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.htmlThe 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.