Thanks for posting this, Nisha. I (as was evident in this meeting) am strongly in favor of making datameet a Society.
A trust is great for a family run charity, but societies, by their very nature force you to be democratic and open. There may be more paperwork in setting up a society, but it offers great advantages in the long term. Elections, simpler to change objectives, easy to dissolve, charging membership fees, etc. Thoughts? Regards, On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > We met July 28th at Microsoft Research. It was our first weekend meeting > and maybe Sunday morning was not the best time but that is ok some people > came and the discussion was fruitful. > > A lot of questions of what it means to be in datameet and what direction > should this group take. In the next few weeks it is important to look at > how we want to use this space and what we want to get of it. And discuss it > openly as we move forward. > > Here are the general notes: > > DataMeet Bangalore > > Agenda > Updates > Announcements > Group Business > - Trust > > - What does it mean to be apart of datameet? - The Group is by and large > good at sharing and also providing a more civic minded look at data. > Some questions from discussion. > --lot of information of what people get out of the data space > --self learning > --what is going to contribute to society? > --gov/ngo centered view of data - different view > --what ppl are doing? what discussions are going on? > --non gov view, india- centric view > --policy > --knowledge to get new things- for information and knowledge > --source of sources - consumer and producer of open data > --open data in india - movement > --what are other groups doing? > > datameet- WHat should the Bangalore group focus in in the next six months. > --policy and licensing > --non technical conversations > --drop the tech conversations > --entice government to put out the data- primary objective > --outsourcing our exertise > --encourage members to put out their data- > > - What does having one in Bangalore mean? > - WHat are our values? > --Goal for meeting - Agenda for next 6 months > --addresss the fear of putting it out > --local governments - data out of them- literacy at the ward level > -- > --sharing > --openness/accountability > --civic awareness > > new kind of event - > bird groups- have one day data collection marathons - we can do that too > for Bangalore > > data mapping events - > one day data collection event- > > census data - drive census > one meeting with the census > survey of india > policy around maps - crowdsourcing maps policy > conversation > policy conversations > copyright > RTI and Open Data conversation > non gov open data push > data literacy > > SHould we be a trust or a society? > society - > board members > enable data literacy > hub for data capacity > > larger strategy > Bangalore group strategy - > - how do we organize the meetups > Data.Gov.In Bangalore/Karnataka Instance > -requesting datasets > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
