I'm +1 on OKInternational and it can be OKI for short :)
Ira
On 17 September 2014 20:15, Everton Zanella Alvarenga
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Naomi and all,
these observations are good. I like best the idea of
*Open Knowledge Internation* (*OKInternational*)
instead. Already used this name in an e-mail I just
sent in another conversation. I'll use
OKInternational, but sure will listen to other ideas
to come until we find a consensus. :)
P. S. If someday we discover intelligent life in
other planets, I suggest change to Open Knowledge
Universal, if there isn't one already or planets
where we don't need to open up knowledge created by
these exotic aliens.
P. P. S. At the university I've studied, University
of São Paulo, at the Clock Square it is written "In
the universe of culture the center is everywhere
<http://obasculante.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/foto-reloj-usp.jpg>",
said by Miguel
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Reale>Reale
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Reale>. I'd say
the same for the commons of knowledge. :)
Tom
2014-09-17 9:58 GMT-03:00 Naomi Lillie <naomi
<mailto:[email protected]>.
<mailto:[email protected]>lillie
<mailto:[email protected]>@
<mailto:[email protected]>okfn
<mailto:[email protected]>.org
<mailto:[email protected]>>:
Hi Tom & all,
Interesting! Personally, I am in two minds about
this.
To me, calling the non-profit organisation 'Open
Knowledge Global' implies we would then speak for
all the global groups, as a sort of collective or
overall representative of all the individual
Chapters, Local Groups, Working Groups and other
community groups and individuals. As you know,
this may not always be appropriate - different
groups have different aims and methods, and - for
example - if 'Open Knowledge Global' were to
write a thought-leadership blog on successful
lobbying, that could damage the reputation of
groups in areas where lobbying is perceived as
anarchic or subversive. 'Central' seems more
representative of a supportive administrative
hub, which I would say is closer to my
understanding of the role the non-profit
organisation currently undertakes, or seeks to
undertake.
On the other hand, I agree there isn't a 'centre'
of Open Knowledge (if there is, I want the
key!!). The non-profit organisation doesn't
dictate what groups do or say, the lines of
communication aren't radiating out from a centre,
the groups aren't gathered 'around the centre';
'global' allows for a more amorphous cloud of
multiple communication streams, and less
hierarchy. Also being called 'OKCentral' has
sometimes given the impression that the most
usual geographic location for OKCentral to meet -
London, Berlin or Cambridge - is therefore its
'capital' or office. in the case of London and
Cambridge, this is exacerbated by the fact that
there is no established Local Group, and many
people assume 'OKCentral' is the same as 'OK-UK'
or 'OK-England'. 'Global' may go some way to
address this misconception and/or help us move
away from this habit.
There are examples of other organisations and
communities being called 'international' - for
example Amnesty International and Greenpeace
International - perhaps people involved in those
groups could share information about what the
'international' there implies and means in
practise, and we could see whether that model
fits with what we all are or hope to be?
I would love to hear more from people on this
list about what you think and/or have
experienced, as well as Local Group and Working
Group leaders - here looping in on CC.
Thanks Tom for the thought-provoking suggestion!
Naomi (speaking for myself only)
On 16 September 2014 16:02, Julio Feliciano
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
+1
On Sep 15, 2014, at 11:36 PM, Nurunnaby
Hasive <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
+1
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Pieter
Colpaert <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
+1
Op 15 sep. 2014 13:18 schreef "Rufus
Pollock" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>:
Very good suggestion Tom - we sort
of fell into the "Central" by
accident (btw it was always intended
to convey coordination and support
rather than direction).
If others were happy with the
"Global" moniker rather than
"Central" I think this would make
perfect sense as a change.
Regards,
Rufus
On 13 September 2014 16:12, Everton
Zanella Alvarenga <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Dear all,
I believe for we work as a
network, we shouldn't have a
center. Thus I'd like to suggest
henceforth to call Open
Knowledge Central of Open
Knowledge Global (OKCentral ->
OKGlobal). And we work hard to
work in this way.
Thoughts?
Tom
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