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
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…
Rufus Pollock
Viderum
Dr Rufus Pollock is a researcher, technologist and entrepreneur. He has been a pioneer in the global Open Data movement,…
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.
Paul Walsh
Open Knowledge International
Paul is Chief Product Officer at Open Knowledge International (OKI), original creators of CKAN. OKI is a global non-profit that works…
Joel Natividad
Datopian
US Lead at Datopian. Building towards #NextgenOpendata - Open Data with Open Source using Open Standards. Putting your #opendata to work…
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.
