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I am hoping that OGP will take into consideration that there is no one
voice from Civil Society on this file in Canada, and I hope we can advocate to have 2 reps, and some self funded reps, as David and the rep from the Community Data Program have different but mutually beneficial, valid and stupendous types of experience, skill and points of view, and I think only one view would not be of service to this issue in Canada. My concern remains that civil society data users from community based organizations are never represented at these forums, and it would be great to have their views along with David's who represents the views of a different community represented. They are equally valid they just come from very different sectors that have not yet converged. Cheers t -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 "Every epoch dreams the one that follows it's the dream form of the future, not its reality" it is the "wish image of the collective". Walter Benjamin, between 1927-1940, (http://www.columbia.edu/itc/architecture/ockman/pdfs/dossier_4/buck-morss.pdf) |
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Hi everyone,
I've posted my Open Government Partnership application on my blog in an effort to be transparent about my history in the space, why I want to go, what I'm hoping to accomplish and how I can engage a broader community. I would be deeply grateful if anyone wanted to support my application. If you were interested in doing so please do email me. Please do also send me any questions, comments or thoughts you might have about the application, I'd love to improve it by making it better reflect people's concerns and ideas regarding the OGP. Hope this finds you well! Dave Eaves |
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The Community Data Program is not a social media based organization but has a large membership. The letter is still in draft form as members of the program participate in the drafting process. If you would like to see the draft please do not hesitate to ask.
The application requires that the following be provided by those who apply: Organizational information that demonstrates the following minimum transparency and accountability criteria (Please provide weblinks or direct documentation detailing these elements):
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 6:13 AM, David Eaves <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've posted my Open Government Partnership application on my blog in an > effort to be transparent about my history in the space, why I want to go, > what I'm hoping to accomplish and how I can engage a broader community. > > I would be deeply grateful if anyone wanted to support my application. If > you were interested in doing so please do email me. Please do also send me > any questions, comments or thoughts you might have about the application, > I'd love to improve it by making it better reflect people's concerns and > ideas regarding the OGP. > > Hope this finds you well! > > Dave Eaves > > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 "Every epoch dreams the one that follows it's the dream form of the future, not its reality" it is the "wish image of the collective". Walter Benjamin, between 1927-1940, (http://www.columbia.edu/itc/architecture/ockman/pdfs/dossier_4/buck-morss.pdf) |
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Colleagues,
I very
much appreciate this transparent process of requesting endorsements for those
seeking an "official" invitation to this most significant event.
I understand that such an invitation will at least symbolically be
seen as identifying a representative of Canadian civil society in the context of
the OGP and thus the "decison" concerning this (in this case through a
process of endorsement by civil society organizations) is not a trivial
one.
A
brief background, I have been working in the area of community and grassroots
based Information and Communications Technologies as a practitioner, advocate,
policy advisor, researcher and teacher for almost 20 years (17 to be exact)
beginning with work developing the first research and development group for
community based Internet applications in Canada in 2005 in Cape
Breton.
Since
then I've worked in these areas in Canada and internationally in a wide
variety of capacities.
My
interest in OGD and in the issue of endorsement comes from this background, my
personal interest and my role as a Board member of Telecommunities Canada
which
is Canada's oldest continuing organization concerned with "ensure(ing) that all
Canadians are able to participate in community-based communications and
electronic information services by promoting and supporting local community
network initiatives"
With
this as a background I have in recent times become somewhat active in the Open
Government Data space by commenting on (and critiquing) certain of the positions
being taken within that space from the perspective of the broadest base of
potential end users of OGD (i.e. local communities and the
grassroots).
In this context I would refer you to a series of posts on
my
blog concerning open (government) data and
specifically what I have termed processes to ensure "effective
use".
What I
was attempting to do overall in the series of contributions to the O(G)D
discussion and specifically in the post on "effective use", was to insert into
the OGD discussion a concern for ensuring the widest possible base of end users
for OGD and including those who might otherwise be considered among the socially
excluded (or in other contexts the "digitally excluded"). My argument was
that unless OGD implements pro-active measures to support this broad base of OGD
"inclusion" it runs the risk of further empowering those who are already being
empowered with Information and Communication Technologies and thus further
widening existing social and economic disparities.
