Thanks Nisha! Will convert it into sentences and post it on the blog once I have a bit of time.
Bests for the Bangalore meeting, riju sumandro ajantriks.net On Saturday, 27 July 2013 13:20:44 UTC+5:30, Nisha wrote: > > Sorry for the delay. > > I was in charge of taking notes! I am not very good at it so please add > anything I missed. > > Here they are... hopefully also some food for thought for tomorrow's > bangalore meeting! > > Agenda: > updates > group business > larger strategy > delhi group strategy - > - how do we organize the meetups > NIC - delhi instance > -requesting datasets > > Saatya - Working with NIC > > NIC's Data.gov.in New site will launch next month. There will be more > functionality and it will be SAIS enabled so that new instances can be made > for states and cities easily. > It will be separate from other data management systems and could be > another option from ckan and socrata. > They will ramp up on social, communication, and community > > Group Business > DataMeet becoming Trust. > > Current problems we are trying to fix. > Google group now at 600 members - Email lists don't grow well how do we > keep the momentum going and keep the discussion on the group useful. > - build out website where we have a place for events, projects, > information in one place > People are asking for support for individual projects and also asking if > there is a place where they can find projects they can work on. > - market place of ideas and projects where people can put their idea and > find people to work on it. And also access funds to get the project > finished. > Getting groups started in new places > - interest in having a datameet in other cities but having a hard time > getting started. > Events > - Data related events are on teh rise. We can do focused events on how to > work with open data and how we can make it useful > Skill building > - people want more skill building events we can help organize and > publicize them. > > Big Questions > How do we better organize groups across the country? > what is datameet work? > two or three things that datameet does > how do we measure the output of the group > > what are the two or three problems we are trying to fix? > access data from government > helping people use that data. > > how do you get it? > what do you do with it? > > what does datameet mean for delhi? > more exposure to different groups especially non technology organizations > Datameet while is not great at providing useful project output based > events. It is really helpful when understanding the diversity of what is > happening. When you go to a datameet you learn about what is going on in > data in India. > > Useful things we can do > list of sources they can share data - directory of data > Build out narratives and instructions on; what it means to be an open data > organizations? > we share lots of things > mini showcases on the site > Presentations on what different things are going on in the data ecosystem. > Aggreate different blogposts around data into on place. > planet of the blogs > collaborate blog > tools > aggregation of tools and data repository > > Each city should > pick one thing - and follow up with it > showcase bit- discover events, etc and bring them to the meetings > what support do people need and use the network to figure how to get it to > them > Advocate for a local state/city instance of data.gov.in > increase university/student outreach - > > How do we maintain the strengths of the current datameet > different skillsets > keep the diversity > keep it alive > > what are the different audiences and what are they trying to get out of > the meetup > > > APPS WE WILL NO LONGER MAKE: > woman safety panic apps > complaint logging apps > > > > > > > > > > -- > Nisha Thompson > Mobile: 962-061-2245 > > -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
