It feels like we’re already rushing headlong to the end of the year. I’ve had conversations this week that made me realise how few weeks of work are left in this year, while the amount of stuff to get done hasn’t shortened in response. On top of that I’ve spent more time than I should have on playing with and conversing on Mastodon, with the new influx of people. And, on top of that, it’s the time of year I get a bit more reflective so I feel a strong urge to make lots of notes.
This week I
- Had a meeting with my business partners, talking about what we see ahead in the coming 6 to 9 months.
- Participated in a client meeting preparing for the official launch of an interprovinical digital ethics commission by the Minister for Digitisation.
- Had the weekly client meetings
- Did a session with a few provinces discussing the incoming EU data legislation
- Had a meeting about the implementation process for the EU High Value Data list with the responsible Digital Society team at the Ministry for the Interior.
- Prepared a meeting of the Dutch tactical council for EU data policy, which takes place next week
- Had a session with the consortium that is doing the preparatory work for the Green Deal data space for the European Commission
- Did some invoicing
- Had a board meeting for the Open Nederland association, in preparation for the general assembly end of the month
- Picked up the work again for the Dutch national flora and fauna database that is being restructured both technically and governance wise, as well as gaining a new role in the overall Dutch data infrastructure. It’s a database that contains data from both public and private sources and is used for both public tasks, research and commercial work (building sites e.g.). Those different angles creates interesting tensions w.r.t. organisation, open data, and governance.
- Walked the neighbourhood with Y for St. Maarten, resulting in an impressive stash of sweets and candy for Y.
- Installed a new VPS with Yunohost, as a sandbox for various indie and ActivityPub related things
- Had a conversation with M who maintains a very fast growing Dutch Mastodon instance, about how to structure it’s growth, create a governance layer and ensure its sustainability while also creating a broader base for federated tools in general. To be continued in the next few weeks.