formation of LG Council
• Determine internal strategy for upcoming LG events and meetups
• UX edits to LG pages on site

Availability

• Mon – off. Tues – Fri: London, at the C4CC.

Last Week

• More support for Local Groups portion of OKF Summit re: logistics and agenda
• Local Groups new webpage publicised and shared with community
• Local Groups application forms for Ambassador, Initiative, Chapter finalised and published
• Local Groups agreements (post-application form) discussed and drafted
• Further discussions re strategy for Local Groups Council
• Network call + Network pre-Summit meeting
• Wed – Sun: OKF Summit, Cambridge

This Week

• Go over Local Groups notes + plans from Summit
• Build website for Open Book pre digital launch at OKF Finland Convention this weekend
• Finalise proofs + PDF / ePub publishing details for Open Book
• Build Local Groups ‘project matrix’, events list, Map of Openness and other suggested elements for upcoming Global domain at local.okfn.org
• More planning from Summit re: Public Domain / Local Groups/ Open Design contest with OKF France and Public Domain WG members
• More work on Local Groups toolkits and ‘welcome packs’
• With Christian, make plans for Local Groups initiatives in 2013

Availability

• Mon – Fri, full time, London at the C4CC.

Last Week

• Inducted and worked with Christian Villum who is joining us to help with Local Groups and Open Government Data communities – welcome Christian!
• Logistics and agenda for Local Groups portion of the OKF Summit
• Local Groups new webpage – FAQ page, design, content, discussions about finalisation, published!
• Local Groups Ambassador, Initiative, Chapter application forms
• Open Book – final edits to first draft for publish
• OKFest 2012 – Official After Package released – final prep and blog post published
• Discussions re: starting up Local Groups council and internal communication mediums for this

This Week

• More support for Local Groups portion of OKF Summit re: logistics and agenda
• Local Groups new webpage publicised and shared with community
• Local Groups application forms finalised and published
• Local Groups agreements (post-application form) finalised
• Local Groups Council finalised and started up
• Network call

Availability | Mon – Fri: full time, London. C4CC Christmas party Thursday, early finish on Friday due to travel. NOTE: Offline from next Monday until January 7th for holidays.

Last Week | Dec 3-7th, 2012 | Local Groups, OKFest 2012

• Got France and South Africa set up on the Web
• Built website set-up tutorial on OKF Handbook for incoming Local Groups
• Planned and did first interviews re: new Local Group community position, re Events Coordinator position
• Initial planning re okfn.org/local webpage redesign
• Hosted first Strategy feedback call with Local Group leads
• Planned for last round of Open Book submissions and timeline (OKFest 2012)
• All week: Supported existing Local Groups as needed
• Started planning application forms / charter / agreements for incoming groups and ambassadors

This Week | Dec 10th-14th, 2012 | Local Groups

• Close up outstanding tasks as necessary re: starting holiday next week
• Continue planning more tutorials and resources for incoming Local Groups
• Continue cleaning up OKFN wiki to build new Local Group pages in January
• 5-6 more interviews re: new Local Group community position and Events Coordinator position
• Host second Strategy feedback call with Local Group leads
• After strategy feedback call, bring together all notes and feedback and start drafting plans for 2013
• All week: Support existing Local Groups as needed
• If have time: Continue planning application forms / charter / agreements for incoming groups and ambassadors

Availability | Mon – Fri: full time.

Last Week | Nov 26th-30th, 2012 | Local Groups, OKFest 2012

• Finalised all edits/additions to Local Groups strategic plan, made ready for sharing
• Finalised + shared Local Groups action diagram
• Finalised + shared Local Groups FAQ
• Scheduled feedback calls with Local Group leads
• Did editing for last round of Open Book submissions (OKFest 2012)
• Supported existing Local Groups with various queries and tasks as needed
• Built Local Groups project management tools on Trello, made plans for 2013 goals

This Week | Dec 3rd-7th, 2012 | Local Groups, OKFest 2012

• Get France and South Africa set up on the Web
• Build general beginners’ tutorial on OKF Handbook for incoming Local Group/ Working Group website setup
• Planning interviews re: new Local Group community position
• Host first Strategy feedback call with Local Group leads
• Planning for last round of Open Book submissions (OKFest 2012)
• All week: Support existing Local Groups as needed
• If have time: Start on application forms / charter / agreements for incoming groups and ambassadors

Availability | Mon: Cambridge. Tues – Fri: London at C4CC.

Last Week | Nov 19th-23rd, 2012 | Local Groups, OKFest 2012

• Major Priority to be finished by end of week: Finalised Executive Summary for the Local Groups strategic plan
• Feedback + meetings re strategic plan contents and structure
• Session with Finnish Institute re: final editing and thematic structure plan for the Open Book (OKFest 2012)
• Continued support of existing local groups and helped with various new queries and issues as was needed
• Discussions and feedback re Network and Local Groups task management

This Week | Nov 26th-30th, 2012 | Local Groups, OKFest 2012

• By mid week: Finalise all edits/additions to Local Groups strategic plan, make ready for sharing
• By mid week: Finalise Local Groups action diagram
• By mid week: Finalise Local Groups FAQ
• Mid week: Schedule feedback calls with Local Group leads
• Mid week: Help with last round of Open Book submissions (OKFest 2012)
• All week: Support existing Local Groups as needed
• Late in week: Build Local Groups project management tools