[okfn-za] Open Data on CO2 Emissions

Wed Apr 24 17:34:59 UTC 2013

Hi Justin,

Thanks once again. I can only dream of a HH in Polokwane! If I'm subscribed
to the HH-JHB and HH-CT and 'odadi' will that keep me in the loop for the
events that you are referring to? I'm not that IT literate i.e. hackathons
and don't know how to scrape data, etc. The only chance I have to learn
about these literacies is to join the activities.

Being in Public Health I've been quite plugged into EIAs and know how the
RoDs were sometimes treated as a joke. The thing is just as you said, a
lack of awareness and to large extent apathy, even amongst the Public
Health folk. I will put it on my 'to do list' to get myself back on the
mailing list for EIAs.

Have a splendid night,

Jakes

On 24 April 2013 17:19, Justin Arenstein <justinarenstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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