[open-government] International Hackhaton - RHoK?

Tue Nov 9 09:55:40 UTC 2010

Hi all,

I'm one of the people in both the RHOK and OGHD camps.  And I have a suggestion for you all...  basically, I'd like to run a combined RHOK / OGHD camp in Birmingham UK.

This makes sense to me on several levels: 

* History: the last hackathon in this venue was crisis software for local authorities that was produced as part of the Beyond 2010 open government event

* Opportunity: There are people in the UN thinking about humanitarian open data, and putting humanitarians and open government folks in the same space could spark some good ideas on this

* Geography: The UK is roughly halfway round the world in hackathon timezone terms, and could link the two camp sets together.

But I could really do with your opinions on this. 

And volunteers!  We have a venue in the centre of Birmingham for the 4th and 5th December, if we can find people to run the hackathon on the day.  There are people (including myself) who are happy to help organising before the event, but they're all away for the weekend itself - either on holidays or in camps on the other side of the world. 

So a) what do you think of this idea, and b) who wants to join in?  

Thank you,

Sara.

Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 18:39:52 +0100
From: Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [open-government] International Hackhaton - RHoK?
To: Pedro Markun <pedro at esfera.mobi>
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yes that was pointed out earlier. David Eaves got in touch with the
organizing people, and we connect where possible I think.

best
Ton

On Monday, November 8, 2010, Pedro Markun <pedro at esfera.mobi> wrote:
> Hi all,
> during the Drumbeat Festival people pointed out that our International Hackhaton will take place at the same time as the RHoK - Random Hacks of Kindness (?http://www.rhok.org/?)
>
>
> I do think that both events have a lot in common. Does anybody know people involved? How can we unite forces?
> []'sPedro Markun
>

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Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 15:41:11 -0200
From: Pedro Markun <pedro at esfera.mobi>
Subject: Re: [open-government] International Hackhaton - RHoK?
To: Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com>
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awesome =)

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Ton Zijlstra <ton.zijlstra at gmail.com> wrote:

> yes that was pointed out earlier. David Eaves got in touch with the
> organizing people, and we connect where possible I think.
>
> best
> Ton
>
> On Monday, November 8, 2010, Pedro Markun <pedro at esfera.mobi> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > during the Drumbeat Festival people pointed out that our International
> Hackhaton will take place at the same time as the RHoK - Random Hacks of
> Kindness ( http://www.rhok.org/ )
> >
> >
> > I do think that both events have a lot in common. Does anybody know
> people involved? How can we unite forces?
> > []'sPedro Markun
> >
>
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Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:49:10 -0800
From: David Eaves <david at eaves.ca>
Subject: Re: [open-government] International Hackhaton - RHoK?
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hi Pedro - I've been in touch with the RhoK people. They are awesome.

At the moment they aren't able to link the events but are supportive. 
They also are only in a few cities and are focused more on apps for 
crisis management. That said, I know there is a lot of interest on their 
part in open data and being supportive of that, and of course, we love 
RHoK...

I've linked to their site on the opendataday.org website and if we are 
able to integrate the events more closely we will, but in the meantime, 
we have a lot of people in cities where RHoK doesn't have events where 
people would like to get together, and I'm keen on supporting anyone who 
wants to have an event.

Also, the World Bank (which is sponsoring the RHoK event) has been in 
touch a few times, they also want to help support the International Open 
Data Hackathon so I know there is a real desire to ensure that both 
events support each other.

Hopefully there will be more news on this front soon.

cheers,
dave
www.eaves.ca
@daeaves

On 10-11-08 9:39 AM, Ton Zijlstra wrote:
> yes that was pointed out earlier. David Eaves got in touch with the
> organizing people, and we connect where possible I think.
>
> best
> Ton
>
> On Monday, November 8, 2010, Pedro Markun<pedro at esfera.mobi>  wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> during the Drumbeat Festival people pointed out that our International Hackhaton will take place at the same time as the RHoK - Random Hacks of Kindness ( http://www.rhok.org/ )
>>
>>
>> I do think that both events have a lot in common. Does anybody know people involved? How can we unite forces?
>> []'sPedro Markun
>>

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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 09:51:14 -0800
From: David Eaves <david at eaves.ca>
Subject: [open-government] International Open Data Hackathon Website
    and    wiki launched
To: open-government at lists.okfn.org
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Hi Everyone,

I realized I tweeted and blogged about this but did not post it to the 
newsgroup.

The International Open Data Hackathon webiste and wiki has been 
launched. For those planning events please come check it out. There are 
a number of people signing up to participate there so a great place to 
add your name and recruit people to help organize your local event.

http://www.opendataday.org/

I'm hoping to put up a template for what a city event organizing page on 
the wiki should look like shortly.

cheers,
dave

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