Incredible art made with open-source weather data

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

http://boingboing.net/2012/04/02/incredible-art-made-with-open.html

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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
 

[Harvey Low]

Hello everyone:

My apologies in that it has been some time since I have provided follow-up from our conference calls and separate correspondence with some of you. I want to update you on the opportunities to convey our feedback at the OGP meeting now less than two weeks away. 

 

First, there will be Regional Discussion Sessions on Country action plans. Such sessions will be the primary opportunity for Governments to publicly present and discuss their plans and the efforts they are undertaking in the area of open data and more importantly governance. Panelist Civil Society Rep(s) will have opportunity to share their reflections.  For our session, I found out earlier this week that Toby Mendel will now be the official OGP appointed Civil Society panelist at the North American Regional Discussion Sessions (I will be there but in the audience as input). I will however be sending input to Toby as per his request for presentation. However, it should be noted that as of today, I do not have the Federal Action Plan that I can review and thus structure your commentary accordingly. On a side note, I do have a concern and will echo it, that the OGP is providing an over-emphasis on Federal plans as the singular representation in Canada, with less acknowledgement of the private, NGO, and municipal initiatives/challenges, and the governance issues that span across all levels of government - not just Federal. 

 

Secondly, there will be other opportunities to convey your messages other than the Regional Discussants.  This will include participation in side sessions as well as my presenting at the "Innovation Village" (on this note, if you still have some best practices in the area of open data and technology, please send so I can include it in my presentation).

 

Finally, Tracey and I will begin populating the CCSD OGP website, now that information is coming in. All updates to national Open Data sites will also be completed this weekend on DATALIBRE (http://datalibre.ca/). As always, please send me any additional thoughts, issues and best practices and I will do my best to see that your input is heard in Brazil.

 

Harvey Low

Civil Society Representative,

Canadian Council on Social Development

Community Data Program

[Michael Lenczner-2]

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Harvey Low <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello everyone:

My apologies in that it has been some time since I have provided follow-up from our conference calls and separate correspondence with some of you. I want to update you on the opportunities to convey our feedback at the OGP meeting now less than two weeks away. 

 

First, there will be Regional Discussion Sessions on Country action plans. Such sessions will be the primary opportunity for Governments to publicly present and discuss their plans and the efforts they are undertaking in the area of open data and more importantly governance. Panelist Civil Society Rep(s) will have opportunity to share their reflections.  For our session, I found out earlier this week that Toby Mendel will now be the official OGP appointed Civil Society panelist

Huh? That's a change. I guess this would be him? http://www.law-democracy.org/?page_id=112

From the OGP website:

"Wherever possible, OGP is seeking to have local civil society in each OGP country select their representative to the April 2012 conference themselves, rather than OGP picking the candidate. OGP will privilege applications from civil society representatives that can demonstrate an established track record of active engagement in the open government field, and the endorsement of fellow local civil society colleagues to attend the April 2012. 

 

In instances where local civil society cannot come to agreement on a common delegate to attend the April 2012 meeting, the OGP Support Unit will do its best to recommend the candidate from that country whose application demonstrates the most experience and strongest civil society networks in the open government field."

Can you give us any more info about the OGP's decision? Or a suggestion on who we should ask their for more info?

(I have a simmering resentment that lawyers are seen as better respondents on this issue than geeks. Just my bias. :) )

at the North American Regional Discussion Sessions (I will be there but in the audience as input). I will however be sending input to Toby as per his request for presentation. However, it should be noted that as of today, I do not have the Federal Action Plan that I can review and thus structure your commentary accordingly.

 

On a side note, I do have a concern and will echo it, that the OGP is providing an over-emphasis on Federal plans as the singular representation in Canada, with less acknowledgement of the private, NGO, and municipal initiatives/challenges, and the governance issues that span across all levels of government - not just Federal.  

Interesting. Thanks for sharing that concern. 

 

 

Secondly, there will be other opportunities to convey your messages other than the Regional Discussants.  This will include participation in side sessions as well as my presenting at the "Innovation Village" (on this note, if you still have some best practices in the area of open data and technology, please send so I can include it in my presentation).

 

Finally, Tracey and I will begin populating the CCSD OGP website, now that information is coming in. All updates to national Open Data sites will also be completed this weekend on DATALIBRE (http://datalibre.ca/). As always, please send me any additional thoughts, issues and best practices and I will do my best to see that your input is heard in Brazil.

 

Thanks for the update.

