Dear all,

this is the response I got from MyData upon letting them know about our intentions to found MyData Austria. Additionally, we got the email address austria@mydata.org mailto:austria@mydata.org assigned which is currently forwarded to info@mydatahub.at mailto:info@mydatahub.at

The process of setting up a Local Group is quite extensiv and described in this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1waDAbeCjX1ySL8chKGbDfLueZ_UAeSsYHVtzCZYU... https://docs.google.com/document/d/1waDAbeCjX1ySL8chKGbDfLueZ_UAeSsYHVtzCZYU_GI/edit# Therefore, I propose to add an administrative agenda item "MyData Application" for the next meeting and discuss on how to proceed!

Best, Christoph

Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht:

Von: Sille Sepp sille@mydata.org Betreff: Aw: Founding MyData Austria Hub Datum: 13. November 2018 um 06:44:55 MEZ An: info@mydatahub.at

Dear Christoph,

Congratulations, and great to hear that you have already come together to discuss the goals of the Austrian hub.

As you might have heard, we are in the process of finalising and subsequently approving the Internal regulations for the Hubs and Groups http://bit.ly/mydata-initiatives at the general meeting on Nov 15th, which defines also the requirements of a Hub (in section 2.1): There should be at least two (2) MyData Global members (individual or organisational) to form an Initiative The Initiative’s name must include “MyData”. This may be translated into native languages. An Initiative need to appoint a Coordinator and share their contact information with MyData Global team for publication. The Coordinator should be a member of MyData Global. The Coordinator will be the main representative of an Initiative, and his/her primary role will be to develop and maintain the strategy for the Initiative together with its participants. The threshold is low in order to welcome all kind of hubs and groups, who's (even very small) activities are promoting and fostering the MyData Global purpose.

Once the internal regulations have been approved, I will circulate the application form among all known (existing and emerging) hubs and groups. After you have submitted your application, it will go through a peer-acceptance model (explained also in this Slack message https://mydataglobal.slack.com/archives/C8T25FW8P/p1541064943023200?thread_ts=1540804261.000400&cid=C8T25FW8P) and if all is good, we're set to go to put you on an active list of MyData initiatives.

To fasten up the process, i encourage you to already start drafting the application based on the doc version (available below the internal regulations https://docs.google.com/document/d/1waDAbeCjX1ySL8chKGbDfLueZ_UAeSsYHVtzCZYU_GI/edit).

Would you have any other questions or concerns, I'm glad to assist!

Sincerely, Sille Sepp Producer of MyData 2018 https://mydata2018.org/ Conference

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Kontakt MyData Austria Hub (<info@mydatahub.at mailto:info@mydatahub.at>) kirjutas kuupäeval E, 12. november 2018 kell 23:12: Hi,

earlier this month we had the MyData Austria inaugural meeting and we are now 6 founding members:

• Christoph Fabianek
• Soheil Human
• Elmar Kiesling
• Axel Polleres
• Markus Sabadello
• Michael Shea

All except Soheil have been at the MyData2018 in Helsinki and we want to use the momentum and found also a local hub in Austria. Initial talks about our goals were quite frutiful and we plan to have a local page (www.mydatahub.at http://www.mydatahub.at/) and a meetup page up soon.

Please let us know if you need any further information!

Best, Christoph