[open-government] open data day 2012

Tue Nov 6 12:26:34 UTC 2012

Dear David,

As th eperson that initiated the subject, I wanted to clarify that my 
question wasn't meant to prod you - though I appreciate the information 
you've sent. To be honest - and this is my fault - I wasn't actually 
aware this was so much your initiative, and that's why I posed the 
question as a general one, on this list. .

I can only say that the fact that here in Poland quite a few people are 
saying to themselves, "what's happening with ODD this year" is proof of 
the great work you've been doing. :)

I'm really happy as it seems that ODD can be restarted for this year, 
and we're happy to join and help to some extent. We will surely be 
organizing an ODD event in Warsaw. With regard to timing, I don't see a 
problem with moving it a bit, but I would suggest that we shouldn't 
delay it too much - maybe sometime in January?

I would also suggest that we do not limit this year the activities to a 
certain theme. What I liked about ODD is that on one hand it's quite a 
specific global action - on the other hand everyone could fit into it 
things that interest them. So we could have an 'OGP track', but let's 
not make it exclusive.

Best,

Alek

> David Eaves <mailto:david at eaves.ca>
> November 5, 2012 23:11
> I have gotten my hands back on my registrar info for opendataday.org 
> <http://opendataday.org>. I can point it to a new name server at any time.
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> Jonathan or Edward - would either of you want to do the design work 
> and host it?I'd be happy to work with you this week to make it happen. 
> What kind of timelines could we/you do it by?
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> Cheers,
> Dave
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> Jonathan Gray <mailto:jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
> November 5, 2012 19:57
> If useful OKFN might be able to help to host/redesign the site...
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> David Eaves <mailto:david at eaves.ca>
> November 5, 2012 17:34
> Hi everyone,
>
> Okay here is a lengthy email on where we stand on Open Data Data. 
> Here, is the very short version: 1) I'm super sorry for dropping the 
> ball and owe you all a big apology 2) I definitely need help (there's 
> a list of things) 3) We should consider pushing the date back, but I'm 
> open to leaving it where it is.
>
> 1) Massive apology
> Okay so first I owe everyone on this list a massive apology for not 
> getting to this issue. This is doubly true of Danielle Gould and Mary 
> Beth Baker who have been quite diligent in asking me what was going on 
> this year and to whom I have been nearly responsive enough. Between 
> work, some frustrating obstacles with the website (see below) and our 
> little guy, it's been hard to find time for anything in the last 8 
> weeks. Either way, any organizing whole we are in is entirely my fault 
> and I definitely want to apologize to everyone.
>
> 2) Consider moving the date?
> I have had some opportunities to reach out to people and a few 
> (particularly the Brazilians) expressed some concern with December - 
> saying they had already had several events planned and didn't think it 
> would work. Given we are a month away, I'd be happy to move it into 
> the new year (although I admit I love having it on the same day every 
> year) if we thought we needed the time.
>
> There is no good way to make this call - but if people email the list 
> saying, let's do it. I say, let's do it.
>
> 3) Help!
> So here is where things get really sticky - as I have terrible news re 
> the website.
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> 3a: Website:
>
> My website providers moved my website a few months ago and, in the 
> process, lost everything on OpenDataDay. Sadly this includes the wiki 
> and the site. I have some of the website data backed up, but not all 
> of it. I know that Mary Beth, you guys have the original so this is 
> not the end of the world, but it means we will have to stand up a new 
> site.
>
> Action: Someone needs to create (or use the old templates to recreate) 
> a site. We should shoot to have the site up by friday (monday at the 
> latest) if we went to do it on Dec 2. This would also mean standing up 
> a wiki so we can track who is participating.
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> 3b: DNS
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> To do that, I need to figure out where I bought the URL open data day 
> and switch the DNS.
>
> Action: *I get that information today.*
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> 3c: Create New Content
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> We should create some new content - ideally have a few new challenges 
> - for the site.
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> Action: I'm happy to take this on, but also happy to work with others.
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> 3d: Start letting people know about the event
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> Action: I should write a blog post, but then, so can and should many 
> others… so this challenge becomes distributed.
>
> I'm again, really sorry about failing to communicate this. I really 
> feel like I've let the community down. Hopefully we can find a way, 
> either in a month, or reschedule to pick this back up. Thank you 
> Daniel, Danielle and MAry Beth for poking me and not losing all patience.
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> Dave
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> Daniel Dietrich <mailto:daniel.dietrich at okfn.org>
> November 5, 2012 14:45
> At the OKFestival some people discussed the idea to add a "theme" to 
> this years open data day and work on the data (action plans) of 
> participating countries of the Open Government Partnership. I do like 
> the idea, but personally I have little recourses to move this forward. 
> Paul and Javier now in CC - what is the latest on this idea? I also 
> added David Eaves to this conversation. Any updates from your side David?
>
> Regards
> Daniel
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> Ton Zijlstra <mailto:ton.zijlstra at gmail.com>
> November 5, 2012 12:39
> Hi Alek, all,
>
> In the past 2 years it coincided with Random Hacks of Kindness. RHoK 
> is scheduled for 1 & 2 December 
> http://www.rhok.org/event/rhok-global-december-2012
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> If you look at their event page you already see a list of cities 
> participating, which people may want to connect to. 
> http://www.rhok.org/events?qt-event_tabs=0#qt-event_tabs under RHoK 
> Global December 2012.
>
> David Eaves who initiated both open data days in 2010 and 2011 has not 
> 'given the signal' yet this time around. But I'm sure that if you want 
> to get the ball rolling you can do that by simply announcing it that 
> you're going to put together a local team.
>
> Any other takers?
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> best,
>
> Ton
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