[Okfn-irl] [Thurs, Nov 21st] Open Date Ireland Meetup #11 'Pick and join a project on the day - from tech to non tech to data governance to making public policy'

Tue Nov 19 10:14:39 UTC 2013

Dear All,

You are very welcome to  join us, to contribute and to participate in ‘Open
Data Ireland Meet up #11’ on Thursday, 21st November 2013 in Engine
Yard<https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=53.3408%2C-6.23704&data=!1m4!1m3!1d2788!2d-6.23704!3d53.3408!4m14!2m13!1m12!3m8!1m3!1d26081603!2d-95.677068!3d37.0625!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m2!3d53.3408!4d-6.23704>(The
Warehouse, 35 Barrow Street, Dublin 4).

Doors open: 18:15

First things first: Let's have X-mas drinks! Not many weeks to go to
Christmas, so please indicate your availability in the Doodle
poll<http://doodle.com/i8x62yyi76vcneqtzh9usqvx/admin?#table>as soon
as possible. Bull
and Castle <http://bull-and-castle.fxbuckley.ie/> was mentioned as a venue.

Everyone is welcome, the event is free, but registration is required:
<https://tito.io/open-data-ireland/meetup-10>
https://tito.io/open-data-ireland/meetup-11
 <https://tito.io/open-data-ireland/meetup-10>

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   What? Open Data Ireland
Meet-up<https://tito.io/open-data-ireland/meetup-11>#11
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   When? Thursday 21st November, 18:15-21:00
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   Where?  Engine Yard (The Warehouse, 35 Barrow Street, D4)
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   Social media: Follow @OKFirl <https://twitter.com/OKFirl>
#OpenDataIRL<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23opendataIRL&src=hash>
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   More details: on the event page<http://www.opendata.ie/events-and-meetups/>

**Please also spread the word and
Re-tweet<https://twitter.com/OKFirl/status/400605225616044032> (Tweet
all ready to go for your convenience**
:-)<https://tito.io/open-data-ireland/meetup-10>

What will we be doing? - Projects on offer

The objective of the Open Data Ireland meet-up is to provide an informal
opportunity for people from all backgrounds with an interest in open data
to to connect, interact, learn, strategize and above all...make things
happen.

*Plan:*

6.30-8 working groups & brief round tables at the end

8-8.30  Open Knowledge Foundation <https://twitter.com/OKFN> CEO *Laura
James <https://twitter.com/LaurieJ> *&  'Seevl <https://twitter.com/seevl>'

8.30-9.00 Socialising & Networking with pizzas, tea/coffee, craft beer &
wine

*Now - pick a group you would like to join on Thursday:*

*Group 1**:Open Data Portal for Ireland (tech, code, staging CKAN instance
to let people find the data they need)*

   - Continue work on Irish CKAN instance based at data.opendata.ie. Work
      is both front and backend focussed.
      - Hashtag for this group
#opendataIRL<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23opendataIRL&src=hash>

*Group 2: Data Audit & Data Science Projects **using Open/Non Open Data in
Ireland(data governance & methodology, gathering metadata)*

   - Continue work on documenting best practice data governance &
      methodology, gathering metadata for the 160 data sets & APIs we have
      already identified
      - Generate examples of how open data can be made useable, useful
      and reusable using methods of data science
      - Hashtag for this group
#opendataIRL<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23opendataIRL&src=hash>

*Group 3: Ireland OGP Action Plan (OGP, ODI, civil society engagement
process)*

   - Making 62 proposals and 6 submissions generated by civil society
      actionable & measurable so as to be able to hold the government
accountable
      at the end of the 2 year period of the first action plan
      - Hashtag for this group
#ogpIRL<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ogpIRL&src=savs>,
      #opendataIRL <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23opendataIRL&src=hash>

*Group 4: Opendata.ie Content & Social Media Support*

   - Continue building content & strategy for opendata.ie
      - Cover the meet-up via social media outlets
      - Hashtag for this group
#opendataIRL<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23opendataIRL&src=savs>

*We would like to showcase all of the good work being done at the meet-up
on opendata.ie <http://www.opendata.ie/projects/> (the Irish Open Data
Community project page). *To do that it would be great if every group could
generate a brief note about the work done in the working group and the
names of the people working in the group.
See what we got up to at the last ODI meet-up
#10.<http://www.opendata.ie/10th-open-data-ireland-meetup/>

About

Open Data Ireland was set up with the purpose of helping citizens access
high value, meaningful machine readable data sets generated by the Irish
Government. This community meetup will bring together people who are
passionate about sharing, learning, using and progressing Open Data in
Ireland.

If you work in public or private sectors, if you're a developer, designer,
journalist, academic, policy maker, creative thinker, civil servant,
entrepreneur or just an Average Joe, you're more than welcome to join us,
contribute and participate.

Open Data needs creative people like you. You don’t have to be a tech
genius, you just need an interest in open data and a willingness to get
stuck in. We meet in a professional office space and have regular meet-ups
attended by people from all backgrounds (not just IT). This is your
opportunity to learn. Come along. Ask questions. Make suggestions. We can
be a sounding board for your ideas.

The event is co-organised by Open Data Ireland
<http://opendata.ie/>community and Open
Knowledge Foundation - Ireland. <http://irl.okfn.org/> Thanks to Engine
Yard Dublin for hosting this event. Many thanks to all volunteers for their
time and energy!

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Best,

Flora Fleischer

Co-Founder, OKF Ireland

m: +353851587423 I  @daydreamer2105 <https://twitter.com/Daydreamer2105> |
irl.okfn.org

Open data - the 21st century public library www.opendata.ie
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