Nice to see citizen promoters being recognized!
"The popularity of open data in Ottawa wouldn’t be nearly as high
without the involvement of advocates like Tracy Lauriault and Edward
Ocampo-Gooding, Giggey said.
“This group has been very active,” Giggey said. “They are like-minded
individuals who have helped out since the beginning.”
Lauriault, a Carleton University researcher, and Ocampo-Gooding, an
open data advocate and developer, have worked with the city’s
information technology subcommittee and IT staff to bolster the
initiative.
Ocampo-Gooding was one of the organizers of two “hackathons” held at
city hall in 2010, the most recent of which was on Dec. 4. The events
bring together members of the public, researchers, designers and
developers to create useful apps and encourage the city to create data
sets to make the apps work."
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 6:24 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault <
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