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Re: introduction + municipal FOI

Posted by Tracey P. Lauriault-2 on Jan 17, 2006; 12:27am
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/introduction-municipal-FOI-tp165p166.html

Bravo Daniel!

Daniel Haran wrote:

>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.
>
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