Mike

 

 

Harvey Low

Civil Society Representative,

Canadian Council on Social Development

Community Data Program

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[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Michael;

 

This would be the person to ask: [hidden email], if you find anything out, please let us know.  It was somewhat odd, that they would appoint someone new and then not make the suggestion that they should coordinate with Harvey, and vice versa.  I am sure he will do a good job, but that was not how we understood the process to be, and why makes groups go through the application and endoresement process?

 

Cheers

t

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Michael Lenczner <[hidden email]> wrote:

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Harvey Low <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello everyone:

My apologies in that it has been some time since I have provided follow-up from our conference calls and separate correspondence with some of you. I want to update you on the opportunities to convey our feedback at the OGP meeting now less than two weeks away. 

 

First, there will be Regional Discussion Sessions on Country action plans. Such sessions will be the primary opportunity for Governments to publicly present and discuss their plans and the efforts they are undertaking in the area of open data and more importantly governance. Panelist Civil Society Rep(s) will have opportunity to share their reflections.  For our session, I found out earlier this week that Toby Mendel will now be the official OGP appointed Civil Society panelist

Huh? That's a change. I guess this would be him? http://www.law-democracy.org/?page_id=112

From the OGP website:

"Wherever possible, OGP is seeking to have local civil society in each OGP country select their representative to the April 2012 conference themselves, rather than OGP picking the candidate. OGP will privilege applications from civil society representatives that can demonstrate an established track record of active engagement in the open government field, and the endorsement of fellow local civil society colleagues to attend the April 2012. 

 

In instances where local civil society cannot come to agreement on a common delegate to attend the April 2012 meeting, the OGP Support Unit will do its best to recommend the candidate from that country whose application demonstrates the most experience and strongest civil society networks in the open government field."

Can you give us any more info about the OGP's decision? Or a suggestion on who we should ask their for more info?

(I have a simmering resentment that lawyers are seen as better respondents on this issue than geeks. Just my bias. :) )

at the North American Regional Discussion Sessions (I will be there but in the audience as input). I will however be sending input to Toby as per his request for presentation. However, it should be noted that as of today, I do not have the Federal Action Plan that I can review and thus structure your commentary accordingly.

 

On a side note, I do have a concern and will echo it, that the OGP is providing an over-emphasis on Federal plans as the singular representation in Canada, with less acknowledgement of the private, NGO, and municipal initiatives/challenges, and the governance issues that span across all levels of government - not just Federal.  

Interesting. Thanks for sharing that concern. 

 

 

Secondly, there will be other opportunities to convey your messages other than the Regional Discussants.  This will include participation in side sessions as well as my presenting at the "Innovation Village" (on this note, if you still have some best practices in the area of open data and technology, please send so I can include it in my presentation).

 

Finally, Tracey and I will begin populating the CCSD OGP website, now that information is coming in. All updates to national Open Data sites will also be completed this weekend on DATALIBRE (http://datalibre.ca/). As always, please send me any additional thoughts, issues and best practices and I will do my best to see that your input is heard in Brazil.

 

Thanks for the update.

Mike

 

 

Harvey Low

Civil Society Representative,

Canadian Council on Social Development

Community Data Program

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[michael gurstein]

As I think I mentioned earlier I'll also be attending at least part of the
OGP event (as an invited researcher for a parallel event sponsored by the
IDRC and the Harvard Berkman Centre) and will make a special effort to
attend the regional session where the Canadian OGP program/commitment is
presented.  I'll also be presenting on a break-out panel on "OGP and
services" and in that I'll be pointing to, in part the Quebec Government
health site and the Saskatoon health site, both of which I have Tracey to
thank for bringing to my attention...

My plan is to raise the issues of "effective use" i.e. what types of
interventions are required to ensure that OGD is available for use by the
widest possible range of potential users and particularly those at the
grassroots and among those, particularly those who might benefit most by
being able to use OGD from an advocacy--social and econoimic
inclusion--perspective.

If folks want to point me to additional sites where these issues are being
actively and usefully addressed I would be most sincerely grateful.

BTW, the Journal of Community Informatics http://ci-journal.net which I edit
will be e-publishing a special issue on Community Informatics and Open
Government Data next week as a contribution to the OGP discussions.

Best to all,

M

　
Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.
Executive Director: Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development
and Training (CCIRDT)
Vancouver, BC CANADA
tel/fax: [phone]
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 Harvey Low
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 1:56 PM
To: civicaccess discuss
Cc: Peggy Taillon
Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] Update: Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Meeting - Civil Society Representation


Hello everyone:
My apologies in that it has been some time since I have provided follow-up
from our conference calls and separate correspondence with some of you. I
want to update you on the opportunities to convey our feedback at the OGP
meeting now less than two weeks away.

