[open-data-day] Patting yourself on the back, sharing stories & an apology

Daniel Dietrich daniel.dietrich at okfn.org
Mon Dec 5 08:50:26 GMT 2011


Dear David, dear all,

I want to affirm Davids words and thank all of you making this day happen. We had a great time here in Berlin and will publish our results soon.

David: I was not aware you were becoming a father. All the best wishes for you and your family!!!

Regards
Daniel

On 05.12.2011, at 07:52, David Eaves wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> David Eaves here. Open data day is a very decentralized event, with really all the work laying in the hands of local organizers who find the space, rally people and try to make the day as fun as possible. We don't have much, if any organization, no boss and no central authority who is going to say thank you. But I'm hoping that each of you will say congratulations and thank you to one another. I know I'm intensely grateful to see that there are so many others out there that care about this issue, that want to connect, learn, meet new people, have fun and, of course, make things(!). So from me at least, thank you to everyone who is on this list for participating, caring and helping grow this event.
> 
> Second, I'd really like to write a blog post (I can imagine other would to) about some of the projects people worked on, whether they got completed or not. If everyone who is on this list shared at least one (maybe the coolest) project they saw at their hackathon, that would be a great way to share stories and learn from one another. Another great thing to do would be to add some description to the 2012 open data day projects page. At the very minimum though, please do email stuff around to this group so we can learn from one another.
> 
> Finally, some of you may have noticed I became conspicuously absent on the day. I want to apologize to  everyone. My partner went into labour on Friday night and so by early morning Saturday it was obvious that my open data day was going to be spent with her. Our baby was 11 days over due so we really thought that we'd be in the clear by Dec 3rd... but our baby had other plans. The good news is while the labour did last 35 hours and there were some tough moment, baby and boy are doing well!
> 
> I can't wait to loop back with people - and please, do send around descriptions of your favourite projects.
> 
> Best,
> David
> 
> 
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