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Please note: Recent changes regarding project stewardship are not yet reflected below. The ETA for updates to this page is 24 June 2019.

 

CKAN Association Steering Group

The Steering Group is a key part of the CKAN Association. It is made up of key stakeholders who have committed to oversee and steer the CKAN Association going forward.

Current Members

The Steering Group is Chaired by Paul Walsh and consists of five members:

Christopher Jaja

Christopher Jaja

Government of Canada

Head of the Government of Canada's Open Government portal, open.canada.ca. He possesses 15 years of international experience leading and developing…

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Rufus Pollock

Rufus Pollock

Datopian

Dr Rufus Pollock is a researcher, technologist and entrepreneur. He has been a pioneer in the global Open Data movement,…

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Steven De Costa

Steven De Costa

Link Digital

Executive Director of Link Digital, member of the Steering Group and Community Team Lead for the CKAN Association and founder of DataShades.com. He is former national organizer of GovHack.org and Board member of Open Knowledge Australia.

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Paul Walsh

Paul Walsh

Datopian

Paul is CEO at Datopian.

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Joel Natividad

Joel Natividad

Datopian

US Lead at Datopian. Building towards #NextgenOpendata - Open Data with Open Source using Open Standards. Putting your #opendata to work…

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Contact

You can contact the Steering Group via email at [email protected].

The Steering Group members are also on the general discussion group.

Responsibilities

The Steering Group will have responsibility for:

  • Overseeing finances and membership
  • Overseeing activity of other groups such as the technical group
  • Overseeing any administrative and legal aspects of the Association’s activities

Meetings and Communication

The Steering Group meet on the first Tuesday of each month via video conference. They use a dedicated mailing list for discussion between meetings.

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