First, there will be Regional Discussion Sessions on Country action plans.
Such sessions will be the primary opportunity for Governments to publicly
present and discuss their plans and the efforts they are undertaking in the
area of open data and more importantly governance. Panelist Civil Society
Rep(s) will have opportunity to share their reflections.  For our session, I
found out earlier this week that Toby Mendel will now be the official OGP
appointed Civil Society panelist at the North American Regional Discussion
Sessions (I will be there but in the audience as input). I will however be
sending input to Toby as per his request for presentation. However, it
should be noted that as of today, I do not have the Federal Action Plan that
I can review and thus structure your commentary accordingly. On a side note,
I do have a concern and will echo it, that the OGP is providing an
over-emphasis on Federal plans as the singular representation in Canada,
with less acknowledgement of the private, NGO, and municipal
initiatives/challenges, and the governance issues that span across all
levels of government - not just Federal.

Secondly, there will be other opportunities to convey your messages other
than the Regional Discussants.  This will include participation in side
sessions as well as my presenting at the "Innovation Village" (on this note,
if you still have some best practices in the area of open data and
technology, please send so I can include it in my presentation).

Finally, Tracey and I will begin populating the CCSD OGP website, now that
information is coming in. All updates to national Open Data sites will also
be completed this weekend on DATALIBRE (http://datalibre.ca/). As always,
please send me any additional thoughts, issues and best practices and I will
do my best to see that your input is heard in Brazil.

Harvey Low
Civil Society Representative,
Canadian Council on Social Development
Community Data Program

[Harvey Low]

Hi Michael. The Journal of informatics looks interesting indeed. That's
great. If I have not sent this earlier to you Michael, here is the link
to the City of Toronto's new WELLBEING TORONTO on-line planning tool
(www.toronto.ca/wellbeing). It is part of what we call "open analysis"
in that it provides both city admin data free but also the analytical
mapping tool for layering, combining, and weighting on nearly 200
indicators to the public - now including census lf.

I will try to get to your panel too as that sounds great. I will also
now be presenting via the web, "Canadian OD best practices" not only on
WELLBEING TORONTO but also other municipal and ngo apps thru the
Community Data Program as part of OGP Innovation Village.

 
-----Original Message-----
From: michael gurstein <[hidden email]>
Cc: Peggy Taillon <[hidden email]>
To: civicaccess discuss <[hidden email]>

Sent: 04/06/2012 3:22:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] Update: Open Government Partnership
(OGP) Meeting - Civil Society Representation

As I think I mentioned earlier I'll also be attending at least part of
the
OGP event (as an invited researcher for a parallel event sponsored by
the
IDRC and the Harvard Berkman Centre) and will make a special effort to
attend the regional session where the Canadian OGP program/commitment is
presented.  I'll also be presenting on a break-out panel on "OGP and
services" and in that I'll be pointing to, in part the Quebec Government
health site and the Saskatoon health site, both of which I have Tracey
to
thank for bringing to my attention...

My plan is to raise the issues of "effective use" i.e. what types of
interventions are required to ensure that OGD is available for use by
the
widest possible range of potential users and particularly those at the
grassroots and among those, particularly those who might benefit most by
being able to use OGD from an advocacy--social and econoimic
inclusion--perspective.

If folks want to point me to additional sites where these issues are
being
actively and usefully addressed I would be most sincerely grateful.

BTW, the Journal of Community Informatics http://ci-journal.net which I
edit
will be e-publishing a special issue on Community Informatics and Open
Government Data next week as a contribution to the OGP discussions.

Best to all,

M

　
Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.
Executive Director: Centre for Community Informatics Research,
Development
and Training (CCIRDT)
Vancouver, BC CANADA
tel/fax: [phone]
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 Harvey
Low
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 1:56 PM
To: civicaccess discuss
Cc: Peggy Taillon
Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] Update: Open Government Partnership (OGP)
Meeting - Civil Society Representation


Hello everyone:
My apologies in that it has been some time since I have provided
follow-up
from our conference calls and separate correspondence with some of you.
I
want to update you on the opportunities to convey our feedback at the
OGP
meeting now less than two weeks away.

First, there will be Regional Discussion Sessions on Country action
plans.
Such sessions will be the primary opportunity for Governments to
publicly
present and discuss their plans and the efforts they are undertaking in
the
area of open data and more importantly governance. Panelist Civil
Society
Rep(s) will have opportunity to share their reflections.  For our
session, I
found out earlier this week that Toby Mendel will now be the official
OGP
appointed Civil Society panelist at the North American Regional
Discussion
Sessions (I will be there but in the audience as input). I will however
be
sending input to Toby as per his request for presentation. However, it
should be noted that as of today, I can review and thus structure your commentary accordingly. On a side
note,
I do have a concern and will echo it, that the OGP is providing an
over-emphasis on Federal plans as the singular representation in Canada,
with less acknowledgement of the private, NGO, and municipal
initiatives/challenges, and the governance issues that span across all
levels of government - not just Federal.

