[okfn-za] Open Data on CO2 Emissions

Thu Apr 25 07:00:18 UTC 2013

Jakes,

There's no reason not to have a HH chapter in Polokwane. The guys at
Zoutnet Media are really keen on digital experimentation & data journalism.
I've copied two of them above. There are also loads of media in the city, &
I assume there should be an equal number of techies of various persuasions.

Limpopo is also really ripe territory for civic engagement projects that
use data & mobile. Just think about the reach & impact that an app that
allowed kids to report textbook shortages would have had in the province.

Happy hunting.

Cheers,
Justin

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On 24 April 2013 19:34, Jakes Rawlinson <brajakes at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>>> +27-86-664 6262 (Fax)
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