CivicAccess - Re: action for 2006 Census / mouvement pour accéder les données du recenssement 2006

Mar 11, 2006; 9:04pm

zoroastrians - do you mean masked men with cool hats, covered eyes, spanish accents and disobediant horses with swords & capes.  If so, i wanna know if there are any in my chinatown hood ;) 
In fact, i'm thinking that might be a nice way to launch!

Yes, it seems to me the Census is the highest profile batch of citizen 
data out there - it always makes a media splash when there's a new one & 
people know what it is & talk about it. and it's a perfect example of a 
data set that civicaccess is fighting for.

one thing to be VERY careful about though, I think, is the question of 
privacy. making sure that civicaccess isn't misconstrued as a group that 
wants to get hold of census data and tell everyone how much tax you paid 
last year, and how many zoroastrians live at your address.

h.

What do ya think?
T

Hugh McGuire wrote:

i can do my very little bit, by signing a petition etc. & writing about 
it on my weblog! ... but perhaps this should be an official letter to 
government & press from civicaccess.ca?

Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:

Hey all!

The 2006 Census is getting fired up and wouldn't it be nice to get that 
treasure trove of civic data out to us citizens and NGOs for free?
Les préparations pour le recensement de 2006 sont en pleine démarche et 
ce serait superbe d'accéder ces trésors numériques gratuitements 
n'est-ce pas?

Anyone interested in putting a communicatin / lobby / grassroots 
collective action together to try and tip the data scales in our favour?
Est-ce que il y aurait des gens interessés a developer un mouvement pour 
libérer ces données numeriques civiques?

they do belong to us after all/ en fin de compte elles nous appartiennes!

I would be interetested in doing a thing! Moi je serais interessé!

Tracey

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