[open-government] Random Hacks Of Kindness - Oxford

David Eaves david at eaves.ca
Thu Nov 10 06:58:09 UTC 2011


Krzysztof - that is great to hear! Exactly what I'm hoping will happen. 
I'm super supportive of the RHoK team and if we can find ways that Open 
Data Day people can help them - that's even better!



On 11-11-09 11:00 PM, Krzysztof Trzewiczek wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We're doing it together at Technical University in Warsaw - in one 
> hall RHoK in the other Open Data Day, so people can mix, meet and so 
> on. It's quite cool actually.
>
>
> Best,
> Krzysztof
>
>
> On 11/08/2011 08:21 PM, Daniel Dietrich wrote:
>> Dear David,
>>
>> could we please arrange not to have OGD and RHoK next year at the same
>> time? It has created a headache last year and will so this year here
>> in Berlin, Germany.
>>
>> my2ct
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>>
>> 2011/11/8 David Eaves<david at eaves.ca>:
>>> Kevin,
>>>
>>> Thank you for posting and for making space for the opendata hackers 
>>> at RHoK!
>>> Hope people are able to get together and find something interesting 
>>> to work
>>> on!
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> dave
>>>
>>> On 11-11-08 5:52 AM, Kevin Carmody wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Open Data types,
>>>
>>> I hope you all don't mind me posting a RHoK event to the Open Data 
>>> lists.
>>> Many of you may remember that last year in Oxford we hosted an Open 
>>> Data
>>> Hack Day, which was a big success. Well this year we've decided to 
>>> focus on
>>> RHoK, but of course, any Open Data heads are welcome to come use the
>>> facilities.
>>>
>>> Please join us on December 3rd and 4th for a RHoK hackathon in Oxford.
>>>
>>> Hacking for Humanity
>>>
>>> Throughout the weekend, we will be coding around real world problems 
>>> from
>>> all over the world.
>>>
>>> RHoK has been working with subject matter experts from around the 
>>> world to
>>> develop problem statements addressing real world development  and
>>> humanitarian challenges.  These problem statements will be the hacking
>>> challenges thrown out to the developers at the RHoK hackathon. In 
>>> Oxford, we
>>> will have subject matter experts and problems from Oxfam  GB, based in
>>> Oxford. See those statements as they develop at www.rhok.org.
>>>
>>> At the end of the weekend, we'll invite you to share your RHoK 
>>> application
>>> with the group and see your work put to use on the ground to save 
>>> lives and
>>> alleviate suffering.
>>>
>>> What Do I Need?
>>> We will provide facilities, power, food and refreshments to help you 
>>> write
>>> your application. Just bring  your laptop, ideas, and enthusiasm to 
>>> complete
>>> the mix.
>>>
>>> When and Where?
>>> The Oxford hackathon will take place from Saturday, December 3rd at 
>>> 09:00
>>> until Sunday,
>>> December 4th at 17:00. It will be held at the offices of White 
>>> October (
>>> http://www.whiteoctober.co.uk/ ), Unit 3 The Gallery, 54 Marston 
>>> Street,
>>> Oxford.
>>>
>>> Space is limited so sign up now:
>>> http://www.rhok.org/event/oxford-united-kingdom
>>>
>>> Best wishes
>>>
>>> Kevin Carmody
>>>
>>> RHoK Oxford
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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