[Okfn-dk] Noter fra OKFN-DK meetup, 22. april 2014

[miska knapek]

Hej alle,

( I'll write this in English for everyone to be aboard )

There were some the meetings notes about wanting an Freedom of Information
requests help + tracking system, like MySociety's WhatDoTheyKnow project -
in Denmark.

Perhaps OKF Finland might be able to lend a helping hand…


OKF Finland is setting up an instance of  a OKFN.de FOI issuing/tracking
project called Friode ( http://stefanw.github.io/froide/ ) . Froide is
currently the engine powering the German FOI site https://fragdenstaat.de/.
 ( OKF Finland is also planning to do something about updating the graphic
design - with all respect to the current german aesthetics ;)

All's that needs to happen is that the system is translated into the
relevant language - eg. Danish - and for the relevant ministry/agency
contact details to be be entered into the system.   To make things heasy,
the hosting and server maintenance of the service can happen initially via
OKF Finland, while it might well make sense to transfer it to a local
server with time.

The translation of the site can happen rather easily. It's based on Django
( python ), all the texts are stored in one file, and there are online
sites which allow a community to collaboratively translate the texts from
one of the said files, and get a new localised file for use.   So as long
as people know how to translate, it's just another regular webinterface
that people need to use.



So, this is one possible way that Denmark could get a FOI system going
rather quickly.

OKF Finland is already involved in getting Froide installed in Sweden, and
we're in discussions with OKF Norway and Iceland to also install the system
going there.



So, what do you think?
I realise establishing a consensus online is a bit tricky, but any general
notes and reflections are entirely welcome!


Thanks and all the best,

miska







2014-04-24 15:43 GMT+03:00 Christian Villum <villum at autofunk.dk>:

> Hej alle,
>
> Vi havde et rigtigt godt meetup tidligere på ugen, hvor der bl.a. var
> flere nye ansigter til stede - velkommen til alle!
>
> Noterne kan findes her:
>
> https://docs.google.com/a/autofunk.dk/document/d/1apiXamYnGeu2vAI9VeE_m5QUSHMBY8h0oBfFinjLpqE/edit
>
> Eventuelle kommentarer er meget velkomne her på listen.
>
> -Christian
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