[CivicAccess-discuss] ibelieveinopen.ca: help with wording of online pledge

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Interesting Jennifer.  An important point in your wording.  at the moment
there is access but it is not easy nor free as in no cost free not as in
freedome free and licensing is restrictive.

The institutional response for your statement at the moment is quite easy:
We already do that!

Go check out the civicaccess.ca site for ideas, we spent much time together
as a group coming up with a list of items and issues. (
http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/whatiscivicdata, and here -
http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/).

while the wiki is looking a bit rough due to the many hacks the info remains
good just not purdy!


On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Jennifer Bell <jenniferlianne at yahoo.ca>wrote:

>
> By the end of the week, one thing you can concretely do to show support for
> access to government data is sign an online pledge at ibelieveinopen.ca, a
> VisibleGovernment.ca project which should be going online in the next few
> days.  Based on the US site, change-congress.org, the site will track
> voters and MP candidates who support different aspects of government
> transparency.
>
> I'm still looking for help for wording on the pledge for open access to
> government data, which is currently:
>
> "I support free access to scientific, electoral, and survey data gathered
> by government institutions."
>
> If this is an issue you care about, please take a few minutes to think
> whether this wording is appropriate, or what might be better.
>
> Jennifer Bell
> http://visiblegovernment.ca
>
> --- On Sat, 9/13/08, Tracey P. Lauriault <tlauriau at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Tracey P. Lauriault <tlauriau at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] postal code --> riding
> > To: "civicaccess discuss" <civicaccess-discuss at civicaccess.ca>
> > Received: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 11:01 AM
> > >
> > > PS: Is anyone else annoyed we're *still* talking
> > about this file?
> >
> >
> > totally annoyed!
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Hugh McGuire
> > <hugh at hughmcguire.net> wrote:
> >
> > > PS: Is anyone else annoyed we're *still* talking
> > about this file?
> > >>
> > > yes.
> > >
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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
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