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introduction + municipal FOI

Posted by Daniel Haran on Jan 16, 2006; 9:56pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/introduction-municipal-FOI-tp165.html

Hello,

I guess this is a good time to introduce myself. Thanks to the
organizers for setting this list up!

My name's Daniel, and I'm currently living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In
a previous career, I was a programmer.

Over the past few months, I have been pursuing a Freedom of
Information appeal to have my city release Shapefiles for its
electoral boundaries. The appeal's review officer recently recommended
the city make these available, and I posted scans of their decision,
my appeal and review letter. All the links were blogged here:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/danieljohn/61897.html

The whole process was drawn-out, and cost me $50. I would encourage
anyone to ask their city if their electoral boundaries are available-
and if not, to put up a fuss.

Cheers,

Daniel.