[okfn-be] First meeting: wrapping up

Sun Nov 27 00:31:08 UTC 2011

Hi Roel and others,

* I agree that we need to get all datasets into CKAN. I think this is 
quite easy when using dpm. For more information check this page: 
http://dpm.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html

* We need to converge to one Belgian data portal. As I see it, 
data.gov.be is the only thing that needs to exist. Rumour has it that 
data.gov.be will get CKAN support in the future and will be developed 
further when more data sets are added. A very pragmatic way to do this 
is to stalk (his words!) Bart Hanssens by demanding more and more data sets.

  * OpenBelgium.be is a great domain name that we have to cherish. There 
are a lot of things we can do with it: a show-case of applications and 
visualisations, a developer community site, a site where you can get 
information on how to get your Belgian organisation on the open 
knowledge train, an activism site for demanders of asylum, and so 
forth.  Any thoughts here?

Kind regards,

Pieter

On 11/25/2011 04:28 PM, Roel De Meester wrote:
> @pieter : Thanks for the quick and clear meeting minutes.
> @all : a general question about Openbelgium.be
> Due to timing constraints i'm unable to maintain the datasets on that 
> website, which leads to bad quality and confusion.
> One of the first goals i have is getting all entries on openbelgium.be 
> <http://openbelgium.be> into CKAN.
> Once that has happened there are basically 2 options
>  * kill openbelgium.be <http://openbelgium.be>
>  * keep it running while making sure that :
>  ** More people are involved in maintaining the site (and adding extra 
> features)
>  ** All entries are immediately pushed towards CKAN ( a proof of 
> concept is available, but still has a few quirks)
>  ** optionally : integrate with the new datatank software to provide a 
> single API
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Pieter Colpaert 
> <pieter.colpaert at gmail.com <mailto:pieter.colpaert at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi OKFNbe,
>
>     First of all thanks for attending and an even bigger thank you to
>     Roel De Meester for hosting. I think we can call this first
>     meeting a huge success.
>
>     Attendees:
>
>     Bart Rosseau, Wouter Vanden Hove, Roel Demeester, Miel Vander
>     Sande, Erik Mannens, Lieven Janssen, Marc Portier, Noël Van
>     Herreweghe, Jan Stoffels, Hans Constandt, Martin De Wulf, Kathleen
>     Janssen, Saskia Scheltjens, Hans Fraiponts, Jan Vangrinsven, Peter
>     Dedecker, Pieter Colpaert
>
>     Also very interested but couldn't make it for the first meeting:
>
>     Bart Hanssens, Tanguy De Lestre, Bart Van Loon, Andries De
>     Reyghere, Jan Vansteenlandt, Marijke Verhavert, Andrew Vande Moere
>
>     The next meeting will be the 20th of December 19:30 at EEBIC
>     (http://www.eebic.be//index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
>     <http://www.eebic.be//index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1>)
>     hosted bij Hans Constandt. The program for the meeting is
>     discussing the board, financial plan, setting up the statutes and
>     so on. If you attend you'll be an official founding member of the
>     OKFNbe. Let us know if you'll be here by replying on this e-mail
>     or by simply adding your name to the attendees list over here:
>     http://wiki.okfn.org/Chapter/Belgium#Attendees
>
>     You can find a quick overview of what we have discussed at
>     http://wiki.okfn.org/Chapter/Belgium/Meeting-22-nov-11. Feel free
>     to add your own notes according to your own minutes, or to add
>     more information to your name.
>
>     It was a pleasure to meet a lot of like-minded people. Let's make
>     this organisation something other countries can reference to as an
>     example.
>
>     Kind regards,
>
>     Pieter Colpaert
>
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