[ddj] Election Data Community Hangout

Thu May 2 14:21:41 UTC 2013

I'll record the hangout. Allthough, I think most of it will be gained by
attending, since we intend to have an ongoing discussion.

Michael

On Thu, May 02, 2013 at 02:25:51PM +0100, Richard Allen wrote:
> I was going to ask the same, will there be a recording?
> 
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> *Richard Allen*
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> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Saul Lozano <saul.lozano at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Fantastic!
> >
> > But ... I am afraid I cannot attend. Any chance to see a recorded session
> > later?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Saul
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Michael Bauer <michael.bauer at okfn.org>wrote:
> >
> >> Today is election day for several UK local councils. Elections are usually
> >> reported by using tons of statistics, graphs and metrics. We’ll look into
> >> Election data in a Community hangout tomorrow May 3rd 2013 at 2pm-3pm BST.
> >>
> >> We’ll talk about how to obtain data, what you can do with it, ways to
> >> visualize it and try to think outside the box.
> >>
> >>
> >> If you want to participate in this community hangout: sign up here:
> >>
> >> https://docs.google.com/a/okfn.org/forms/d/1aOIh9vEb4kEpAEnV106EPuRNwbK3vRLFQlZ9KP4juew/viewform
> >>
> >> We'll have a google hangout so space is limited to 9 participants (+1
> >> facilitator) - If you're happy to facilitate please note in the form and
> >> we'll contact you (so we can have more than one call).
> >>
> >> Interesting reading along the way:
> >>
> >> Getting ward boundries:
> >>
> >> http://blog.ouseful.info/2013/05/02/shapefiles-for-electoral-wards-covered-by-a-particular-geography/
> >> Local Election Factsheet:
> >> http://fullfact.org/articles/local_elections_factsheet_may_2013-28903
> >> A quick guide to mapping local elections:
> >>
> >> http://schoolofdata.org/2013/05/02/proving-the-data-a-quick-guide-to-mapping-local-elections/
> >> Gregor Aisch German local election visualization:
> >> http://nds2013.vis4.net/electionmaps/
> >>
> >> See you there!
> >>
> >> Michael
> >>
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