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Open D.C.: OSI May 2013 f2f Board Meeting & Outreach Events
Welcome
to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Spring 2013 Washington D.C. Public Planning Wiki. The OSI Board will meet during the week of May 6, 2013 in D.C. and is taking an open and collaborative approach to making the very best use of their time there. If you’d like to know more about OSI, its mission and activities, please visit opensource.org .
Background
The OSI board, which meets in person at least twice per annum, was unanimous in their interest to select Washington D.C. as the location for the Spring 2013 meeting not only as a central location for gathering its geographically diverse board membership, but also as a national and international epicentre of open source policy dialog and debate as well as high-profile implementations within US federal government operations. The board members have extended their agenda to include time for meeting with and providing their expertise to organizations in the area to further the general goals of OSI’s mission to defend, protect, educate and promote the Open Source Definition and use of standardized licenses.
Participate
We’re looking for organizations and individuals to help ideate, strategize, collaborate, organize, host, promote, and/or just show up to a number of events during the week of May 6. You can get involved by creating a user account and contributing to the wiki, or feel free to mail the board with your ideas or suggestions.
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Draft Schedule
updated March 19
Monday, May 6 Board Members arrive
Monday evening, possible inter-organizational dinner or other evening event?
Tuesday, May 7
- Half Day Board Meeting Day (no outside events for board members)
- Board members at 11:30 am. for lunch and new member introductions
- 1 pm - 6 pm formal agenda at Google DC conference room*
- Board meeting Dinner TBA
- Meeting location: 1101 New York Avenue, N.W., Second Floor, Washington, DC 20005
Wednesday, May 8
- Full Board Meeting Day (9 am to 6 pm)
- 9 am - 6 pm formal agenda at Google DC conference room
- Evening Open
Thursday, May 9
- all board members available
- One half day open for events, visits to hill
- One half day is now reserved for the Open Source License Clinic.
- Evening Meet-Up / Reception
Friday, May 10
- Open Source Community Summit
- Many board members still in town
Who will attend from OSI
- Deborah Bryant, director
- Karl Fogel, director
- Jim Jagielski, director
- Martin Michlmayr, director and board secretary
- Mike Milinkovich, director
- Simon Phipps, director and president
- Luis Villa, director
- Tony Wasserman, director
- New: Bruno Souza has been nominated for the OSI Affiliate seat, without opposition, is anticipated to be confirmed formally, and will join the Board in D.C.
Co-Sponsored Events
Confirmed: Open Source Licensing Clinic for legal and contracting professionals
- Speakers:
- Confirmed in pencil: David Wheeler from IDA will participate, and has offered materials for workshop.
- Confirmed pending agency approval: Vick Alums from CENDI
- Confirmed: Luis Villa will serve as workshop HOST/MC.
- Confirmed: MIke Milinkovich, OSI director and Eclipse Foundation ED , will participate in the Round Table
- Confirmed: Jim Jagielski, OSI director and Apache Software Foundation board president
- Location confirmed: Library of Congress
- address: Library of Congress,
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20540-4935
Building: Madison, 6th floor, Dining Room A
- Capacity Classroom style = 35 or Theater style = 60
- Schedule: May 9, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm —–NOTE CHANGE OF TIME
- Registration is now open at oss-license-clinic.eventbrite.com
- Ready to promote
Idea: OSI Members / Open Source Meet-up
- Sponsors or co-promoters? ACM DC chapter, OSfA, MIL-OSS, Open Forum Foundation
- Location? Near the Open Source License Clinic
- Change: Clinic will be held at Library of congress in morning
- Thursday, May 9
following the Clinic - Public event, either self hosted or sponsored, designed to socialize and network on topics of shared interest
Confimed: Community Summit
Community event: The Washington, DC Metropolitan area has a healthy and vibrant technical user group community. While groups like the Linux Users Groups, Java and JBoss Groups, Opscode, Eucalyptus, Mongo, Big Data are focused on specific areas,
many of them have the common thread of open source running through them.
It would be great to hold an event that brings these communities together and puts a spotlight on the what the lifeblood of Open Source is - active community participation. (submitted by Isaac Christoffersen)
Add: MIL-OSS Working Group, Drupal4Gov
- Steve Holden of Open Bastion has a committed plan as producer and fiscal, OSI and community provide program
- Friday, May 10 9am to 3:30
- Location: Mayflower Renaissance Hotel
- Sponsors: Eclipse Foundation, Red Hat Fedora, Google, and GigHub
- Communications Partners: ACM, MilOSS, OSfA, Drupal4Gov
- Committed Speakers:
- Simon Phipps, Conference Chair
- Karl Fogel, author “Producing Open Source Software”, on the State of Open Source
- Mike Milinkovich, Eclipse Foundation, on Ecosystems
- Deb Bryant, on OSI's future
- Board Members Also Attending:
- Jim Jagielski
- Bruno Sauza (pending confirmation in affiliate board seat)
- Martin Michlmayr
- Lightening round pitches to open unconference sessions
- Web site up! http://opensourcecommunitysummit.org
- DC Area Survey launched (first order topolopgy of regional community) (see Survey tab on event site)
- Contact Deb Bryant if you'd like to join the community planning list
On the Hill:
Possible visits with Members or staff
- Currently working with Open Source for America steering members to explore a Capitol Hill visit,.
- Staff briefings/Brown Bag event?
- Have a request in to Senator Wyden's aid for a briefing room.
- Wyden will kick off if he is available
- Maybe OSI can do something STEM related on the Hill?
ala how being open helps education? (public suggestion)
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/04/sparkfun/
Legislation / Testimony of Interest
- Internet Society Testifies Before U.S. House of Representatives on Internet Policy and Internet Freedom; Encourages continued support for the multi-stakeholder model of Internet policy development (flagged by Tony Wasserman)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/05/internet-freedom-hearing-idUSnBw620cNja+104+BSW20130205
Other Events in the Area During the Week of May 6 (either possible collaboration or potential schedule conflict)
- May 7 - FedScoop 4th Annual Tech Shoot-out http://fedscoop.com/events/techshootout2013/
- ACM Policy Group meets this week per Andy Oram
- Sunlight's Transparency Camp (May 4–5)
Organizations interested in presenting on the OSI Board Agenda
Please feel free to add your ideas here and let us know how we can contact you.
- Who, What, Why?
- Wikimedia DC (http://wikimediadc.org) would love to meet with OSI! Perhaps not giving a formal presentation, but just generally geeking out. board@wikimedia.org should reach the right people to coordinate.
