[open-government] open data day 2012

Tue Nov 6 16:47:35 UTC 2012

Okay, that sounds great.

Can we set up a time to chat? Would 7am PST/10am EST/3pm London time work?

We could do it via Skype?

Will work on pointing the name servers now.

Dave

On 2012-11-06, at 8:43 AM, Rufus Pollock wrote:

> Hi David,
> 
> That's great to hear. Could you point at DNS Made Easy:
> 
> NS10.DNSMADEEASY.COM
> NS11.DNSMADEEASY.COM
> NS12.DNSMADEEASY.COM
> NS13.DNSMADEEASY.COM
> NS14.DNSMADEEASY.COM
> NS15.DNSMADEEASY.COM
> 
> Along with Jonathan and Edward (and anyone else) I'm up for jumping in
> on this later this week (e.g. Friday) and getting things operational.
> 
> Rufus
> 
> On 5 November 2012 22:11, David Eaves <david at eaves.ca> wrote:
>> I have gotten my hands back on my registrar info for opendataday.org. I can
>> point it to a new name server at any time.
>> 
>> 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?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>> 
>> 
>> On 2012-11-05, at 10:57 AM, Jonathan Gray wrote:
>> 
>> If useful OKFN might be able to help to host/redesign the site...
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 5:34 PM, David Eaves <david at eaves.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 3b: DNS
>>> 
>>> 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.*
>>> 
>>> 3c: Create New Content
>>> 
>>> We should create some new content - ideally have a few new challenges -
>>> for the site.
>>> 
>>> Action: I'm happy to take this on, but also happy to work with others.
>>> 
>>> 3d: Start letting people know about the event
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Dave
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2012-11-05, at 5:45 AM, Daniel Dietrich wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 5 Nov 2012, at 12:39, Ton Zijlstra wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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?
>>>>> 
>>>>> best,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ton
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> Interdependent Thoughts
>>>>> Ton Zijlstra
>>>>> 
>>>>> ton at tonzijlstra.eu
>>>>> +31-6-34489360
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://zylstra.org/blog
>>>>> 
>>>>> Share your real life open data experiences,
>>>>> observations and anecdotes:
>>>>> http://epsiplatform.eu/content/share-your-story
>>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Alek Tarkowski
>>>>> <alek at creativecommons.pl> wrote:
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Does any one know of any plans for Open Data Day 2012? if it is to take
>>>>> place at the same time as last year, there's only a month left. at the same
>>>>> time the webpage seems to be dead, which is worrying, as it was a pretty
>>>>> good global action.
>>>>> 
>>>>> best,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Alek
>>>>> 
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