[@OKau] Opendatabook.club

Thu Jun 4 23:46:14 UTC 2015

This sounds great Rosie :)

*STEVEN DE COSTA *|
*EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR*www.linkdigital.com.au

On 5 June 2015 at 09:09, Rosie Williams <budgetaus at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'm thinking of running two events per month through
> http://www.meetup.com/Australia-Open-Data/ as OKAu branded events unless
> this is not considered the role of the OKAU in which case they won't be
> branded. I'm still thinking these ideas through.
>
> One event per month aimed at general public - by that I mean that anyone
> can attend and get something out of it without having knowledge of computer
> programming or expertise in government or academia (which is not to say
> these people won't be interested in the goings-on). I would like these
> events to be reasonably informal and be a place for people to talk face to
> face about what open data means to them and what their data needs are.
> Topics would be set each month for discussion: 'Does Australia have enough
> transparency?' 'What do we want to know about government spending?' 'What
> problems should/can open data solve?'. I'm just making these up on the spot
> as examples and the meetup can take suggestions from members. This is a
> place where people can come and find out what other people care about and
> want to know about. Can be used for gathering requirements for open data
> projects although I expect the setting to be quite informal (might be set
> in a pub but might also be set in office space & go to the pub after for
> those who want that).
>
> One event per month aimed at developers - this is more about the technical
> aspects of working with open data and open source. One of my fellow NEIS
> participants, Ken, has set up shop providing classes in the use of open
> source applications (image editing & wordpress) and is offering me use of
> his business premises at the Addison Rd Community Centre in Marrickville
> which is home to a large number of community groups. A group supporting use
> of open data and open source could offer help in using open source
> applications (via Ken) and be a place/time when developers working on open
> source and open data can form a community and assist one another. In Sydney
> we have some journo types who work with data and scrape for example so this
> is the type of event where these skills can be shared.
>
> As I said, I'm still turning these ideas over in my mind and wanting to
> think them through a bit before I make a final decision to post to the
> meetup.
>
> Rosie Williams BA (Sociology)
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> From: cobi.smith at unimelb.edu.au
> To: okfn-au at lists.okfn.org
> Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 01:14:05 +0000
> Subject: Re: [@OKau] Opendatabook.club
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>
> Thanks for sharing this Steven! I could see this model working really well
> in Australia :)
>
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> *From:* okfn-au [okfn-au-bounces at lists.okfn.org] on behalf of Steve
> Bennett [stevage at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 26 May 2015 8:40 PM
> *To:* Open Knowledge discussion list for Australia.
> *Subject:* Re: [@OKau] Opendatabook.club
>
>   Sounds good. Like a more relaxed, monthly version of OKFN Melbourne :)
> I particularly like the "go and play with this dataset and present
> something in a month" focus.
>
>  Steve
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 5:22 AM, Steven De Costa <
> steven.decosta at linkdigital.com.au> wrote:
>
> i like this approach... Might try it for Canberra. Specifically for ACT
> datasets (not federal).
>
>  http://opendatabook.club
>
>  I like the idea of holding these in a library and allowing people to
> tell stories with data.
>
>  Rosie, this format might work for collecting community requirements too.
>
>  Hoots!
>
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