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Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:47:13 +0100
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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:09:25 -0500
Subject: [mySociety:public] Civic Tech/Open Gov session at MozFest?? (London)
I just sent this to the Mozilla lists ... who here is planning to be
at Mozilla Festival in October? http://bit.ly/mozfest2014
Ping me and I'll add you to the Google Doc mentioned below.
Would this be a good event to connect a new wave of software
developers and civic tech/open gov builders?
I am considering extending slightly an existing UK visit to be part of
this event.
- Steve
From: Steven Clift <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:35 PM
Subject: Civic Tech/Open Gov session at MozFest??
To: [email protected], [email protected]
Hey all, I am hoping to be part of my first MozFest in London this October.
Any advice on what session ideas really resonate?
How about something on civic tech/open gov? What about that theme
would be most compelling?
I am involved with civic tech/open government circles (E-Democracy,
Sunlight Foundation, Code for America, mySociety, etc.)
In particular, I am bullish on what the software components concept
might do to increase the impact of the movement. Note:
http://bit.ly/poplus and their online group: http://bit.ly/poplusgroup
- This might make for a niche session as well.
Thanks,
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.org (based in Minneapolis)
P.S. I've pinged a number of online groups in the civic tech world and
found some interest. We have this Google Doc ready to draft our
session ideas collaboratively: http://bit.ly/civictechmozfest2014
Join in!
Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com
Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org
Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy
Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072
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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:07:10 -0500
Subject: [mySociety:public] Any new and exciting "Facebook Native" local
councillors in the UK?
An extremely interesting trend is taking hold in my part of the world
-- "friending for office" and then "naturally" using Facebook to
fundamentally engage constituents in new ways.
(The ones that directly "friend" the most voters are winning too ...
not b.s. Facebook Pages, but actual personal profile friending with
voters/constituents. And this is not about MP-wannabes :-) messaging
"look at me, I am witty" on Twitter to the media and political class.
Facebook is where everyday constituents are being engaged.)
So while in Minneapolis, this "30 something" wave of new local elected
officials is taking hold, what about local authorities in the UK?
Anything happening?
Who is on your list of Facebook Native elected officials in the UK?
(Or other countries for that matter.)
On that note, I've been chatting with folks about the potential of
getting some of these wired elected officials *together* in-person in
late October when I will be in the UK.
Let me know if this idea interests you or if your company/org/gov
might like to help sponsor such an event.
Cheers,
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.org
P.S. This visit is possible because of the Consultation Institute's
big annual conference on Oct. 22 in London. Join me there:
http://bit.ly/tCl-powerpeopleconf
P.S.
Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com
Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org
Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy
Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072
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Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 19:35:44 +0100
Subject: Re: [mySociety:public] Any new and exciting "Facebook Native" local
councillors in the UK?
On 14/08/2014 15:07, Steven Clift wrote:
> Who is on your list of Facebook Native elected officials in the UK?
Me, for one. I'm not sure whether you'd call me new and exciting,
though. This is me:
https://www.facebook.com/markgoodge
And this is one of my Facebook initiatives:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/evesham.questions/
I've also created a hyper-local website for my town:
http://www.evesham.info/
Regulars here will recognise the inclusion of a popular MySociety
project as a data source :-)
Mark
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Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:47:09 +0100
Subject: [mySociety:public] mySociety 'Freedom of Information' meet-up, 3 Sept
2014 - Come along!
Hey everyone,
mySociety will be hosting a special 'Freedom of Information'
meet-up on 3rd September at the MozSpace in London.
Come along to hear some great guest speakers, chat with our team
and developers, and have a beer, some pizza and a chat.
For more information on speakers and venue, see our recent blog
post. To sign up, go to our Lanyrd page.
When: Wednesday 3rd September, 6pm – 9pm
Where: MozSpace
London
How: Add your name to the Lanyrd page: http://lanyrd.com/ccbfgx, so
we know you’re coming.
Who: Anyone who fancies it.
Hope to see you there!
Further information:
We’re delighted to be joined at this meet-up by the following guest
speakers:-
Maurice Frankel: Maurice is director of the UK Campaign for Freedom of
Information. He has worked with them since it was set up in
1984, and has been its director since 1987.
Maurice will talk about the possible government restrictions on the
right of access to information in the UK; the problems caused by the
Freedom of Information Act’s poor approach to public service
contracts and the surprising limitations which the courts have
imposed on the ministerial veto.
Marietta Le: Marietta is from the Hungarian investigative
journalism NGO Atlatszo.
Atlatzso is a watchdog NGO and online news site for investigative
journalism to promote transparency and freedom of information (FOI)
in Hungary. They run various websites including Kimittud, a freedom of
information request generator for the general public, which runs
using the Alaveteli platform.
They also run the Tor-based anonymous whistleblowing platform Magyarleaks
and a
crowdsourced platform to anonymously report everyday corruption
called Fizettem.
Marietta will join us to speak about setting up an FOI site in
Hungary using Alaveteli and the current threats to freedom of
information in Hungary, following recent amendments to the FOI law.
Savita Bailur and Tom Longley: Earlier this year mySociety
instigated a research project to look at the place that Alaveteli
and other FOI online technologies might have in creating cultures of
transparency and accountability.
We want to address this top level question: “In what circumstances,
if any, can tools like Alaveteli be shown to have measurable impacts
on the ability of citizens to exert power over underperforming
institutions?”
To address this, researchers Savita and Tom have focused on three
areas: a literature review to see what research is already out
there, in-depth interviews with people who have installed FOI
technologies in many different countries, and the compilation of a
list of critical success factors. Read more about their research here.
Savita and Tom are more than halfway through their research, and
we’re delighted that they’ll present their preliminary findings at
this meet-up.
We’ll also discuss the latest developments on WhatDoTheyKnow, and
Alaveteli developers (as well as other mySociety team members) will
be around to answer any questions.
There’ll be plenty of pizza and beer to go around too, so what could
be better?
Hope you can make it,
All the best,
Gemma.
--
Gemma Humphrys
Events
and Administration Officer
mySociety
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