[open-data-day] open-data-day Digest, Vol 13, Issue 4
David Eaves
david at eaves.ca
Mon Oct 21 18:22:46 BST 2013
Am on it. Will post something shortly.
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> On Oct 21, 2013, at 12:58 PM, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Richard, all,
>
> I agree, I think coordinating the central hub / efforts in a call makes sense.
> I will be traveling for most of this and the coming week. Am available in the week of 4 November with more flexibility for an online call. (Although I'm not entirely sure if it is useful for me to join such a call. Happy to help though)
>
> Who will get the ball rolling for this call? Who should be there?
>
> best,
> Ton
>
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> Ton Zijlstra
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> ton at tonzijlstra.eu
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>> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Richard Akerman <scilib at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There should be a planning meeting (Skype / Hangout / whatever)
>> convened, there are some important tasks:
>> * volunteers for planning
>> * doodle for first meeting date
>> * update the splash page http://opendataday.org/
>> * update the wiki http://wiki.opendataday.org/
>> * resource, enable and communicate the subdomain-per-city redirect
>> idea (e.g. ottawa.opendataday.org)
>> * communicate the date and overall "register your interest and then
>> plan whatever event you want" approach
>> * communicate the hashtag e.g. #odhd14
>>
>> Lower priorities but also important:
>> * fix the spam issues for the mailing list
>> * fix the spam issues for the wiki
>>
>> I know that OKFN has taken over the hosting of the sites.
>> Is there any way to add greater flexibility and scale (e.g. tap into
>> Ben Balter at GitHub, connect it to GitHub for Government
>> http://government.github.com/ ? )
>> If the tools that are supposed to be enablers (the mailing list and
>> wiki) aren't up to the task, it makes it hard to organise the event.
>>
>> To me the whole event is basically
>> * communicate the date
>> * provide a shared place to link to local events
>> * have a shared channel e.g. #odhd14 to communicate on the day of
>>
>> While it's a distributed event, it does depend on those elements of
>> central coordination and communication.
>>
>> I mention these planning tasks because I'm already seeing questions in
>> various channels about the event.
>>
>> - Richard Akerman
>> @scilib
>> --
>> Richard Akerman
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>> > 2. Re: Open Data Day 2014 (Eric Mill)
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>> > Message: 1
>> > Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 10:36:08 -0400
>> > From: " Donn?es ouvertes 101 " <donneesouvertes101 at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [open-data-day] open-data-day Digest, Vol 13, Issue 3
>> > To: "open-data-day at lists.okfn.org" <open-data-day at lists.okfn.org>
>> > Message-ID: <26137CAE-ED30-44DA-8EC3-F3BDA00BB7DF at gmail.com>
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>> > That would be great to have sub-domain per city!!
>> >
>> > Pascal Robichaud
>> > Montreal, Canada
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> > Message: 2
>> > Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 11:36:09 -0400
>> > From: Eric Mill <eric at sunlightfoundation.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [open-data-day] Open Data Day 2014
>> > To: David Eaves <david at eaves.ca>
>> > Cc: "open-data-day at lists.okfn.org" <open-data-day at lists.okfn.org>
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>> >
>> > Yeah, we did this for DC's, using dc.opendataday.org - one of David's
>> > friends kindly pointed the CNAME record at a static IP I had reserved with
>> > Amazon EC2.
>> >
>> > It was a much nicer URL (than a crazy Hackpad URL) to send out
>> > electronically, print out on materials, and generally get in people's
>> > heads. For a while, we ran our own Etherpad there, then when that choked we
>> > had it redirect to a Hackpad.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 10:53 PM, David Eaves <david at eaves.ca> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Ton, Daniel, TH and everyone,
>> >>
>> >> This is awesome to hear. I love the early planing.
>> >>
>> >> One thing we may try to do this year (suggested by Tom Lee to Eric from
>> >> Sunlight I think) was to offer people city subdomains on the
>> >> opendataday.org website (e.g. berlin.opendataday.org). Totally cool if
>> >> this redirects, or could be a specific wiki for you.
>> >>
>> >> Daniel - you and I should talk about this. Let's find a time to Skype soon
>> >> - will send you a note.
>> >>
>> >> cheers,
>> >>
>> >> David Eaves
>> >> @daeaves
>> >> www.eaves.ca
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 2013-10-02, at 4:45 AM, Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > OKF DE Berlin team is planning a hackday focussed on geo data on 22th
>> >> > and 23th Feb (as geodata has very recently become available as open
>> >> > data in the city (in fact yesterday - hurray).
>> >> >
>> >> > Daniel
>> >> >
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>> >> > On 2 October 2013 12:58, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> Hi all,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Indeed, the date is set for 22 February.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> In the Netherlands we have started preparing. We aim to have teams
>> >> active in
>> >> >> 38 cities, 7 of which are currently certain (see
>> >> >> http://opendataday.nl/de-38-steden/ ). Next to that the Dutch National
>> >> Open
>> >> >> Data Conference is planned for the 21st, to coincide with Open Data
>> >> Day. And
>> >> >> there are tentative plans to turn the entire preceding week into a
>> >> National
>> >> >> Open Data Week. We've just initiated conversations with the relevant
>> >> Dutch
>> >> >> government officials to see how the national data portal and some key
>> >> data
>> >> >> holders can contribute to this practically.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> best,
>> >> >> Ton
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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>> >> >> Ton Zijlstra
>> >> >>
>> >> >> ton at tonzijlstra.eu
>> >> >> +31-6-34489360
>> >> >>
>> >> >> http://zylstra.org/blog
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>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 8:45 PM, David Eaves <david at eaves.ca> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Hi Alexandra (and everyone)
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> My apologies - Richard Akerman has just reminded me that we did set a
>> >> >>> specific date already!
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> It is Feb 22nd.
>> >> >>> http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/open-data-day/2013-April/000294.html
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Again, apologies if I set any pulses racing.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> David Eaves
>> >> >>> @daeaves
>> >> >>> www.eaves.ca
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On 2013-09-24, at 11:27 AM, David Eaves <david at eaves.ca> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Hi Alexandra,
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Yes! We haven't formally set the date yet, but the consensus seems to
>> >> be
>> >> >>> the weekend after valentines day? We'll update the website in a little
>> >> bit
>> >> >>> but please do plan on that being the date!
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Best,
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> David Eaves
>> >> >>> david at eaves.ca
>> >> >>> www.eaves.ca
>> >> >>> @daeaves
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On 2013-09-24, at 9:59 AM, Alexandra Carruthers <ACarruthers at EPL.CA>
>> >> >>> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Hello!
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Edmonton Public Library is interested in hosting an open data day
>> >> event in
>> >> >>> Edmonton next year, but I can?t seem to find information about when
>> >> that
>> >> >>> will be. Is it February 23rd every year?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> We are really excited about helping to grow this movement in Edmonton.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Cheers,
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Alexandra Carruthers
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
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