[EU-lobby-data] my conversation with Ester

[Natacha Cingotti]

Hey Olivier,

Thanks for keeping us posted. What you have identified already seems to 
make sense.

Fromt the top of my head, I'm trying to think of other ideas:
- maybe a blog about the discrepancies b/w aggregates on overall number 
of lobbyists (declared) vs numbers of badges
- something on organisations with most EP accreditations maybe?
I'll try to brainstorm further in the next days.

Update on talks with Tactical Tech would be great. I still have some 
budget (that could go either on event organising, stories by Esther or 
TacTech designing) but would need to know what the situation is.

@all question: is there a next call planned some time soon?
@friedrich: contract has been signed: all is all right I think; how is 
it going on your end re: crowdsourcing app?

Best

Natacha
On 19/10/2012 15:08, Olivier Hoedeman wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> in the last few days we've been madly busy with the scandal around 
> Commissioner Dalli and the tobacco lobby, but I'm trying to get back 
> to the crucial work on lobbyfacts.eu (launch is now only six weeks 
> away). Monday I met with Ester Arauzo to discuss her work on writing 
> texts for the website, some of the background texts and then the first 
> blog stories. She will write 3-4 blog stories for the launch date (4 
> december) and a few more that we can post later in December and early 
> January.
>
> The blog stories should in principle be based on what can be found out 
> through fairly simple research using the website; the purpose is to 
> show what the website can be used for. Ester would like to start 
> working right away, so her question for Friedrich is when the website 
> will be ready for internal use? I guess this willr equire updating the 
> tables as well (lists of firms, consultancies etc.)? Can we prepare 
> tailormade data - early November - for the stories Ester will be 
> working on?
>
> We identified the following types of stories:
> - blog posts on biggest spenders (overall and per type of lobby actor)
> - blog posts on imbalance between industry and NGOs/unions
> - blog posts on lobbying by specific sectors (how much spent, how many 
> lobbyists)
> - flawed registrations (most interesting if famous companies)
>
> I will try to make to develop some more specific ideas for blog 
> stories in the coming days; don't hesitate to send me any ideas you 
> may have.
>
> Regarding the background texts, Ester could write texts on 
> lobbying-and-the-EU and about the shortcomings of the register. This 
> also depends a bit on what we want the webstie to look like in terms 
> of static pages. Is there any news on this after your meeting with 
> TacticalTech, Timo?
>
> I made a deal with Ester for the rest of this year; if we have budget 
> for it we could consider extending it into 2013.
>
> friendly greetings
>
> Olivier
>

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Natacha Cingotti
Lobby transparency and corporate power
Friends of the Earth Europe
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