[Open-data-census] Feedback on configuring a new census and a request for help from Australia

[Christian Villum]

Thank you Stephen, for this very useful and concrete feedback. I clearly
understand your confusion, and all comments are very valid. We will run
through all items and improve the documentation in the next round of update
work later this year. Thank you!

With regards to the communication channels, I agree that this can be a
little difficult to navigate as well and that we could make it clearer what
the intention for each channel is (I'll add this to the list of needed
improvements), but just to recap here for everyone's benefit:

   - Private Google Forum -- *this was set up in order to be able to reach
   all local census owners in one go (if needed), as not all admins choose to
   subscribe to the public Census list. It *can* be used for two-way
   communication, but that is not the intention [as we generally believe
   public convos are better].*
   - Open Data Census mailing list -- *this is the main forum for
   everything, both discussions and for reporting bugs, etc., since it's easy
   to use for anyone (as compared to github which can be a little daunting for
   the non-tech savvy) *
   - census at okfn.org -- *this is intended only to be used in rare cases, as
   we can easily get flooded with duplicate queries, so in most cases we ask
   those sending us direct emails to post onto the public discussion list
   where other peers can help too.*
   - GitHub Issues -- *this is where we track bugs, and issues from
   community members are very welcome, although flagging bugs on the list is
   also fine.*

I believe all urgent issues are resolved for the Australian Regional Census
for now? If not let us know! :)

Thanks again for these comments, very useful!

-Christian

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On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Paul Walsh <paulywalsh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
>
> I can’t answer all of your questions (someone else on the Index/Census
> team will), but specifically about issues related to code and content on
> the web app itself, please open issues on the census issue tracker here:
>
> https://github.com/okfn/opendatacensus/issues
>
> It is best if you keep each issue focused on one thing (i.e.: a different
> issue on the tracker for each distinct problem/bug/suggestion you have).
>
> Several of us get notifications for the issues on Github, so rest assured
> that even if you do not get an immediate answer, it has been noted, and
> will be dealt with.
>
> Best,
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> On 6 Feb 2015, at 15:10, Stephen Gates <stephen.gates at me.com> wrote:
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