[open-government] Open Government Data Bulletin Idea

Thu Nov 10 11:59:18 UTC 2011

Hi Rufus, all,

We are already collecting (European) open government data events since 18
months at
https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=d8ctpd90brkif2u7emhrv03kqc%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Europe/Amsterdam

Which in turn is used at http://epsiplatform.eu/events, where I also post
items on events.

So I would propose to add a way combining Rufus' idea with that calendar,
so as to not create two resources in a separate way. Maybe we can pipe the
google from into that calendar.  I'm also happy to give anyone access to
that calendar.

best,

Ton

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On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> As a member of the working group and a subscriber to this list I
> regularly see announces of interesting open government data
> developments and activities -- hackdays, data releases, policy
> changes, license adoptions etc. (Here's just one example from Anne
> Fitzgerald yesterday [1]).
>
> [1]:
> http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/open-government/2011-November/001751.html
>
> It is great to have these notices coming through to the list but I've
> been thinking for a while that it would be nice to collect these in a
> slightly more organized fashion in addition to having them come to the
> list (or surface via twitter etc). Prompted by Anne's mail yesterday,
> I've booted up a quick google form and put it online here:
>
> <http://opengovernmentdata.org/bulletin/>
>
> The idea is people can submit "notices" here -- short summaries like
> the ones sent to the list. These notices will automatically get
> republished back onto the site (not quite done but on the way -- I'd
> like this to be nicer than a simple embed of the spreadsheet!).
>
> We can also do a monthly or quarterly summary to the list (that will
> be much easier to put together than via a wade through the list
> archives!). In addition will have a permanent record that can grow
> over time and allow us to see how things have developed.
>
> To assist in carrying this out we probably need 1 or 2 volunteer
> "Bulletin Editors" who:
>
> * Help submit notices (some things don't come through to the list and
> some people will just want to mail and not also add to the bulletin)
> * Review submissions in case of spam or duplication (just looking
> through the spreadsheet) and perhaps add extra info (like date and
> place)
>
> So:
>
> a) What do people think?
> b) Anyone up for being a Bulletin Editor? (If interested you can mail
> me direct off-list rather than on-list)
>
> Rufus
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> Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age
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