[okfn-help] Things I'm up to this week

Mon May 16 12:22:29 UTC 2011

Thanks Tim,

Are you on the okfn-coord mailing list? Could you perhaps post your
updates there (instead of okfn-help) on a Monday morning? That will
mean I can easily add them to the blog post for the coord meeting ))

Thanks again,

Lucy

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:42 AM, Tim McNamara
<paperless at timmcnamara.co.nz> wrote:
> Hi all
> I've recently begun contracting for the OKFN (thanks especially to Rufus,
> Jason & Jonathan for having me on). At this stage, my focus is on enhancing
> opengovernmentdata.org & opendatamanual.org. I thought it would be
> worthwhile to provide a small note about what I plan to achieve this week:
> Goals
>  + priorities
>    - migrating opendatamanual.org to Sphinx, so anyone can fork the repo and
> contribute
>    - finishing the opengovernmentdata.org FAQ
>    - getting all of the data from opengovernmentdata.org that's imported via
> Google Spreadsheets to CKAN.net
>    - writing a list of annexes to the Open Data Manual where contributions
> are welcome
>    - writing guides for contributions, such as translations, for Open Data
> Manual, opengovernmentdata.org
>    - discussions with Department of Internal Affairs on collaboration
> surrounding Mix & Mash 2011 (an govt. data competition)
>    - content writing, esp. Open Data Manual, writing a list of data sources
>   + maybes
>      - mocking up wireframes of a Sphinx theme for prose, rather than
> technical documentation
>      - learn what Fluidinfo is
>      - create a comparison document between alternatives for bulk data
> storage
>   + related/own time
>     - generate iCal feeds for all events/consultation deadlines from New
> Zealand government agencies
>     - scrape more govt. data
> Events:
> Wednesday:  Meeting with Land Information New Zealand officials on the New
> Zealand Open Government Data and Information Charter
> Upcoming:
> 23rd:   Meeting with officials from Archives New Zealand re the Government
> Digital Archive Programme (GDAP)
>
> Tim McNamara  |  @timClicks  |  timmcnamara.co.nz
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Lucy Chambers
Community Coordinator
Open Knowledge Foundation
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Skype: lucyfediachambers