[open-development] Kabissa Open Data Directory for Africa

Fri Oct 5 17:33:40 UTC 2012

Sounds great!

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J.

On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Tobias Eigen <tobias at saidia.org> wrote:

> Hi Friedrich, David and Jonathan -
>
> I am so glad to meet you and find out about africaopendata.org, ckan and
> its drupal modules, and am grateful this open-development list is here to
> make these connections possible! I am really looking forward to digging
> into this and finding out with you where we can work together on this
> problem. Can we have a community call soon to talk about it?
>
> For the purposes of this weekend, I'd be grateful for input on my Kabissa
> Open Data Directory idea as soon as possible so that (assuming my pitch
> wins many votes!) we have the information we need about possible technical
> solutions and partners as we get going.
>
> To start with, I'd love to know more about the background to
> africaopendata.org and what problem it seeks to solve and how, and how it
> differentiates from the Kabissa Open Data Directory. I'll do some reading
> if I can find it on the site but don't have a whole lot of time between now
> and when #socent weekend starts at 5pm PST in a few hours!
>
> For the sake of simplicity, I've created a google doc where I will be
> inviting #socent weekend people interested in helping to dump ideas, links,
> resources, potential partners, and start to structure this idea together.
> I'd welcome your input too and input from people you think might be
> interested in helping. Please feel free to forward on for that purpose.
>
> Link to the google doc:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mkE8UZEDuXcRiBBSIPV5YLDX1zxxejBJeTMCpnvpyM8/edit
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tobias
>
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> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:
>
>> As an aside, if you're interested in looking at possible integration
>> between African Open Data and Kabissa, you could look at making CKAN (which
>> powers African Open Data) talk with your Drupal instance, for which I
>> understand several plugins exist:
>>
>> http://ckan.org/faq/#integrate
>>
>> J.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Friedrich Lindenberg <
>> friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Tobias,
>>>
>>> you should get in touch with the folks running
>>> http://africaopendata.org/, I think they're trying to do a similar
>>> thing!
>>>
>>> - Friedrich
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 8:11 AM, Tobias Eigen <tobias at saidia.org> wrote:
>>> > Hi everyone,
>>> >
>>> > I trust you all are well.
>>> >
>>> > I wanted to inform you that this weekend I am participating in SocEnt
>>> > Weekend in Seattle where I will pitch an idea that is very inportant
>>> to me,
>>> > to create a Kabissa Open Data Directory for Africa, and am hopeful to
>>> be
>>> > chosen as one of the ideas that will be the focus of the weekend. It
>>> very
>>> > much relates to the work Kabissa has been doing over the years to
>>> support
>>> > African civil society on the Internet, and our interest in the last
>>> year or
>>> > two to go open data.
>>> >
>>> > If we are chosen, I'll let you know! If we are chosen we will be
>>> working
>>> > hard on the project over the weekend, so let me know if you are
>>> interested
>>> > in pitching in during the weekend or are interested in helping make it
>>> > happen generally.
>>> >
>>> > In the meantime, here is a link to a video of my 60 second pitch as it
>>> is at
>>> > this moment.. it may still change and I welcome feedback! I need to
>>> give it
>>> > tomorrow night, Friday. http://youtu.be/3phG3pd6mqs
>>> >
>>> > Warm regards,
>>> >
>>> > Tobias
>>> >
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>>> > Tobias Eigen
>>> > 9670 Olympus Beach Rd NE
>>> > Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
>>> > landline: +1-206-842-1467
>>> > mobile: +1-206-375-7984
>>> > skype: tobiaseigen
>>> > tobias at saidia.org
>>> >
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