[wdmmg-discuss] Cuts website live

Mon Oct 18 08:55:03 UTC 2010

On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Lisa Evans <lisa.evans at okfn.org> wrote:
> This is excellent, very engaging and neat to explore.
>
> In addition to reporting a cut, what other ways would you like people to
> make more sense of the reported cuts?

I'm going to repurpose the comments to ask people to add specific bits
of information. This will be especially useful for the schools data -
was it just a couple of new computers or replacing a leaking roof etc.

>
> For example this cut http://wherearethecuts.org/reports/view/2234, there is
> no amount given, so are people here encouraged to read the source and add
> comments on how much is cut?

Yes, i'm going to make the news link much more obvious. When it gets
down to a local level, the amounts are not always that clear, or might
be announced over different time periods, so the context is important.

>
>
> On Sun, 17 Oct 2010, Richard Pope wrote:
>
>> I have the Advantage West Midlands and Arts Council data loaded, still
>> working on Schools cuts:
>>
>> http://wherearethecuts.org/
>>
>> Thoughts / suggestions?
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>

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