Secondly, there will be other opportunities to convey your messages
other
than the Regional Discussants.  This will include participation in side
sessions as well as my presenting at the "Innovation Village" (on this
note,
if you still have some best practices in the area of open data and
technology, please send so I can include it in my presentation).

Finally, Tracey and I will begin populating the CCSD OGP website, now
that
information is coming in. All updates to national Open Data sites will
also
be completed this weekend on DATALIBRE (http://datalibre.ca/). As
always,
please send me any additional thoughts, issues and best practices and I
will
do my best to see that your input is heard in Brazil.

Harvey Low
Civil Society Representative,
Canadian Council on Social Development
Community Data Program

_______________________________________________
CivicAccess-discuss mailing list
[hidden email]
http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss

[David Eaves]

I'll be at both conferences as well so if anyone has links they want
to pass along I'd be interested as well.

Dave

On 2012-04-06, at 12:23 PM, michael gurstein <[hidden email]> wrote:

> As I think I mentioned earlier I'll also be attending at least part of the
> OGP event (as an invited researcher for a parallel event sponsored by the
> IDRC and the Harvard Berkman Centre) and will make a special effort to
> attend the regional session where the Canadian OGP program/commitment is
> presented.  I'll also be presenting on a break-out panel on "OGP and
> services" and in that I'll be pointing to, in part the Quebec Government
> health site and the Saskatoon health site, both of which I have Tracey to
> thank for bringing to my attention...
>
> My plan is to raise the issues of "effective use" i.e. what types of
> interventions are required to ensure that OGD is available for use by the
> widest possible range of potential users and particularly those at the
> grassroots and among those, particularly those who might benefit most by
> being able to use OGD from an advocacy--social and econoimic
> inclusion--perspective.
>
> If folks want to point me to additional sites where these issues are being
> actively and usefully addressed I would be most sincerely grateful.
>
> BTW, the Journal of Community Informatics http://ci-journal.net which I edit
> will be e-publishing a special issue on Community Informatics and Open
> Government Data next week as a contribution to the OGP discussions.
>
> Best to all,
>
> M
>
>
> Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.
> Executive Director: Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development
> and Training (CCIRDT)
> Vancouver, BC CANADA
> tel/fax: [phone]
> 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 Harvey Low
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 1:56 PM
> To: civicaccess discuss
> Cc: Peggy Taillon
> Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] Update: Open Government Partnership (OGP)
> Meeting - Civil Society Representation
>
>
> Hello everyone:
> My apologies in that it has been some time since I have provided follow-up
> from our conference calls and separate correspondence with some of you. I
> want to update you on the opportunities to convey our feedback at the OGP
> meeting now less than two weeks away.
>
> First, there will be Regional Discussion Sessions on Country action plans.
> Such sessions will be the primary opportunity for Governments to publicly
> present and discuss their plans and the efforts they are undertaking in the
> area of open data and more importantly governance. Panelist Civil Society
> Rep(s) will have opportunity to share their reflections.  For our session, I
> found out earlier this week that Toby Mendel will now be the official OGP
> appointed Civil Society panelist at the North American Regional Discussion
> Sessions (I will be there but in the audience as input). I will however be
> sending input to Toby as per his request for presentation. However, it
> should be noted that as of today, I do not have the Federal Action Plan that
> I can review and thus structure your commentary accordingly. On a side note,
> I do have a concern and will echo it, that the OGP is providing an
> over-emphasis on Federal plans as the singular representation in Canada,
> with less acknowledgement of the private, NGO, and municipal
> initiatives/challenges, and the governance issues that span across all
> levels of government - not just Federal.
>
> Secondly, there will be other opportunities to convey your messages other
> than the Regional Discussants.  This will include participation in side
> sessions as well as my presenting at the "Innovation Village" (on this note,
> if you still have some best practices in the area of open data and
> technology, please send so I can include it in my presentation).
>
> Finally, Tracey and I will begin populating the CCSD OGP website, now that
> information is coming in. All updates to national Open Data sites will also
> be completed this weekend on DATALIBRE (http://datalibre.ca/). As always,
> please send me any additional thoughts, issues and best practices and I will
> do my best to see that your input is heard in Brazil.
>
> Harvey Low
> Civil Society Representative,
> Canadian Council on Social Development
> Community Data Program
>
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