[Sorvi-admin] Hackdays

[Leo Lahti]

Hi Jenny,

thanks for opening the Open Science planning pad at
http://science.okfnpad.org/OKFesthackday



> We discussed previously of joining forces during the hackday. I work on
>> Louhos (louhos.github.com) where we develop research-oriented software
>> libraries for open data. We have submitted a related application but it now
>> seems that the best option would be to join a related coding event. The
>> open science stream would suit well and I am now starting think of the
>> practicalities. Assuming this would still be ok with you (another option
>> for us would be data journalism hackathon)? Perhaps we could even ask for a
>> larger hackspace if proposals are merged.
>>
>
> That sounds great, I think I replied on the other thread but there's so
> much information going around at the moment! Open Cultural Heritage have
> the MAKE space, which can take 60 people in three rooms (40-50, 10, 10) and
> open science have the 20 person Hack workshop, which is 5mins walk away but
> we could use for breakout of a particular group if necessary. How many
> people would you expect?
>

We were provided the opportunity to reserve 20 person hackspace for the
whole Tuesday, or for a couple hours. So we should have extra space if
needed (and if we can request this soon). We would like to keep the event
light-weight and expecting 5-10 participants. The best option would
definitely be to join forces.

Before we fix this, it would also be good to know what kind of support you
would need & expect if we shall participate in the arrangements - or would
it be sufficient to just join in and help with advertising etc.

The hack is on Tuesday and any help you can offer with the local media
> would be very much appreciated for the hack itself and the open research
> and education stream.
>

Great, we could have a look at this.



> I'll try and set up a hack day planning call with Sam, Laura, yourself and
> anyone else who is involved when Laura is back from India mid-August and we
> can talk in more detail about on the day logistics and how to handle remote
> participation, which we're encouraging
>

Great. I will still need to check the overall plans with the other guys (in
cc) before we fix this. Let's return to this soon.


Thanks!

Leo




>
>> best regards
>> Leo,
>> postdoc, Netherlands / Finland
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 3:42 PM, Jenny Molloy <jcmcoppice12 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Sam
>>>
>>> The Open Science hackday is Tuesday, School of Open is Wednesday so
>>> still happy to join forces - let me know :)
>>>  http://science.okfn.org/okfest/open-science-hackday/
>>>
>>> Jenny
>>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> My misunderstanding, I thought that your hack was also on the Tuesday,
>>>> so sounds like it would still be best to keep them separate.
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>> Sam
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Jane Park <
>>>> janepark at creativecommons.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> We are actually having a hack/workshop session for School of Open on
>>>>> Wed afternoon titled, "Open Peer Learning: School of Data and School of
>>>>> Open". See:
>>>>> http://okfestival.org/topic-stream-open-research-and-education/.
>>>>> There will be developing of challenges on how to "open" things, or
>>>>> implement "open" tools into daily practices across various fields of
>>>>> interest. That might fit? But perhaps not in terms of scheduling..
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Jane
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was just wondering are you organising a hackday on the Tuesday of
>>>>>> OKFest?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If so, would there like to collaborate and perhaps join forces with
>>>>>> the Open Cultural Heritage stream?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There seems like a great deal of cross-over between the kinds of
>>>>>> tools to be developed. I imagine tools for working with bibliographic
>>>>>> references being particularly important.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Currently we have a group of Italian developers who want who are
>>>>>> working on semantic annotation tools for use in teaching and research such
>>>>>> as http://thepund.it and some interest from Finnish cultural
>>>>>> heritage institutions wanting to open up their data specifically for the
>>>>>> hackathon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What are your thoughts?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sam
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Sam Leon
>>>>>> Community Coordinator
>>>>>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>>>>>> http://okfn.org/
>>>>>> Twitter: @noeL_maS
>>>>>> Skype: samedleon
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jane Park
>>>>> http://creativecommons.org/about/people/#janepark
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Sam Leon
>>>> Community Coordinator
>>>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>>>> http://okfn.org/
>>>> Twitter: @noeL_maS
>>>> Skype: samedleon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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