[open-government] testing EPSI platform mailing system

[Paola Di Maio]

I did register my email on the EPSI Platform as soon as I became aware that
it had become  a mechanism to control the flows of information for important
communication between the EU and the public.

However I do not seem to have received the email message that Richard
 refers to below, he just sent an email that he is going to ask EPSI to
check.

However  testing of these key features of critical information services
should be carried out in the open by independent means

I will register a few more test addresses, and monitor carefully, since it
could be that emails are sent out selectively *in the same way that some
individuals are selectively excluded from making contributions

I would be grateful if other people who are registered on the EPSI Platfrom
would let me know, offlist, if they have received  the invitation referred
to below

Thanks in advance

Cheers

PDM

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: EUSI meeting agenda and web page
To: Richard.Swetenham at ec.europa.eu, oana.boldis at ec.europa.eu,
infso-desk at ec.europa.eu, info at epsiplatform.eu


Richard

thanks for reply

I do not think it can be called a public consultation, if there is no
verifiable public information available for this meeting.

I registered on EPSI platform in 2010, but never received any emails about
this event (or any other event)

This could be due to a bug, or maybe due to the fact that EPSI platform  is
contracted to acts as a 'gatekeeper' , ie, they actively censor and control
information flows

Is there a way to check that my email is in the EPSI plus database, and
verify that emails were sent out (and not just imagined to be sent out, as
it sometimes happens?)

I am also a list member of various OKF lists, but this consultation was
never mentioned nor discussed,  I learned about it on the day.

I hope you agree, that a few tweets that do not connect to any proper
information page, are not an appropriate method to ensure information is
disseminated correctly.

I am now planning to write  an article about this secret public
consultation,  in my capacity of member of the press, I would grateful if i
could receive the following information

- who participated the meeting? (list of participants)
- a link to each of the submission/consultation contributions
- a link to the the call  or any other document I can use to get some info
- the name of a person I can interview in relation to this consultation


Thanks in advance

Paola Di Maio

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 2:59 PM, <Richard.Swetenham at ec.europa.eu> wrote:

> In answer to your email (attached) :
>
> - an announcement email was sent to over 650 interested stakeholders in
> scientific information : those that attended the 2007 EU Scientific
> Information Conference plus a list of regular participants in our meetings
>
> - an email was sent out by the ePSIplatform contractors to their 4000 plus
> registered users, followed by a reminder two weeks before deadline for
> registrations
>
> - Tweets from @epsiplatform announced the event on May 8, 2011 2:37 PM, May
> 10, 2011 2:45 AM and May 13, 2011 9:33 PM
>
> - Information was posted on our Digital Libraries website
> http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/hearings30may2011/index_en.htm,
> as well as a banner on the ePSIplatform Web site for over a month
> http://www.epsiplus.net/ and a banner on the LAPSI home page
> http://www.lapsi-project.eu/
>
> - The information was picked up by the Open Knowledge Foundation open
> science working group blog
> http://science.okfn.org/2011/05/11/european-commission-hearing-on-scientific-information-bringing-open-scientific-data-onto-the-european-agenda/and mailing list, and on the JISC EURODOC listserv
>
>
>
>
> Richard Swetenham
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: paoladimaio10 at gmail.com [mailto:paoladimaio10 at gmail.com] On Behalf
> Of Paola Di Maio
> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 9:49 PM
> To: INFSO DESK; info at epsiplatform.eu
> Subject: EUSI meeting agenda and web page
>
> Greetings!
>
> We have heard indirectly about the EUSI meeting via the tweets of EPSI
> Platform
> however, we were unable to find out any information whatsoever about
> this meeting
>
>  we would like to learn more about it
>
> - what was the meeting about (when, where?)
> - is there a web page, list of participants
> - how were invitations circulated
> - why were we not invited to attend, since we are spearheading the
> monitoring of Open Access policies across various domains
>
> Look forward to hear from you
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Best regards
>
> Paola Di Maio
> ISTCS.org
>
>
>
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