[OpenSpending] Public money quizzes for OpenSpending.org?

Sat Aug 31 03:03:07 UTC 2013

Steve, et all

To be clear, the news editor group works as a team, so anything learned
will benefit the team and the sites users, is the idea. (somehow that
thread went private for one or two volleys, not my intention so will
re-post previous exchanges that they come onto the board.)

Steve would you futurely be sure that openspending at lists.okfn.org is in
your address line?

Cheap is a matter of definition (not to argue with someone with vastly more
specific petroleum industry experience), and if 'higher' standard of living
falls into the realm of discussion, my guess is that cheap would as well.

However, that's perhaps also a matter of conscience, if not politics. Not
sure this is the appropriate place for discussion of those matters- we're
here to look into making information from the government more accessible,
usable and comprehensible to the public, which is something I'm all for,
and I hope my experience will help in some way to that end.

cheers, K.

On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 4:13 AM, Steve Adcock <gsaintheusa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi K
> Outstanding. I look forward to a learning experience with you.
> To my way of thinking, the ill side effects of energy production are more
> often a result of the greed with which we use them than the products
> themselves.
> If we can't make it work with 7 billion people, how will we with 12?
> We use a lot of energy and cheap energy equals a "higher" standard of
> living. Change the definition of "higher" and change the world.[?]
> Cheers, Steve
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 12:24 PM, K. Brzezinska <kfbrzezinska at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello Steve,
>>
>> To be clear, my background is journalism and political science, and of
>> the topics on which I focused whilst working at financial news services,
>> one was markets for refined petroleum products. That was an extension of my
>> original task, following companies involved in such markets (namely
>> Shell/Royal Dutch, but also those involved in dredging and such). It was an
>> instructive and sobering experience, and one I"m glad I had- I still have
>> my copy of 'Refining In Layperson's Terms'. Perhaps when things develop a
>> bit further our collective knowledge bases will prove mutually beneficial
>> of OKFN.
>>
>> cheers, K.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Steve Adcock <gsaintheusa at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks K.
>>> I see your background is petroleum and energy. So is mine. You can find
>>> my profile on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/steve-adcock/2/a01/aa7/
>>> Please send me further information about your background in our industry.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Steve Adcock
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 11:57 AM, K. Brzezinska <kfbrzezinska at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think quizzes are always appealing to a certain segment of the
>>>> population. (I personally was totally absorbed by the Christian Science
>>>> Monitor's US citizenship test.) I would be happy to contribute to a monthly
>>>> contest, and initially would like to focus on providing info abt the topics
>>>> I'm most adept with: petroleum (could be subsidies for development or ...)
>>>> and other energy, government subsidies to companies, or some other topics
>>>> hammered out to fit a specific theme. Not yet adept enough at the technical
>>>> side, but would happily contribute my undying hunger for info.
>>>>
>>>> Will think this week about where I'd look for info about such topics.
>>>> Especially the petroleum industry is full of info (and secrets!).
>>>>
>>>> cheers, K.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> To engage more people around the OpenSpending project and to increase
>>>>> literacy around public finance, have we ever thought about doing simple
>>>>> quizzes about different aspects of public expenditure and revenue?
>>>>>
>>>>> E.g. you could have questions like:
>>>>>
>>>>>   * "In the [financial year X] which are did
>>>>> [national/regional/local/departmental government entity Y] spend most on?
>>>>> spending category A, B, or C?"
>>>>>   * "Which of the following countries spends most on [spending
>>>>> category A] per capita? country X, country Y, country Z"
>>>>>   * "How much does [company X] get from [government Y]? €Ak, €Bk, €Ck"
>>>>>
>>>>> Followed by nice simple visualisations showing relative spending on
>>>>> each category, perhaps with some context and links to relevant data items
>>>>> on OpenSpending.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do people think?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Jonathan Gray
>>>>>
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