[okfn-za] Open Data on CO2 Emissions

Wed Apr 24 15:19:07 UTC 2013

Hi again.

Just one additional point of clarification:

OKFN-ZA & HH chapters focus more on individual membership & networking.
ODADI was conceived more as an umbrella forum for institutional
stakeholders (NGOs, grassroots movements, civic orgs, donor agencies,
universities, etc) to coordinate policy & resource strategies on issues of
common interest.

Also, on HH, the Jo'burg chapter is hosting a meetup at Jozihub on May 8,
with an international speaker from TorProject.org, looking at digital
security & encryption for journalists & activists who need to protect their
sources & whistleblowers in an age of increasing digi-surveillance. The HH
chapters also cohost longer digital & data skills bootcamps (4-days each),
48hr hackathons & scraperthons, & help teams to develop ideas for things
like the $1m annual www.AfricanNewsChallenge.org.

Cheers,
Justin

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On 24 April 2013 16:21, Adi Eyal <adi at burgercom.co.za> wrote:

> Hi Jakes
>
> I'm really glad to see another voice on this mailing list. Also, the
> discussions are starting to become a lot more interesting. I'll just answer
> one of your questions which hasn't yet been answered.
>
>
>> Also, what is 'hackshackers-CT & -JHB'  and 'odadi' all about?
>>
>
> There are a couple of groups around the country who are interested in open
> data. There is much overlap between them but in many cases they are
> attended by people with slightly different interests. HacksHackers (JHB and
> CT) focus specifically on the intersection between journalists (hacks) and
> programmers (hackers). The main interest here is around data journalism but
> not exclusively. In the next week or two (HacksHackers) will be hosting a
> workshop for basic data processing focusing on a salary survey that we ran
> a month ago. We aren't targeting  journalists exclusively and the event
> should be relevant to anyone wanting a basic introduction to data
> processing. No need to be scared of data and no programming skills required.
>
> Odadi (Open Data and Democracy Initiative) is a general interest group but
> biased toward the civil society sector (but again not exclusively). Here we
> are more interested in the larger ecosystem of open data (both consumers
> and producers) and advocacy around access issues in the government sector.
> The group has been a little quiet since our hackathon last year but as with
> OKFN, we are trying to revive discussions.
>
> Finally OKFN-ZA is pretty much similar but doesn't (as far as I see) have
> a specific focus and is a general interest group. For anyone interested in
> these types of issues, I highly recommend subscribing to all through
> groups. The traffic load is not very high (at least not yet) so your inbox
> shouldn't explode.
>
> You can subscribe to the odadi group at odadi+subscribe at googlegroups.com and
> hackshackers at hackshackers-capetown+subscribe at googlegroups.com.
>
> Adi
>
>
>
>> Thanks again and thanks for all the good work.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Jakes Rawlinson
>>
>> Department of Public Health
>> University of Limpopo
>> Polokwane
>>
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>> +27-86-664 6262 (Fax)
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