[Okfn-ca] [CivicAccess-discuss] Community input to Canadian version of Local Open Data Census

Wed May 6 13:51:52 UTC 2015

Hey Herb,

Awesome - thanks for the sentiment and look forward to having you participate in this initiative!  Please join us in the Google group. 

Cheers Jury

Jury Konga

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IPC "Open by Design" Ambassador

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Stouffville, Ontario 
Canada

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> On May 6, 2015, at 9:38 AM, Herb Lainchbury <herb at dynamic-solutions.com> wrote:
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> Hey Jury,
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> I think this is a great initiative and applaud you for taking it on.
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> If we can build on the Top Ten work that this group did last year as a starting point I think that would be great.
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> I have joined the group.
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>> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Jury Konga <jkonga at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> Hi folks,
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>> I was happy to announce on Friday, at GO Open Data 2015 conference #GOOD15, that we are launching an Open Knowledge Local Open Data Census in Canada.   This will allow current open data cities to compare their degree of openness and consider what additional data sets they should consider making open.  As Canada has another level of government between local and federal, we are also going to develop a census for the Provincial/Territorial level.  Discussions with the provinces have begun and we should have a parallel conversation in the community.  There is an Australian regional census and a US state level version is currently under development.  Some additional background may be found here http://census.okfn.org/
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>> The first task is to define the top twenty data sets – the OK UK version has a set of default data sets and we need to come up with the made in Canada version of this.  Relevant datasets for an open data census could be viewed from several perspectives:
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>> Transparency and Accountability;
>> Demand driven; and
>> Societal value.
>> Yes, I’ve chatted with Herb and the prior top 10/20 should obviously be a consideration for this project.
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>> As I’ve been told, there is no magic formula to define what datasets we should be looking at.  As such, I’ve started a Google Group that’s open to all to contribute their thoughts and suggestions   https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/open-knowledge-canada----local-open-data-census  .  As always, I’d love to hear from anyone who would like to assist in moving this initiative forward.
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>> Cheers
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>> Jury Konga, Local Open Data Census Lead
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>> Open Knowledge Canada
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>> Tel          (905)640-7377
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>> Cell         (647)393-8045
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>> Twtr       @jkonga
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>> Skype    jury.konga
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>> www.slideshare.net/jurykonga
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>> Stouffville, Ontario. Canada
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> Herb Lainchbury, Dynamic Solutions
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