http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Re-Census-2006-statistics-tp583p620.html
stephane, thanks for the reminder ... i was getting a bit lost in a
makes things much ... clearer.
> Hi Jason,
>
> The mandate is pretty clear (to me) :
> "1. To encourage all levels of governments (county, municipal, provincial,
> federal) to make civic data and information available to citizens without
> restrictions, at no cost, and in useable open formats.
> 2. To encourage the development of citizen projects using civic data and
> information"
>
> We want to take care of the "output" of the gov data and not the input. For what
> we saw until now, there's no other groups with such goal (in Canada).
>
> (Obviously the input is also important but there are some other groups who work
> in this domain. We can relay information/petition concerning the census website
> incompatibilities, for example, but we can't afford spending time on this kind
> of issue. Our goal is already large enough not to lose focus)
>
> Stéphane
>
>
> Selon Jason Loughead <
[hidden email]>:
>
>> Ok the founder of the groups should reflect the mandate in a more narrowly
>> focused mission if people are to join with the right goals in mind. This is
>> purely about access to data from the government? Aren't there already
>> consumer and civil liberties groups working on this?
>>
>> Jason
>>
>
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