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

Sun Apr 27 10:58:38 UTC 2014

Hi

As I has mentioned to some of you already, I've looked into the 
possibility of making a Danish WhatDoTheyKnow-site. There has been 
interest in making such a site from different people especially as a 
response to the new FOI-law. Together with interested parties I started 
thinking about how it could be made, we found funding and we even found 
a starting point to create a community around the platform. One of the 
people I worked with on the idea contacted different experts and made 
research in how to interpretate the FOI law and translate it to a 
website. However  it was found to be too difficult to create a simple 
WhatDoTheyKnow-site which could in a meaningful way provide a useful 
interface for the Danish FOI-law. I don't know the details of why 
exactly this is, but I will try to go back and ask.

Best, Niels Erik
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On 2014-04-25 14:35, miska knapek wrote:
> 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/ [3] ) . Froide is currently the
> engine powering the German FOI site https://fragdenstaat.de/ [4].
>   ( 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
>> [1]
>> 
>> Eventuelle kommentarer er meget velkomne her på listen.
>> 
>> -Christian
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> Links:
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> [1]
> https://docs.google.com/a/autofunk.dk/document/d/1apiXamYnGeu2vAI9VeE_m5QUSHMBY8h0oBfFinjLpqE/edit
> [2] https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-dk
> [3] http://stefanw.github.io/froide/
> [4] https://fragdenstaat.de/
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