I have
now reviewed David Eaves' application and have examined the Community Data
Program's website and regrettably I did not see in David's blog any
reference to these issues although I may have missed this. On the CDP
website I did see as one of their core purposes to "Train organizations to
analyze community data and use it for better decision making" and elsewhere on their blog I note some examples
of their providing training and support in government data use for community
based (including advocacy)
organizations.
The
direction of my leaning concerning endorsement (and my recommendation to
Telecommunities Canada concerning its endorsement) is thus clearly towards
CDP but I would like to use this opportunity to invite David to comment on the
above and perhaps to clarify his own position on these
matters.
(I
should also like to add as a sidenote that the Journal of Community Informatics (open access
open archive double blind peer reviewed) of which I am the Editor in Chief will
be publishing later this year, a special issue on Community Informatics and
Open Government Data edited by a leading (UK) OKF member and a leading member of
the Indian open access community in which a number of these matters will be more
fully reviewed.)
Best,
Mike
Michael Gursten,
Ph.D. Executive Director: Centre for Community
Informatics Research, Development and Training (CCIRDT) tel/fax:
+1-604-602-0624
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As a
colleague has just pointed out, I'm a lot older than I look :) and the date for
my work in Cape Breton should have been 1995 rather than 2005
:(.
M
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Michael,
Thank you so much for the comment. I agree that the goal of Open Government is not to allow a privileged few to gain access to government. Rather, the goal is to enable the broadest possible use - for accountability, for new services or for eduction. I believe I've tried to talk about this issue in blog post such as "The Literacy Challenge of Open Data" which I wrote back June 2010. As I argued in that piece "smart governments should not only rely on small groups of developers to make use of open data. Forward-looking governments – those that want an engaged citizenry, a 21st-century workforce and a creative, knowledge-based economy in their jurisdiction – will reach out to universities, colleges and schools and encourage them to get their students using, visualizing, writing about and generally engaging with open data." This is something I am personally committed to. For example I'm being retained by some non-profits and a foundation in a major Canadian urban centre to help think about how open data, open government services and related technologies can be used to empower some of the city's more marginalized communities. Consequently this is an issue I am focused on. However, I could be more explicit about my hopes that governments will find ways to actively engage the broadest set of citizens around the issues of government transparency and open data. I'm certain this does not address all the concerns you have raised but I hope it does put to rest any concerns that I am unaware, or worse uninterested in finding ways to promote effective use by the broadest possible number of citizens. Sincerely, David Eaves www.eaves.ca @daeaves On 12-02-03 8:51 AM, michael gurstein wrote:
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Thanks
David,
And
particularly for pointing to your excellent blog post on libaries (and
schools) as possible gateways to open data literacy. I agree with this as
one direction that these developments should take (following the example of the
role of libraries in early Internet literacy and access... Of course, as we know
libraries and library funding is in many places under attack so this might not
be something that could be taken for granted even should somehow such a mandate
be taken on.
What I
personally would like to see, and what I would like transmitted as part of a
contribution from Canadian civil society to the OGP discussions is a formal
commitment that a certain proportion (10% ?) of all resources, whether from
government, foundations, the private sector and so on, be assigned to ensuring
the widest possible opportunities for the effective use of OGD. This could
of course, include funding for libaries and for data literacy programs in
schools but also support for appropriately designed data interfaces and for
training programs for not for profits in OGD use among other
things.
My
overall concern is that in the rush to find ways of exploiting this potentially
extremely valuable public resource that the larger public which ultimately paid
for this is forgotten amidst the cacophany of technical discussions, legal
wrangling, and policy horse trading.
