[open-government] List of open government competitions

[Tim McNamara]

Hallo Daniel

On 12 October 2010 03:40, Daniel Dietrich <daniel.dietrich at okfn.org> wrote:

> On Oct 11, 2010, at 7:34 AM, Tim McNamara wrote:
> > I am compiling a list of competitions that support reuse of open
> government data[1]. Contributions are welcome.
>
> different people and initiatives started working on mapping OGD
> initiatives, catalogues, competitions, events.
>
> I think its pretty clear that there is a need for something like this. Lets
> try to join forces instead of to re-invent the wheel.
> So the question is: how can we cooperate and collaboratively updating a
> comprehensive list of:
>
>        • OGD initiatives (Worldwide)
>        • OGD Events (Worldwide > Calendar / Map)
>        • OGD competitions (Worldwide)
>        • OGD catalogues (Worldwide)
>

I think it's a great idea to make these data available in a single place.

My interests:

I am mostly interested in the raw data, so a spreadsheet works best for me.
Google Docs is certainly easier to edit and update than MediaWiki. I will
have time in December to contribute to a presentation layer (right now, I
must finish my thesis).

The New Zealand government is also sponsoring a competition,
http://www.mixandmash.org.nz/, and I was interesed in providing officials
some benchmarks on what level of prizes and participation to expect. I'm a
little concerned that officials have been told by open government advocates
here that there will be hundreds of wonderful applications submitted. To
make expectations on all sides more realistic, I thought I should see the
level of participation that others have.

Global site:

Perhaps we should take technical discussions off this list? Where is best?