Updates
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_These were provided in writing ahead of the meeting._

Updates from Jonathan Gray:

* energy.publicdata.eu
* alpha of publicdata.eu is launched
* ePSIplatform is now launched
* publicdomain.okfn.org + publicdomaincalculators.okfn.org are now set up
* lots of new developments (big and small) re: open gov data in Europe (Paris, Helsinki, Berlin, Munich, Norway, Netherlands, France, Finland, Belgium and many more)

Update from Stefano Costa:

* News from OKF Italia: we’re starting work on WDMMG for Italy together
with 2 people working at the Ministry of Economy
* on Tuesday I’ll be talking about open gov data in a panel at the Social Media Week in Rome (panel is organised by Datagov.it and will feature journalists, media experts, etc); lots of open data coming next week from Municipality of Torino (thanks to NEXA and Federico Morando)…

News from archaeology:

* open methods is basically sleeping – I’ve no time to follow it properly atm.

Update from Open Biblio:

* gave out one prize last week to Damian Steer for his start on a prototype, and will work with him and Research Revealed group further as project goes forward.
* project extended to July 2011, further work plan in progress.

Decisions
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Following a discussion on how to improve interest in these coord meetings, a quarterly meeting schedule will be trialled, next meeting to be in May 2011.

There was a detailed conversation about recruiting volunteers and how best to respond to their offers of help. It was felt that small, easy tasks were the best introduction. For example translating documents, contributing on http://isitopendata.org and/or http://getthedata.org etc

Immediate actions for JK to lead on:

* Create a volunteers mailing list
* Create a short tasks list on the get involved page
* Review get involved process

Updates:
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* Stefano reported that there over 100 new packages on bringing the total up to 200 now and also mentioned new site . In March there will be a public seminar about CKAN at the NEXA Center for Internet & Society.

* Jonathan mentioned a huge amount of work that has be done including submission to the Knight Foundation Challenge, two FP7 bids and work on the following sites: , , ,

* Rufus provided a run-down on Where Does My Money Go progress:
* Lot of development work over the last month
* Convert from sql to mongodb
* Lots of work on aggregations
* Merged with OffenerHaushalt (thanks to Friedrich)
* Deployment in Spain (thx to David Cabo)
* Deployment in Bergen
* Friedrich is taking over as Project Dev Lead
* Funding: we still have some remaining funding and are continuing to work and develop the project

* Rufus also reported on CKAN work (CKAN = Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network)
* Passed 1600 packages
* http://data.hri.fi/ – Helsinki Infoshare Alpha (using CKAN) launched 30th Dec
* Lots of new features
* We’re hiring: http://blog.ckan.org/2010/12/16/python-web-expert-jobs/
* We continue to work on data.gov.uk
* Setting up a project steering committee

* Rufus mentioned that the new Open Economics group is now operational and their first webapp is live at

Decisions:
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How do we aggregate activity and keep people informed of OKFN activity?

* Keep blog.okfn.org relatively special.
* Create to bring together activity across all sites.

Where should information go? (Too many sources)

* JK noted the proliferation of tools and sources of information, asked about use of the wiki at wiki.okfn.org
* To support the network of projects and working groups WordPress sites will be created as they have been more successful than wikis in experience. WP sites for info, news, meeting notes etc.
* Working group & project leads who are not able to make the coord call should email a brief status summary to the coord list (max 5 mins work)
* Focus on using wiki for planning, so WP sites should still link back there. More care to go into use of Etherpads which should primarily be a place to capture stuff live.

Actions:
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* Blog about developments in Italy (SC)
* Ping MM on coord list about actions (RP)
* Chat with Jenny Shaw about helping with Twitter (RP)
* Add JK to info@okfn.org email (RP)
* Ping Theodora (cc JK) to see if she can make these meetings (JG)
* Blog Knight Challenge submission (JG)
* WordPress planet.okfn.org setup (JK & RP)
* Create okfn.org/wg/ and put in primary nav (JK)