Best,
Mike
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Michael;
This is the work that the Community Data Program does well and hopes to grow further. The Community Data Program is also related to the Data Liberation Initiatives in Libraries and I have done much work over the years with the CLI and with archivists, particulary on the preservation of scientific data and the creation of trusted digital repositories for universities and advocating that all canadian funded research data be deposited once a 2 year peer reviewed publication cycle is completed. The International Polar Year project was a great example of this. The work the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre has been doing in the North has been building in indigenous knowledge into mapping architecture and teaching youth and elders how to map their histrory, knowledge and science according to their value and cultural standarnds. This is critically important work. Cheers Tracey On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 11:26 AM, michael gurstein <[hidden email]> wrote: > Thanks David, > > And particularly for pointing to your excellent blog post on libaries (and > schools) as possible gateways to open data literacy. I agree with this as > one direction that these developments should take (following the example of > the role of libraries in early Internet literacy and access... Of course, as > we know libraries and library funding is in many places under attack so this > might not be something that could be taken for granted even should somehow > such a mandate be taken on. > > What I personally would like to see, and what I would like transmitted as > part of a contribution from Canadian civil society to the OGP discussions is > a formal commitment that a certain proportion (10% ?) of all resources, > whether from government, foundations, the private sector and so on, be > assigned to ensuring the widest possible opportunities for the effective use > of OGD. This could of course, include funding for libaries and for data > literacy programs in schools but also support for appropriately designed > data interfaces and for training programs for not for profits in OGD use > among other things. > > My overall concern is that in the rush to find ways of exploiting this > potentially extremely valuable public resource that the larger public which > ultimately paid for this is forgotten amidst the cacophany of technical > discussions, legal wrangling, and policy horse trading. > > Best, > > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] > [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of David Eaves > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 4:18 PM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] Endorsements - Open Government > Partnership > > Michael, > > Thank you so much for the comment. > > I agree that the goal of Open Government is not to allow a privileged few to > gain access to government. Rather, the goal is to enable the broadest > possible use - for accountability, for new services or for eduction. > > I believe I've tried to talk about this issue in blog post such as "The > Literacy Challenge of Open Data" which I wrote back June 2010. As I argued > in that piece > > "smart governments should not only rely on small groups of developers to > make use of open data. Forward-looking governments – those that want an > engaged citizenry, a 21st-century workforce and a creative, knowledge-based > economy in their jurisdiction – will reach out to universities, colleges and > schools and encourage them to get their students using, visualizing, writing > about and generally engaging with open data." > > This is something I am personally committed to. For example I'm being > retained by some non-profits and a foundation in a major Canadian urban > centre to help think about how open data, open government services and > related technologies can be used to empower some of the city's more > marginalized communities. Consequently this is an issue I am focused on. > > However, I could be more explicit about my hopes that governments will find > ways to actively engage the broadest set of citizens around the issues of > government transparency and open data. > > I'm certain this does not address all the concerns you have raised but I > hope it does put to rest any concerns that I am unaware, or worse > uninterested in finding ways to promote effective use by the broadest > possible number of citizens. > > Sincerely, > David Eaves > www.eaves.ca > @daeaves > > On 12-02-03 8:51 AM, michael gurstein wrote: > > Colleagues, > > I very much appreciate this transparent process of requesting endorsements > for those seeking an "official" invitation to this most significant event. > I understand that such an invitation will at least symbolically be seen as > identifying a representative of Canadian civil society in the context of the > OGP and thus the "decison" concerning this (in this case through a process > of endorsement by civil society organizations) is not a trivial one. > > A brief background, I have been working in the area of community and > grassroots based Information and Communications Technologies as a > practitioner, advocate, policy advisor, researcher and teacher for almost 20 > years (17 to be exact) beginning with work developing the first research and > development group for community based Internet applications in Canada in > 2005 in Cape Breton. > > Since then I've worked in these areas in Canada and internationally in a > wide variety of capacities. > > My interest in OGD and in the issue of endorsement comes from this > background, my personal interest and my role as a Board member > of Telecommunities Canada > which is Canada's oldest continuing organization concerned with "ensure(ing) > that all Canadians are able to participate in community-based communications > and electronic information services by promoting and supporting local > community network initiatives" > > With this as a background I have in recent times become somewhat active in > the