[Okfn-ca] [CivicAccess-discuss] Canadian Open Data Institute - need feedback from the community

Thu Sep 19 20:57:59 UTC 2013

Hey Ted,

In fairness, Steve did not necessarily disseminate his results widely, for
instance many of us spent hours with him, read drafts, gave feedback and
reviewed his survey before he released it, and we were not included on the
dissemination of his final paper nor were groups, lists and blogs
referenced in the final.  It is interesting how academic papers do not
reference these resources but use them widely and liberally to shape ideas.
This was the same in the case of recent master's thesis.

It is important that academics give back to the community whom they
studied.  That is also part of the spirit of open data.

I did not see Jury's survey, and hope it it is useful and hopefully there
will be acknowledgements and references and that the data will be shared
back.

cheers
T

On Thursday, September 19, 2013, Ted Strauss wrote:

> Hi Jury,
> A researcher named Steve Reitano completed a Canadian Open Data survey,
> and has posted
> his results and the raw data here -- http://beautifuldata.ca/opendata/<https://app.getsignals.com/link?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeautifuldata.ca%2Fopendata%2F&ukey=agxzfnNpZ25hbHNjcnhyGAsSC1VzZXJQcm9maWxlGICAgIDmnK4KDA&k=17c0dc185b144f8aa909fccacb0450ab>
> Before asking the community to take another survey, could you explain how
> your approach
> differs from the earlier survey, and/or give some commentary on Mr.
> Reitano's work.
> It might turn out that
> Regards,
> Ted
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Jury Konga <jkonga at sympatico.ca<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'jkonga at sympatico.ca');>
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi fellow Open Data Enthusiasts,****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Wanted to let you know about a new initiative called the Canadian Open
>> Data Institute (CODI) that I’m a part of. The following website provides
>> the early thinking about CODI’s focus areas: http://opendatainstitute.ca/
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> As people that are currently contributing to the community, we’d really
>> appreciate your feedback on this survey (
>> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/85JS5FD ) and you can provide additional
>> feedback on the main CODI blog and/or the two list servs we referenced.
>> Please provide feedback by September 30th.  Thanks for your
>> participation and we’ll be back to you shortly with results.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Jury Konga, Co-founder****
>>
>> ** **
>>
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