http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/maybe-OT-values-of-CivicAccess-tp1420p1435.html
I see. And you feel that this multiplicity of backgrounds was being ignored before?
> From: Hugh McGuire <
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> Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] maybe OT - values of CivicAccess
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> Received: Friday, November 21, 2008, 3:35 PM
> > I'm curious: what makes you think the values of
> Civic Access are being shanghied?
> not speaking for michael, but i don't think there is a
> concern that values of of CivicAccess are being shanghied.
> rather a desire to recognize that the collection of people
> her come from different philosophical and practical angles.
>
> strangely, though I know michael well, i never really
> understood why my particular concern about open data -- that
> is, "better decision-making" -- was not
> michael's interest in the issue. I never quite got what
> his interest was ... answered in his last post: a question
> of justice: ie, all citizens should have access to the same
> benefits from the government, not just corporates who can
> afford to pay high feeds for government data.
>
> that makes for a very different take on things, as does a
> desire for more efficiency, better tax/spending
> accountability etc.
>
> they are all different reasons for being interested in
> civic access issues ...
>
> so not to put words in michael's mouth, i'll
> instead say what I think about all this: the issue of civic
> access is important enough that a broad coalition of
> people/groups can support it, without having to agree on the
> reason for *why* they want civic access to happen...but we
> should also remember that the group here spans the political
> and philosophical spectrum.
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