[okfn-labs] Parliamentary Monitoring Software

Thu May 22 22:17:01 UTC 2014

Actually, MySociety already implemented SayIt on a sister site called
the Peoples Assembly (http://pa.org.za/) - really nice work. I have
been thinking about DocumentCloud for document management - it would
be nice to outsource that component out.

Adi

On 22 May 2014 23:55, Sam Smith <s at msmith.net> wrote:
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> I wonder if sayit and documentcloud might work.
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> Sam
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> On 22 May 02014, at 22:53, Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org> wrote:
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>> Thanks Tim
>>
>> I love the poplus suite of tools but they don't quite fit in this case
>> (apart from popit). If you're interested, the site that I am looking
>> at re-building is http://pmg.org.za - it is very document heavy and
>> less focused on direct citizen engagement. There is an overwhelming
>> temptation to find a CMS (this one is written in Joomla) and build
>> from scratch. I'm trying to resist the urge and want to find an
>> existing tool that I can use and hopefully contribute to.
>>
>> Adi
>>
>> On 22 May 2014 19:48, Tim Davies <tim at practicalparticipation.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Would http://sayit.mysociety.org/ and the other Poplus tools
>>> http://poplus.org/ but useful for what you're exploring?
>>>
>>> Tim
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>>>
>>> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 4:50 AM, Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi All
>>>>
>>>> I was hoping for advice regarding parliamentary monitoring tools. I
>>>> have been asked to develop a CMS for parliamentary monitoring group
>>>> and I am loathe to start from scratch. I know about Pombola but are
>>>> there any others that I should be looking at.
>>>>
>>>> Also, use cases of implementations of these tools would be useful.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>> Adi
>>>>
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Adi Eyal
Director
Code for South Africa
Promoting informed decision-making

phone: +27 78 014 2469
skype: adieyalcas
linkedin: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Adi/Eyal
web: http://www.code4sa.org
twitter: @soapsudtycoon

For more information on how to participate in the open data community
in South Africa, go to: http://www.code4sa.org/#community