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

[François Bancilhon]

I second this

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Daniel Dietrich
<daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>wrote:

> 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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