[okfn-be] Introducing myself + Open Data Hackathon in Brussels

Fri Oct 28 04:27:38 UTC 2011

English version:

Wednesday, November 9th from 19h to 21h, we organize a kick-off
meeting for Apps
for Leuven. This kick-off meeting is primarily a networking event to get to
know eachother, there will be a first division of the necessary tasks to be
done for the event but we will also have a brainstorming session about
the general
principles for organizing an Apps for 'X' event.

Within OKFN (Belgium) we want to establish a working group dealing
with the support
of apps for 'X' events by hosting the website, providing marketing material,
tools, connections, sponsors and to work out a roadmap that can help out an
interested organizer.

I think it might be interesting for you if you attend the kick-off meeting for
Apps for Leuven.

Normally I will send out a meeting place in the beginning of next week.

Best regards,

Lieven Janssen

2011/10/28 Lieven Janssen <lieven at thedatatank.com>

> Martin,
>
> woensdag 9 november van 19u tot 21u organiseren we een kick-off meeting
> voor Apps for Leuven. Deze kick-off meeting is in eerste instantie een
> network-event om de geïnteresseerden beter te leren kennen, er zal een
> eerste takenverdeling gebeuren voor het event maar daarnaast zullen we ook
> een brainstorm-sessie hebben over de algemene principes voor het organiseren
> van een Apps for 'X' event.
>
> Binnen OKFN willen we een werkgroep oprichten die zich bezig houdt met de
> ondersteuning van Apps for 'X' events door hosting, marketing materiaal,
> tools, connecties, sponsors ter beschikking te stellen en een event roadmap
> uit te werken zodat een geïnteresseerde organisator snel op weg kan geholpen
> worden om z'n event te organiseren.
>
> Ik denk dat het interessant voor jou kan zijn als je naar de kick-off
> meeting van Apps for Leuven komt.
>
> Normaal stuur ik begin volgende week de juiste meetingplaats nog door.
>
> Mvg,
>
> Lieven
>
>
> 2011/10/28 Martin De Wulf <madewulf at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi Pieter,
>>
>> just a stupid question: Does the said Tour & Taxis room has internet
>> access?  I guess that yes but I just have to be sure. Furthermore, how
>> big is it ?
>>
>> To get an idea, which number of people could I expect from the iRail
>> community ? On my side, right now, I only know for sure about 4 people
>> who would like to join (notably, Jonathan Van Parijs, from
>> HackDemocracy who I did the G1000 website with).
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Pieter Colpaert
>> <pieter.colpaert at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Martin,
>> >
>> > I think that Brussels would be a better idea. The people from Ghent had
>> > already to deal with apps for Ghent 1 and we are organising apps for
>> Ghent 2
>> > next year.
>> >
>> > I will ask for the Tour & Taxis room on the third of December and invite
>> the
>> > entire iRail community. Is that okay for you? Can you take care of the
>> > organisation?
>> >
>> > Maybe it's a good idea to talk this over on the phone?
>> >
>> > Kind regards,
>> >
>> > Pieter
>> >
>> > On 10/27/2011 11:42 AM, Martin De Wulf wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello Pieter,
>> >>
>> >> thanks for your answer, I am glad that you have seen those projects.
>> >>
>> >> I am interested by the room in Tour&  Taxis. That said, I could also
>> >> perfectly join your event, I do not think there are so many people
>> >> willing to to take part in the Open Data Hackathon in Belgium that two
>> >> events would make so much sense. Furthermore, my goal is more about
>> >> meeting people than having my own event.
>> >>
>> >> What do you think ?
>> >>
>> >> Martin
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Pieter Colpaert
>> >> <pieter.colpaert at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi Martin!
>> >>>
>> >>> On 10/27/2011 11:06 AM, Martin De Wulf wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hello,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> my name is Martin De Wulf. I'm joining this mailing list because I
>> >>>> live in Belgium and I am really interested by open data.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> This year, in the field of open data, I realized
>> >>>> http://migrationsmap.net  (based on the world bank api data) and
>> >>>> http://populationpyramid.net (based on UN data).
>> >>>
>> >>> Very nice to hear about you! I've seen these projects before and I was
>> >>> quite
>> >>> impressed.
>> >>>
>> >>>> I hold a PhD in Computer Science and I am currently working in a web
>> >>>> agency. My weapons of choices when programming are Python,
>> javascript,
>> >>>> raphael.js and lately, objective-c (for iPad/iPhone).
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I would like to organize the Brussels event for the open data
>> >>>> hackathon in Belgium on the 3rd of december. I am still waiting to be
>> >>>> sure to have a place to organize this (I contacted the ULB, my alma
>> >>>> mater, and the ICAB and I am waiting for a response). I would be
>> >>>> interested to know if there are people in this mailing list who would
>> >>>> like to participate.
>> >>>
>> >>> Great! I think I would be able to get a room in Tour&  Taxis. It's
>> where
>> >>> we
>> >>> (iRail npo) do our general assemblies. It's a nice location :)
>> >>>
>> >>> As I live in Ghent I might organise a small event over here together
>> with
>> >>> Bart Rosseau (the best civil servant you'd ever meet). If this doesn't
>> >>> happen, I will come over to Brussels to join you though.
>> >>>
>> >>> Pieter
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Martin
>> >>>>
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