[euopendata] eurostat hackday

Sun Jan 30 19:12:49 UTC 2011

On Sunday, January 30, 2011, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Paola,
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> this e-mail strikes me as just silly.
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> Hay hay, name calling?  I think it is plain silly not to have facts at hand!
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i was referring to the content and apparent assumptions of your e-mail, not you


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> I will agree with you wheter that is silly or not  when I see the information about the costs/benefits involved in this exercise
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> The way I read the description of the eurostathackday it was just an
> all comers are welcome string of parallel local events. so no budget,
> and no air travel involved.
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> Well, here in Edinburgh  people flying from different countries attended,and I am trying to find out  if that is the case for all the other parallel events
> what are the outcomes of the day, and the costs
> it is silly  not to ask these questions :-) although I accept if your interest/priorities are elsewhere, but please do not offend people with  common sense
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>  Trolling is trying to cover up facts and hide essential data  on this list/elsewhere
> If you have any information to offer that answers the question, that is very welcome
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> cheers
> PDM
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> best,
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> Ton
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> On Sunday, January 30, 2011, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Greetings
>> I am putting together a summary of cost/benefits activities  for the EUROSTAT hackdayincluding the 'environmental cost' of flying people around
>> http://eurostat.okfn.org/
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>> I'd like to know
>> a) what have been the outcomes/benefitsb) how money did it cost EU taxpayers to fly around people to attend the respective sessions, in the
>> case these were not participating in their local hometown/regionc) a breakdown of which  EU projects covered for the travel costsd) some kind of carbon footprint for the day
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>> Does anyone have this information on this list? If not, I ll ask the EU Commission for thebreakdown
>> cheers
>> PDM
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