[okfn-coord] Contract with aidinfo

[Jonathan Gray]

Really keen to work on this. Simon is really nice - and conversations
with him at the Public Information Workshop we organised last autumn
are what prompted the 'open knowledge in development' session at
OKCon.

Happy to spend up to a couple of working weeks on this - depending on
what is needed, and can do lit review, contacting people, drafting and
helping Becky with polishing!

J.

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> 2009/5/7 Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com>:
>> 2009/5/7 Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>:
>>> 2009/5/7 Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com>:
>>
>>>> Note that the proposal also mentions a hack day they want us to set up
>>>> before June - or have I misread it?
>>>
>>> I think you have misread this. I think what they are asking to do (at
>>> the moment) is stated in the half-bolded sentence which reads:
>>>
>>> "As a way of starting discussions, consultation and planning in this
>>> workstream we would like to commission a short consultation paper that
>>> sets out the issues and options to consider. "
>>
>> Phew.
>
> Below is email from Simon at AidInfo in response to my email
> yesterday. It seems they don't even need the full report by start of
> June, just a "rough draft" or even just "thoughts (I assume a proper
> report would be expected by August/Septermber).
>
> I think we can easily produce rough draft/thoughts by end of May (this
> won't be more than a few days I think) I think we can pencil in a
> definite yes.
>
> Unless anyone objects I will therefore arrange to speak with him early
> next week to firm up details (like exact time commitment + money)
> which I will then report back here before making any firm commitment.
>
> Rufus
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Simon Parrish <simon at devinit.org>
> Date: 2009/5/8
> Subject: RE: aidinfo / IATI technical scoping paper
> To: rufus.pollock at okfn.org
> Cc: jonathan.gray at okfn.org
>
>
> Hi Rufus,
>
> No problems - just checking you received it.
>
> Re: timeframe, I don't need anything too substantial by early June,
> just some initial thoughts and ideas to take into workshop discussions
> (not a report)
>
> It would be good if we could discuss this next week (any day except
> Tuesday works for me) - and would be ideal if we could arrange a
> meeting to discuss further before June (w/c 25th is best from my
> perspective)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: okfn.rufus.pollock at googlemail.com
> [mailto:okfn.rufus.pollock at googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Rufus Pollock
> Sent: 07 May 2009 14:43
> To: Simon Parrish
> Cc: jonathan.gray at okfn.org; Simon Parrish
> Subject: Re: aidinfo / IATI technical scoping paper
>
> Dear Simon,
>
> Sorry to not reply sooner -- we've been rather busy this week due to
> our involvement with the EU Data Transparency Summit
> (http://wiki.okfn.org/ckan/eutransparency/).
>
> We're very interested what the proposal and are just in the process of
> talking this over internally. Our only difficulty at the moment is the
> timeframe which is quite tight! I can promise we get back to you with
> a fuller answer by early next week. Does that sound OK?
>
> Regards,
>
> Rufus Pollock
>
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