[CivicAccess-discuss] RE: CivicAccess-discuss Digest, Vol 14, Issue 4

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

It is the assembly of facts!

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Jennifer Bell <jenniferlianne at yahoo.ca>wrote:

> I was going to use this one to resolve new postal codes as they come in
> from users:
>
> http://www.makethechange.ca/electoral-data-consortium-api
>
> The lookup table itself seems to be pretty expensive.  I've read it's
> covered by crown copyright, but I've always understood that copyright
> doesn't apply to facts, so I'm confused.
>
> Jennifer
>
> --- On Thu, 9/11/08, Joe Murray <joe.murray at jmaconsulting.biz> wrote:
>
> > From: Joe Murray <joe.murray at jmaconsulting.biz>
> > Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] RE: CivicAccess-discuss Digest, Vol 14,
> Issue 4
> > To: civicaccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca
> > Cc: "'Mark Kuznicki'" <mark at remarkk.com>
> > Received: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 4:00 PM
> > Will you have a postal code to riding lookup? Fair Vote
> > would like to make
> > use of it on a soon to be launched site orphanvoters.ca,
> > and
> > anyonebutharper.ca also hopes to find a good way to offer
> > this to voters (I
> > think if they want to trade votes, or vote
> > strategically...)
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: civicaccess-discuss-bounces at civicaccess.ca
> > [mailto:civicaccess-
> > > discuss-bounces at civicaccess.ca] On Behalf Of
> > civicaccess-discuss-
> > > request at civicaccess.ca
> > > Sent: September 11, 2008 12:00 PM
> > > To: civicaccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca
> > > Subject: CivicAccess-discuss Digest, Vol 14, Issue 4
> > >
> > > Send CivicAccess-discuss mailing list submissions to
> > >     civicaccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca
> > >
> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web,
> > visit
> > >
> >       http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss
> > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body
> > 'help' to
> > >     civicaccess-discuss-request at civicaccess.ca
> > >
> > > You can reach the person managing the list at
> > >     civicaccess-discuss-owner at civicaccess.ca
> > >
> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is
> > more specific
> > > than "Re: Contents of CivicAccess-discuss
> > digest..."
> > >
> > >
> > > Today's Topics:
> > >
> > >    1. Re: Sharing election data? (Judyth Mermelstein)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 21:47:41 -0400
> > > From: Judyth Mermelstein
> > <judyth.mermelstein at mail.mcgill.ca>
> > > Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] Sharing election
> > data?
> > > To: civicaccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca
> > > Message-ID:
> > <a0611045dc4eb84e0eaff@[192.168.2.48]>
> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> > >
> > > Russell,
> > >
> > > I'm sure lots of people would find that extremely
> > useful, especially
> > > given the nature of the current election campaign and
> > the number of
> > > issues that will likely fall through the cracks
> > without citizen action.
> > >
> > > I'll do what I can to get the word out if you do
> > set it up.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Judyth
> > >
> > > >Message: 1
> > > >Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:02:33 -0400
> > > >From: Russell McOrmond <russell at flora.ca>
> > > >Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] Sharing election
> > data?
> > > >To: civicaccess discuss
> > <civicaccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca>
> > > >Message-ID: <48C46B99.1010607 at flora.ca>
> > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;
> > format=flowed
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >   I'm wondering if there are others that are
> > interested in sharing
> > > >election related data?  Previous elections I
> > offered a tool on
> > > >digitalcopyright.ca which would allow people to
> > write their
> > > candidates.
> > > >  There may be other sites wanting to do the same
> > thing, so being able
> > > >to share email and website data on candidates
> > would be great.
> > > >
> > > >   I just load the candidate names and parties/etc
> > from the Elections
> > > >Canada csv file they provided in the past, and
> > will likely
> > > (hopefully?)
> > > >do this year as well.
> > > >
> > > >   I'm wanting to fill in data like I had last
> > election at
> > >
> > >http://www.digital-copyright.ca/election2006/candidates
> > > >
> > > >--
> > > >  Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant:
> > <http://www.flora.ca/>
> > > >  Please help us tell the Canadian Parliament to
> > protect our property
> > > >  rights as owners of Information Technology. Sign
> > the petition!
> > > >  http://www.digital-copyright.ca/petition/ict/
> > > >
> > > >  "The government, lobbied by legacy
> > copyright holders and hardware
> > > >   manufacturers, can pry my camcorder, computer,
> > home theatre, or
> > > >   portable media player from my cold dead
> > hands!"
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > N.B.  I am off-line much of the time these days:
> > please
> > > phone if you need me urgently, and bear with me if
> > less
> > > urgent matters take a while to resolve.
> > > ##################################
> > > Judyth Mermelstein   "cogito ergo lego ergo
> > cogito..."
> > > Montreal, QC
> > <judyth.mermelstein at mail.mcgill.ca>
> > > Canada H4G 1J4       <lapomme at postaccess.com>
> > > ##################################
> > > "A word to the wise is sufficient. For others,
> > use more."
> > > "Un mot suffit aux sages; pour les autres, il en
> > faut plus."
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list
> > > CivicAccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca
> > >
> > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss
> > >
> > > End of CivicAccess-discuss Digest, Vol 14, Issue 4
> > > **************************************************
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > CivicAccess-discuss mailing list
> > CivicAccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca
> > http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss
>
>
>       __________________________________________________________________
> Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your
> favourite sites. Download it now at
> http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com.
> _______________________________________________
> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list
> CivicAccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca
> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss
>



-- 
Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.pwd.ca/pipermail/civicaccess-discuss/attachments/20080911/c3f8c2a5/attachment.html>