[euopendata] [psi-workers] Timing of pan-European open data competition

Mon Mar 21 15:21:16 UTC 2011

Dear all,

I would suggest to start the competition at the assembly in June, because this would give more time preparation and spreading the word

I would also suggest to give developers more time for the competition e.g. from June until November / December

I was already a bit concerned that the tight schedule might result in little participation and media coverage.

my 2 cents
Daniel

On 21.03.2011, at 16:10, Federico Morando wrote:

> Dear Jonathan,
> 
> I think this is a question for Thomas, Margot and the EU Commission: of course, in terms of organizing the contest, having some more time would be better, in my opinion, but I think that we have a strong commitment toward having something tangible to present at the Digital Assembly...
> 
> Best,
> 
> Federico
> 
> 
> On 03/21/2011 01:59 PM, Jonathan Gray wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Several people have now commented to me in person, via email and on
>> the phone that they think that the competition should be *launched* in
>> June to coincide with the Digital Assembly, instead of launching in
>> April and being judged in June.
>> 
>> At the moment we're still planning to go ahead for an April launch -
>> but I'm interested to see if anyone else has any strong views on the
>> timing of the competition. E.g. in terms of busy-ness are our target
>> audience more likely to be more free between April-June, or (e.g.)
>> June to September? My only concern is that people may go away
>> completely over the summer - or may be too busy enjoying the nice
>> weather to build applications/visualisations.
>> 
>> What do people think?
>> 
>> All the best,
>> 
>> Jonathan
>> 
> 
> 
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