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

Fri Oct 28 07:00:44 UTC 2011

Lieven,

I collaborate with the news lab http://www.apache.be for data journalism and
investigative journalism.

We had the plan to do something about data journalism in Antwerps beginning
next year but I believe it would be much better if we could work together
with the okfn chapter Beglium.

What we could offer is :

- Promotion for your activities (we have 40.000 unique visitors each month)
- Publish some interviews with the people organizing these Hacketons
- Publish some real results as examples of the benefit of open data
- Bring in some cases were open data and investigative journalism meet each
other.

Off course we will start small, but we are mostly inspired by The Guardian
Open Data projects. http://www.guardian.co.uk/data

On 28 October 2011 06:27, Lieven Janssen <lieven at thedatatank.com> wrote:

> 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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