[open-government] What Does $3.2M Buy in Open Government?

Wed Jul 17 16:02:42 UTC 2013

Juliana, this is really helpful!
I think many of us would be interested in such a discussion, so any help in
setting up a dialogue would be very appreciated.

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Juliana Rotich <juliana at ushahidi.com>wrote:

> Hi Julia,
> As someone who has been part of Knight judging (previous challenges),
> their criteria and process is quite rigorous, and they have funded
> international organizations like Ushahidi. There is more that needs to be
> done to get more great entries internationally though. They are very open
> to discussion, let me know if you'd be interested in speaking with someone
> there.
>
> My very best,
> Juliana Rotich
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> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Julia Keserű <
> jkeseru at sunlightfoundation.com> wrote:
>
>> Not speaking on behalf of Sunlight but as someone who regularly applied
>> for Knight funding from Europe, I think every private foundation has the
>> right to support whoever they want. However it seems true that Knight tends
>> to open up their challenges to the global community and then support
>> US-based organizations only.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Josh Tauberer <tauberer at govtrack.us>wrote:
>>
>>>  that's a shame for a so-called "OpenGov" challenge :(
>>>
>>>
>>> That's not fair at all. This is open *government*, not open everything.
>>> Unlike our governments, we don't pay taxes to the Knight Foundation.
>>>
>>> Their applauding thing seemed to be a gimmick, and they should be clear
>>> about how it is (not) used. But there were a LOT of proposals not accepted
>>> (including mine), so I think it's a bit of a stretch to assume
>>> international submissions were singled out.
>>>
>>> - Josh Tauberer (@JoshData)
>>> http://razor.occams.info
>>>
>>> On 07/17/2013 09:00 AM, Armel LE COZ wrote:
>>>
>>>  I totally agree with Samuel and Stef: Close process, not opened to
>>> non-US projects (and it was not said) + no transparency about the rules of
>>> the challenge and the selection criteria ...that's a shame for a so-called
>>> "OpenGov" challenge :(
>>>
>>>  We spent time and energy to grow the "applauding" of our project
>>> Parliament & Citizens ...for nothing because we're not from US?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Samuel Goëta <samgoeta at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ce concours m'a agacé, n'hésitez pas à réagir
>>>>  --
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>>>>  Dernier billet de blog : « Raw data is an Oxymoron » : les données
>>>> brutes sont-elles une fiction ?<http://coulisses-opendata.com/2013/04/30/raw-data-is-an-oxymoron-les-donnees-brutes-sont-elles-une-fiction/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Samuel Goëta <samgoeta at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 2:46 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [open-government] What Does $3.2M Buy in Open Government?
>>>> To: stef <s at ctrlc.hu>
>>>> Cc: Christian Villum <christian.villum at okfn.org>, Open Government WG
>>>> List <open-government at lists.okfn.org>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Completely agree on that, I saw some great projects from all other the
>>>> world and none of them are in the winners list. Also it's quite obscure the
>>>> way these 3.2M$ were attributed, especially for an open government grant…
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:58 PM, stef <s at ctrlc.hu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> i find it sad, that only US based initiatives won. this could have been
>>>>> communicated upfront, so that all the 2nd class people of the world do
>>>>> not
>>>>> bother applying. :/
>>>>>
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