[okfn-labs] Maker Nights

Tue Nov 19 18:40:46 UTC 2013

Hi  adieyal ,

I think It would be interresting to link some resources to the existing model
What about the linked resource that someone can download .I asked this
question because I don't see anything  In the model defintion here
https://github.com/Code4SA/elections-api/blob/master/server/iec/models.py
.Perhaps i missed something ?
--Ad

2013/11/18 Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org>:
> Thanks.
>
> So I've been holding a bunch of weekly Thursday night meet-ups, four
> so far. I call them unhackathons though Rufus introduced me to Maker
> Nights (which is a cool name) I might change it to that. Similar to
> the Maker Nights, I've been trying to create a community of
> practitioners who actually do stuff. Unfortunatelym I find it quite
> difficult to get buy-in. We've had a few interesting meet-ups where
> people have come and demonstrated work that they've or we discussed
> various ideas around data, but it hasn't amounted to much. I'm not
> quite sure how to transition to actual code writing. I've put together
> a couple of projects, [1], [2] for people to contribute to. The latter
> is an API on top of existing elections data which I thought would be
> useful infrastructure for a family of interesting elections related
> applications. I've also put together an ideas board to post ideas on
> [3]. There just seems to be a hump that I'm struggling to overcome,
> moving from talking to doing.
>
> Community building is quite tough and I would appreciate any advice
> this list has regarding how to make it happen.
>
> [1] https://github.com/Code4SA/medicine-price-registry
> [2] https://github.com/Code4SA/elections-api
> [3] http://code4sa.hackdash.org/
>
> Adi
>
> On 18 November 2013 18:26, todd.d.robbins at gmail.com
> <todd.d.robbins at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What do you have in mind Adi?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 5:19 AM, Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> Apologies for the stupid question but does this mailing list also
>>> cater for discussions on Maker Nights? I'm in need of advice.
>>>
>>> Adi
>>>
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>>
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>> Tod Robbins
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>
>
>
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> Adi Eyal
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> Code for South Africa
> Promoting informed decision-making
>
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