Hi Gene, Thank you for your message.
Open Data Day isn't owned or run by any organization - it's a wonderful community organized and run endeavour! :) The amazing David Eaves <https://twitter.com/daeaves> originally initiated it. We at the Open Knowledge Foundation have participated since the first year and more recently we've helped David and others by providing some minimal coordination. In particular, as of last year, the Open Knowledge Foundation itself has taken on responsibility for hosting the site and wiki but that does not imply any special control there (of course anyone can submit pull requests etc – and anyone is also welcome to help<http://blog.okfn.org/2013/12/12/planning-your-open-data-day-2014/> !). Anyone can run an Open Data Day event and anyone can pitch in and help publicize here, on the Open Data Day mailing list<https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-data-day>or on the initiative's wiki <http://wiki.opendataday.org/Main_Page>(as soon as ready), run the website, code/ map/ design/ document/ blog and more. Hope all this sounded so good that it inspired you to join the Open Data Day community :) Best, Beatrice On 13 December 2013 14:01, Gene Shackman <[email protected]> wrote: > One thing you can do on the front page of the wiki page is to list other > organizations that sponsored events. One question I had was: is this > something just okf does, or do other organizations get involved. The blog > listed an event last year from world bank, so list, on the front of the > wiki page, Organizations that sponsored events in the past included World > Bank, another organization, etc.... and link to the pages showing they were > involved. > > > Gene > > > Gene Shackman, Ph.D. > The Global Social Change Research Project > http://gsociology.icaap.org > Free Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research > http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods > ---------- > Applied Sociologist > ---------- > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Beatrice Martini <[email protected]> > *To:* Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, December 13, 2013 3:42 AM > *Subject:* [okfn-discuss] Call to action: Help build Open Data Day! > > Hi, > > *Open Data Day is coming* – on February 22, > 2014<http://blog.okfn.org/2013/12/12/planning-your-open-data-day-2014/>. > Time to get ready! > > The Open Data Day wiki <http://wiki.opendataday.org/Main_Page> needs to > be prepped and polished to rock the 2014 action plan. *We’re looking for > stellar volunteers to help us* with this. Skills required: > > - knowledge of Wiki management > - ability to work with WordPress > - design skills > - mapping skills > > *Willing to help the wiki sprint? Get in touch* with our very own Heather > Leson <[email protected]?Subject=Open%20aData%20Day>. We’ll get this > ready as soon as possible for everyone to add their Open Data Day events! > *If you need some help planning your event*, please do connect on the OKFN > – Discuss mailing list<https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss> > or Open Data Day mailing > list<https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-data-day>. > Next week we will share some resources and planning help for local > organizers. > *Do you already have an Open Data Day event in the pipeline?* We created > a chart for the map of global events. If you are hosting an event, add > yourself to the 2014 map tracking > doc.<https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgWnIWeQjA0AdFZlTnlKbTdQbDFHMVpROG9FUldXcVE&usp=drive_web#gid=0> > > Thank you! > > Best, > Beatrice & Heather > > -- > Beatrice Martini > Events Coordinator | skype: beatricemartini | > @beatricemartini<https://twitter.com/beatricemartini> > The Open Knowledge Foundation <http://okfn.org/> > *Empowering through Open Knowledge* > http://okfn.org/ | @okfn <https://twitter.com/okfn> | OKF on > Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork> | > Blog <http://blog.okfn.org/> | Newsletter<http://okfn.org/about/newsletter/> > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss > > -- Beatrice Martini Events Coordinator | skype: beatricemartini | @beatricemartini<https://twitter.com/beatricemartini> The Open Knowledge Foundation <http://okfn.org/> *Empowering through Open Knowledge* http://okfn.org/ | @okfn <https://twitter.com/okfn> | OKF on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/OKFNetwork> | Blog <http://blog.okfn.org/> | Newsletter<http://okfn.org/about/newsletter/>
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