> Here is my proposal for the intro text - might as well be on the front
> page (?), but it's modified from the "about" on the wiki. For the
> landing page, it would need more info. for consideration:
> ****
>
> Accès Civique/Civic Access (ACCA) believes that government-collected
> civic data should be free for citizens to use, and available in open
> formats.
>
> Our Objectives:
> 1. to encourage governments to make civic data free and available in
> open formats
> 2. to encourage development of citizen projects using civic data
>
> Making civic data freely available to citizens is important because:
>
> *citizen participation in decision-making is fundamental to democracy
> *the best decisions are made by informed citizens
> *access to civic data is fundamental to keeping citizens informed
> *civic data is gathered on behalf of citizens; it should be freely
> available for them to use in constructive ways
> *citizen projects using civic data will generate innovative solutions to
> problems
> *this is what a democracy looks like!
>
> The role of this wiki is to complement [WWW] civicaccess-discuss to
> create a community of people across Canada who share these beliefs.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Stephane Guidoin wrote:
> > I agree with both remarks :
> >
> > - The sentenses on the splash screen could be more precise about our goal.
> >
> > - The more it goes, the more we use CivicAccess instead of COACID. COACID gives
> > a clearer definition but usually people don't really notice the signification
> > of words in such names/acronyms. So we may simply remove COACID and remain with
> > CivicAccess. Is it necessary to keep an acronym like CAAC ? I don't think. We
> > could just use CivicAccess + the little motto Hugh sent "It's our data. Let us
> > use it." (for example)
> >
> > Stef
> >
> >
> > Selon Hugh McGuire <
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> >
> >
> >>another suggestion:
> >>why not change the name of the organization from:
> >>*Citizens for Open Access to Civic Information and Data (COACID)/
> >>Citoyen-ne-s pour l'Accès Libre à l'Information et aux Données Civiques
> >>(CALIDC)
> >>
> >>to:
> >>*Civic Access/Accès citoyen (CAAC)
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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