[okfn-labs] Parliamentary Monitoring Software

Tarek Amr tarekamr at gmail.com
Thu May 22 22:28:28 UTC 2014


Also MySociety's They Work for You is Open Source
https://github.com/mysociety/theyworkforyou
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/




On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 1:17 AM, Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> > I wonder if sayit and documentcloud might work.
> >
> >
> > Sam
> >
> >
> > On 22 May 02014, at 22:53, Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org> wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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
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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
>
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Tarek Amr

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