Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

[Wayne Mackintosh <wayne AT oerfoundation.org>]

Ki ora Danyl

Again -- welcome aboard Matt.

I echo the call for hosting the CC-NZ website using a free software engine. Its not appropriate for a free culture initiative to be using non-free software -- we must walk the the talk ;-).  From recollection good progress was made in moving towards an open solution -- so we should be able to move this agenda item forward and with community help and engagement, it shouldn't be a problem.

On a related note, with reference to advocacy for open licensing and capacity building, we're hosting another free online Open Content Licensing for Educators (OCL4Ed) workshop to coincide with the UNESCO World OER Congress in June.  We're aiming to break are previous record of 1067 participants. Would be great if the CC-NZ community could help spread the word through your networks. 

Will post a separate note to the list about OCL4Ed 2012.06.

Cheers

Wayne 

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Danyl Strype <strypey AT disintermedia.net.nz> wrote:

Kia ora koutou

Matt, nau mai, haere mai ki te rōpu CC-NZ (I hope you are on the list
to receive this welcome ;) I don't envy you having to fill Jane's
shoes, she's been a tremendous champion for CC, OER and free culture
generally in Aotearoa, and no doubt she will continue to do great work
under the umbrella of DigitalNZ.

This email list was set up to help getting the CC license localisation
process underway, and has evolved into a community tool for
announcements, discussion and networking around CC, and sometimes
other free culture topics (OER, Open Access etc). Please feel free to
introduce yourself, and talk about what you plan to do as Project Lead
over the coming year. This will be a good chance for an open
discussion on the state of the project, and what we as the CC ANZ
community can do to help realise any good ideas that come up.

One thing I'd definitely like to see happen is the proposed upgrade of
the CreativeCommons.org.nz website, perhaps in time for a re-launch on
the next Culture Freedom Day. Many of us have been itching to see it
migrated to a free code platform, so its further development can be
more of an open source community process. I'm particularly keen to see
the forums made more user-friendly, as they are currently under-used,
and strewn with posts that looks like spam:
http://creativecommons.org.nz/forums

If funds are short, perhaps we could look for some web design students
who support free culture ideals and could donate some time?
Alternatively, we could look at a fundraising campaign on
PledgeMe.co.nz.

He mihi nui ki a koe
ki a koutou katoa
Danyl Strype

On 18 May 2012 12:01, Jane Hornibrook <janehornibrook AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I'm thrilled to say that a new face has joined our group.
>
> It's my distinct pleasure to introduce Matt McGregor, the new Public
> Lead for CC Aotearoa New Zealand at the Royal Society of New Zealand.
> He joins us from a background in the humanities and in teaching.

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