[Open-Legislation] [Mempol2] PoliticalMemory 2.0 - Hackathon #1 - Feb. 24th (6PM) to Feb. 26th - IRL & IRC]

Wed Feb 16 22:37:05 UTC 2011

hey, if you know of any pythonistas being available on irc or in paris at that
time, pls urge them to join us. this will be very useful in defending our
internet.

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 09:29:02PM +0100, Jérémie ZIMMERMANN - La Quadrature du Net wrote:
> Thanks for forwarding this message as widely as possible among your cool
> hacker networks!
> 
> English page:
> http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Hack-a-thon1_Political_Memory_2.0
> 
> French page:
> http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Hack-a-thon1_Memoire_Politique_2.0
> 
> 
> *** INTRO ***
> 
> Political Memory, (aka "MemoPol") is a project created by La Quadrature
> du Net to achieve the following goals:
> 
> * Provide a framework for political activists in order to optimize,
> promote and keep track of their actions (initially defending free speech
> and other fundamental freedoms online).
> 
> * Provide citizens an accurate view of their political representatives'
> (PRs) actions in parliaments and assemblies.
> 
> * Raise the political cost of taking bad decisions for representatives
> by attributing good and bad points.
> 
> In a nutshell: We collect official data about political representatives.
> Public votes and decisions are used to compute a score, and this score
> allows us to do a a lot of interesting things:
> 
> * Rank PRs according to your political goals and issues,
> 
> * Point out discrepancies between who talks the talk, and who actually
> walks the walk ,
> 
> * See trends among groups of PRs and individual members of parliament,
> 
> 
> *** WHAT, WHO? ***
> 
> Political Memory 2.0 is a complete rewrite of the previous Political
> Memory tool (originally based on perl scripts outputing mediawiki
> pages). It is now composed of: Django, CouchDB, Various set of scripts
> (in bash, python, perl), HTML, CSS and JS for the frontend
> 
> We are looking for smart cool people skilled in those fields!
> 
> You can get the current version at https://github.com/stefanp/memopol2
> 
> 
> *** HACK-A-THON? ***
> 
> We are organizing a two-day IRL and on-line gathering to achieve the
> following goals: - Present the exisiting project to new potential
> contributers. - Decide on the roadmap and task lists. - Settle on best
> practices and developments guidelines - Push the ongoing developments as
> far as we can. - Design interface and other aspects. - Drink beer
> together (or remotely)
> 
> 
> *** WHEN? WHERE? ***
> 
> From Thursday 24th of February 6PM (Paris time) to Saturday 26th of
> February, until energy lasts. We'll provide internet connectivity (bring
> your laptop!) and follow the event on IRC.
> 
> So far, the detailed program is the following:
> 
> * Thursday 24th, 6PM - ... / Octopuce (29, rue Merlin, 75011 Paris) /
> *core-contributers gathering* (limited space, *send an email before
> coming* contact @ laquadrature.net; come if you know the project already
> and intend to commit) : decisions on key design issues and roadmap
> 
> * Friday 25th, 10:00AM - Saturday 26th / Le Loop (very cool Hacker Space
> on the 4th floor of squatted building 40 rue René Boulanger (M°
> République) 75010 Paris / Continuous hacking: programming, webdesign,
> testing and moar!
> 
> * Friday 25th, 6:30PM - 8:00PM / Le Loop 40 rue René Boulanger, 4th
> floor / Short introduction to Political Memory for new contributers +
> use cases from an activist perspective (@jerezim from @laquadrature) +
> discussion with initiators and core-contributers
> 
> You can participate to the whole event via IRC on channel #lqdn-travail
> on irc.freenode.net (or via our web interface: http://lqdn.fr/chat)
> 
> 
> In case of you need anything, you can reach Mat on +33 6 634 634 91 or
> write to contact at laquadrature.net
> 
> 
> *** FAQ ***
> 
> * Shall I bring beer?
> 
> No, we will provide beer, wine, croissants and coffee \o/
> 
> * What shall I bring?
> 
> A laptop if you have one (spares will probably be available), and
> anything you need to feel comfortable (blanket, club mate, trip glasses,
> etc. ;)
> 
> * I know so little, how can I be sure my contribution will be helpful?
> 
> Any help from motivated people can be helpful! Just come over! In doubt,
> you can talk to us over IRC before doing so, we'll convince you! ;)
> 
> * I would love to come in order to usefully contribute, but I cannot
> afford the travel. Ain't life a bitch?
> 
> Yes it is indeed, and then you die. But we may help by refunding your
> travel expenses! Just contact us
> 
> * I have other questions about Political Memory 2.0 or the organizing of
> the event?
> 
> You can ask them on our IRC channel: #lqdn-travail on irc.freenode.net
> (or http://lqdn.fr/chat) or on our mailing-list:
> https://laquadrature.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mempol2 or by writing
> to contact at laquadrature.net
> 
> 
> -- 
> ---  La Quadrature du Net ------- http://www.laquadrature.net
> ---  Co-founder, spokesperson --- Twitter/Identi.ca: @jerezim

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