Our Advisors
All of the below people are leaders in Open Knowledge and can provide advice based on their #expertise below:
- Pia Waugh – @piawaugh #GovHack #OpenGovernment #OpenData #OpenSource #OpenGLAM #OpenCulture #Hacker
- Henare Degan – @henaredegan #OpenAustralia #OpenSource #OpenData #Hacker
- Alastair D’Silva – @evildeece #OpenHardware #Hacker
- Gavin Tapp – @gavintapp #Hacker
- Alex Sadleir – @maxious #OpenData #Hacker
- James Purser – @purserj #OpenGovernment #OpenSource #Hacker
- Anne Fitzgerald #OpenAccess #OpenScholarship #Brisbane
- Tom Worthington – @tom_worthington #OpenScholarship #Open Access #Canberra
- Suse Cairns – @shineslike #OpenGLAM #OpenCulture #Newcastle
- Silvana Fumega – @SilvanavF #OpenPolicy #OpenGovernment #OpenData #Tasmania
- Mat Todd @MatToddChem #OpenScience
- Marc Moncrief – @marcmoncrief #DataJournalism #Melbourne
- Dani Bevins – @DaniBevins #Hacker #Sydney
- Shaun Davies – @prawn_gravies #OpenData #Sydney
- Jane Lee – @janesylee #Hacker #Melbourne
- Geoff Mason – @grmsn #OpenGLAM #OpenGovernment #Canberra
- Tim Little – #OpenGovernment #Canberra
- Clare Paine – @clare_paine – #OpenGovernment #Canberra
- Evan Hill – #OpenPolicy
- Nerida Hart – @neridahart #Canberra
- Steve Davies – @ozloop #OpenGovernment #Canberra
- Craig Thomler – @craigthomler #OpenGovernment #Canberra
- Dan Groch – #OpenGovernment #Melbourne
- Pavid Pecotic – @djp1974 #OpenGovernment #Maps #Canberra
- Keith Moss – @kevin_rudds_cat #Perth
- Cobi Smith – @cobismith #OpenDevelopment
- Stephen Gates – @SGatesHQ #Brisbane
The Role of Advisors
The role of Advisor for Open Knowledge Australia is for any member who has a particular expertise in Open Knowledge (#OpenHardware #OpenGovernment #OpenDataJournalism, etc). On average, an Advisor will spend a 2-6 hours per month volunteering their time. Likely activities of Advisors include:
- Advice and guidance to anyone who wants to get involved in Open Knowledge Australia.
- Provide advice and expertise to other members to encourage action (do-ocracy).
- Notify the Board of any press releases, media statements and/or quotes for journalists which help promote Open Knowledge as a cause.
- Monitoring of your open expertise through global channels, such as listservs, twitter and other media channels.
- Advisors may also be asked to speak at Open Knowledge conferences and other events about their open expertise.