Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand discussion

[Fabiana Kubke <mf.kubke AT gmail.com>]

Thanks for the update Matt. Let me know if there is anything I can be of assistance in the tertiary and research space. If you plan to have science and data on your agenda, may I recommend you attend the eresearch symposium which is in wellington this year 
http://www.eresearch.org.nz/nz-eresearch-symposium-2012 . Cameron Neylon, one of the authors of the Panton Principles 
http://pantonprinciples.org/  is a keynote speaker and he and I are running a workshop on 'Open Research'.

It might be worth meeting Cameron off meeting too - Let me know if you want me to put you in contact.

Cheers
Fabiana

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Matt McGregor <mcgma709 AT gmail.com> wrote:

Hi everyone,

This is just a quick (ish) message to update you all on what I'll be doing over the next few months.  As you all know, the general CCANZ plan (AKA 'Roadmap') can be found here:
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/New_Zealand  Below you can find some specific points on what I'll be doing:

Education: I'll hopefully be working with the MoE to give workshops and support to schools with CC and OER policies; I've already begun to reach out to teachers about the use of CC in the school and in the classroom.  The NetHui meeting is gaining steam (FYI, Thursday July 12) and will also cover OER, though in tertiary education.  I'll also be aiming to push, post-Nethui, to see what I can do with universities or departments regarding CC.  I know some folks in Media Studies, so that might be a good place to start.  My purely anecdotal experience is that there's a lot of good feeling among academics towards CC, though this is coupled with the usual confusion/intimidation. 

Data: I'll be giving a quick presentation at the GOVIS open data conference in June; I'll also be looking to learn more about data issues, to plug some gaps in my knowledge here. 

Government: I'll be working with Keitha Booth to give support to agencies regarding NZGOAL.  I'll also be looking to develop case studies about how CC-licensed government work is being used. 

Science: This overlaps with my work in education. Ideally we would be able to have some discussions about CC use and open-access to publicly funded research, and perhaps even develop some open-access policies.  While 'science' is currently the category used by CC, this discussion should also include researchers in the humanities. 

Culture: I'll be continuing to develop case studies of CC-use by both individuals and cultural institutions.  I'll also be looking to promote CC use on Twitter and the new website; and I'll look to give support to people looking to use CC.   

Website: I've populated some of the website, and I will be opening this to community feedback as soon as we have a fixed launch date.  Following some suggestions here, I'd love to have some 'guest-posts' to both discuss issues around CC and also showcase CC-related work.  I'll continue to give the newsy stories which appear on the website at the moment, though (again) ideally, I'd love for the site to become more of a hub for all things CC. 

Media: As I get more practiced, I'll begin to see how we can spread the word in old-media.  Jane has left me leads, so I'll follow those up shortly.   

Competitions/Events: I'm putting this to one side for now.  DigitalNZ is not officially hosting the Mix & Mash this year, but they are willing to partner with various organisations to arrange something Mix & Mash-like.  Perhaps a smaller, CC-focused event could be on the horizon, though I'll come back to this further down the road.  See more information here: http://www.mixandmash.org.nz/

Finally, we have case-studies!  I'm going to be making a public (i.e. Twitter) push for this soon. I'm very keen to hear more examples of how CC is being used in culture, education, and science/humanities. But I'm also keen to hear stories about how CC-licensed government data and reports are being used, by individuals and organisations. 

I'm continuing the process of educating myself about all things CC, so feel free to correct me whenever I go wrong!  Suggestions, as always, are gratefully received.

Cheers,
Matt McGregor

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