Dear all,
OSS Watch is running a free workshop designed to explore how JISC projects can
best reap the rewards of adopting a community led approach in their work. There
are a few places left on this workshop to be held on Wed 20th June in Oxford.
There is no charge for participants but registration is essential.
Further details are below, if you would like to attend please email
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Open community: Friend or Foe?
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Should JISC funded projects be generating communities around themselves?
How do JISC projects effectively engage with existing third
party communities?
Are users or developers more important when building a community?
What does an open community look like and how does a JISC project use it
to its best advantage?
How does community infrastructure make project management easier?
Is the community there for requirements gathering, feedback on final
outputs, sustainability at the end of the project, or just for the
tea and biscuits?
About the workshop
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This OSS Watch led workshop aims to help JISC project participants
understand community with respect to their project. It is an opportunity
for you to:
- discover how community will help your project with respect to project
management as well as potential sustainability
- team up with projects in similar areas to discuss community
involvement and community development in your specific field
- inform OSS Watch how we may help your project gain maximum benefit
from community activities
Schedule
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0915 Refreshments for the travellers
1000 Welcome
1020 The importance of community and a community infrastructure
1100 Tea/Coffee
1120 Breakout: Do we need communities?
1230 Lunch 1330 Addressing key breakout points
1400 Being a part of an open source community
1440 Tea/Coffee
1450 Breakout: Identifying useful communities
1540 What can OSS Watch do for your community?
1600 Close
When and Where
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Wednesday June 20th
University of Oxford
Need more information?
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If you would like to discuss whether this workshop is for you, please
call Ross on 01865 283610 or email him on [log in to unmask]
About OSS Watch
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OSS Watch promotes awareness and understanding of the legal, social,
technical and economic issues that arise when educational institutions
engage with free and open source software. It does this by providing
unbiased advice and guidance to UK higher and further education. See
http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/
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