http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/public-announcement-draft-1-tp256p284.html
On 2/21/06, Tracey P. Lauriault <
> Can i get a few more hours! my flights etc. redirected me to montreal instead of bc and
> now i refuse to pay for wifi so i am roaming around trying to get to email...
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> pleeeeease!
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> Tracey P. Lauriault
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> On Feb 20, "Michael Lenczner" <
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> > Here's draft version 0.98 of the public announcement.
> >
> > Unless anyone has problems with it I would suggest that we use it.
> > I'll wait 24 hours for comments/suggestions.
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > We would like to announce the launch of a new online space for
> > Canadian civic engagement - Citizens for Open Access to Civic
> > Information and Data (CivicAccess). CivicAccess is being founded by
> > librarians, civil servants, GIS and IT professionals, academics,
> > lawyers, open-source advocates, and community planners from across
> > Canada. We are motivated by the belief that open civic information
> > and data are necessary tools for being engaged citizens in an
> > "information society".
> >
> > Our goals are:
> >
> > 1) to encourage all levels of government to make civic data freely
> > accessible in open formats and to work with them to help make that
> > happen.
> >
> > 2) to support projects that use new online technologies to enable
> > citizens to easily find and share public information and data as well
> > as to re-contextualize that information in ways that make it
> > meaningful to them.
> >
> > Access to civic information and data help us make informed choices as
> > voters. In addition they help to ensure government transparency and
> > accountability - essential elements of a democracy. In addition these
> > are the bits and bytes required to understand, critically analyze, and
> > re-envision the communities in which we live.
> >
> > As engaged citizens of our neighborhoods, cities, and provinces we are
> > working to develop a community of practice around open civic data in
> > Canada.
> >
> > This is an idea whose time has come. Please join us in making it a reality!
> >
> > signed:
> >
> > Names
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/13/06, Stephane Guidoin <
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> > >
> > > > Basically, yup. Hopefully we can get some of the biggies to blog it,
> > > > too. If someone wants to send it as a press release that would
> > > > probably be okay as well - I'm not a PR guy so I don't know if there's
> > > > any reason to try that.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone else have ideas?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > To me there's a difference between invitation and press release. Actual
> > > participants could send invitations to people they know. But it could
> > > be interesting to make a press release which is more an announcement
> > > than an invitation.
> > >
> > > For example Online Rights Canada made a press release (I copied it there
> > > after as a reminder). But obviously, we don't have the same target as
> > > ORC : we want people to be participants and not spectators.
> > >
> > > The text Mike sent might not have the right tone to be added on a
> > > website. But it's good when you make a invitation to someone you know.
> > > To me, only the first sentence really needs to be changed to make
> > > something more public and opened.
> > >
> > > Stef
> > <snip>
> >
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