Open Government Data space by commenting on (and critiquing) certain of > the positions being taken within that space from the perspective of the > broadest base of potential end users of OGD (i.e. local communities and the > grassroots). > > In this context I would refer you to a series of posts on my blog concerning > open (government) data and specifically what I have termed processes to > ensure "effective use". > > What I was attempting to do overall in the series of contributions to the > O(G)D discussion and specifically in the post on "effective use", was to > insert into the OGD discussion a concern for ensuring the widest possible > base of end users for OGD and including those who might otherwise be > considered among the socially excluded (or in other contexts the "digitally > excluded"). My argument was that unless OGD implements pro-active measures > to support this broad base of OGD "inclusion" it runs the risk of further > empowering those who are already being empowered with Information and > Communication Technologies and thus further widening existing social and > economic disparities. > > I have now reviewed David Eaves' application and have examined the Community > Data Program's website and regrettably I did not see in David's blog any > reference to these issues although I may have missed this. On the CDP > website I did see as one of their core purposes to "Train organizations to > analyze community data and use it for better decision making" and elsewhere > on their blog I note some examples of their providing training and support > in government data use for community based (including advocacy) > organizations. > > The direction of my leaning concerning endorsement (and my recommendation to > Telecommunities Canada concerning its endorsement) is thus clearly towards > CDP but I would like to use this opportunity to invite David to comment on > the above and perhaps to clarify his own position on these matters. > > (I should also like to add as a sidenote that the Journal of Community > Informatics (open access open archive double blind peer reviewed) of which I > am the Editor in Chief will be publishing later this year, a special issue > on Community Informatics and Open Government Data edited by a leading (UK) > OKF member and a leading member of the Indian open access community in which > a number of these matters will be more fully reviewed.) > > Best, > > Mike > > Michael Gursten, > > Ph.D. Executive Director: Centre for Community Informatics Research, > Development and Training (CCIRDT) > Vancouver, BC CANADA > > tel/fax: +1-604-602-0624 > email: [hidden email] > web: http://communityinformatics.net > blog: http://gurstein.wordpress.com > twitter: #michaelgurstein > > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] > [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Tracey P. > Lauriault > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 7:39 AM > To: civicaccess discuss > Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] Endorsements - Open Government > Partnership > > The Community Data Program is not a social media based organization but has > a large membership. The letter is still in draft form as members of the > program participate in the drafting process. If you would like to see the > draft please do not hesitate to ask. > > The application requires that the following be provided by those who apply: > > Organizational information that demonstrates the following minimum > transparency and accountability criteria (Please provide weblinks or direct > documentation detailing these elements): > > Transparent governance structure > Annual financial statements are subject to external audit > Publish all sources of funding > Publish operational budget > Publish annual narrative and financial reports > > Along with the following: > > Your experience in the open government field to date > How you have been engaged with OGP to date in your country Why you want to > attend the April 2012 meeting and how you will contribute to/learn from it > What outreach you plan to do on OGP with civil society and others when you > return home > What funding you require to attend the Brasilia meeting > A CV/resume > A list of organizations, names and emails of their leaders that have > endorsed your application to participate in the April 2012 meeting, and how > the selection process took place (an in person meeting, an email vote, etc…) > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 6:13 AM, David Eaves <[hidden email]> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I've posted my Open Government Partnership application on my blog in an >> effort to be transparent about my history in the space, why I want to go, >> what I'm hoping to accomplish and how I can engage a broader community. >> >> I would be deeply grateful if anyone wanted to support my application. If >> you were interested in doing so please do email me. Please do also send me >> any questions, comments or thoughts you might have about the application, >> I'd love to improve it by making it better reflect people's concerns and >> ideas regarding the OGP. >> >> Hope this finds you well! >> >> Dave Eaves >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list >> [hidden email] >> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > > > > -- > Tracey P. Lauriault > 613-234-2805 > > "Every epoch dreams the one that follows it's the dream form of the future, > not its reality" it is the "wish image of the collective". > > Walter Benjamin, between 1927-1940, > (http://www.columbia.edu/itc/architecture/ockman/pdfs/dossier_4/buck-morss.pdf) > > > > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list > [hidden email] > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 "Every epoch dreams the one that follows it's the dream form of the future, not its reality" it is the "wish image of the collective". Walter Benjamin, between 1927-1940, (http://www.columbia.edu/itc/architecture/ockman/pdfs/dossier_4/buck-morss.pdf) |
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