Re: [meta] Re: Open Government Data bill (for comments)

2011-01-10 Thread Jeffry Smith
My recommendation would be to include (based on IETF procedures) a requirement that any non-NH Government standard be implemented by at least 2 independent programs, that can read and write the format interchangably. For NH Government developed ones, the final format/specification cannot be finali

Re: [meta] Re: Open Government Data bill (for comments)

2011-01-10 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:54 PM, John Abreau wrote: > While I don't know all the intricacies of the various 501(c) types, I recall > we had problems at the Boston Computer Society back in the '90's due to > BCS's 501(c)3 status. When BLU was part of BCS, we got in trouble for > protesting the Com

Re: [meta] Re: Open Government Data bill (for comments)

2011-01-10 Thread Seth Cohn
And to be clear: I posted the 2 bills (or rather the draft texts of them, which aren't otherwise online yet) and invited comments because of my respect for the many astute minds on this list. Individuals who wish to help pass such legislation as interested citizens are welcome (and those with issu

Re: [meta] Re: Open Government Data bill (for comments)

2011-01-10 Thread John Abreau
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Bruce Dawson wrote: >> Or maybe this message is inappropriate if GNHLUG is a 501(c)3 instead of >> a 501(c)4. (I couldn't determine what type of organization GNHLUG was >> from the Wiki - at least not by se

Re: [meta] Re: Open Government Data bill (for comments)

2011-01-10 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Bruce Dawson wrote: > Does it make sense to set up a separate list (or mailman topic) for > these conversations? A1. If there is consensus to do so, another list is trivial to add. A2. This list (gnhlug-discuss) currently has no formal topic, charter, or policy (

Re: [meta] Re: Open Government Data bill (for comments)

2011-01-10 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall
I think the discussions are both relevant and interesting. If Seth starts asking about baby formula laws, etc. then perhaps another list, but "Open Government Data Bill" would seem to fit with "Open Source", IMHO md ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhl

[meta] Re: Open Government Data bill (for comments)

2011-01-10 Thread Bruce Dawson
Does it make sense to set up a separate list (or mailman topic) for these conversations? If so, I would propose gnhlug-lobby. I'm not suggesting that it is inappropriate for GNHLUG consideration, but I would like to keep "tech" conversations separate from governance (either internal as in gnhlug-o

Open Government Data bill (for comments)

2011-01-10 Thread Seth Cohn
This isn't quite on topic for the list, but it's certainly within reason... think what you would do with RSS feeds, XML, and other useful things like that being generated from the data at the State level... The principles are based on the 2007 summit that set up the basic ideas: http://resource.or

[GNHLUG] Seacoast/UNH/Durham/SLUG - Mon 10 Jan - Android Attack

2011-01-10 Thread Benjamin Scott
What : Android Attack Who : Rob Anderson Date : Mon 10 Jan 2011 Time : 7 PM to 9 PM Where: Room 301, Morse Hall, UNH, Durham, NH What is all the fuss about? Is this really the iPhone killer it's made out to be? Why is it showing up on tablets and TVs? Android Phones have been available for years,

[GNHLUG] [NHRuby SIG] January Meetup: OmniAuth

2011-01-10 Thread Brian Turnbull
Join us at 7:00pm on Monday, 17 January 2011 at the NH-ICC as your humble organizer, Brian Turnbull, takes the stage presenting an Introduction to OmniAuth. OmniAuth, created by Michael Bleigh of Intridea, is a Rack-based authentication system for multi-provider external authentication. In this ta