Hi All, Thanks to all, for the DataMeetup at 28 july.
I am Kunal Kumar. I am one of the Participanet, in the Data Meetup which is to be held at 28 July. I am keen interested to join the next meetup.When will be the next Data Meetup to be held ? Please mention the Place and date where data meetup is being organised. Thanks and Regards Kunal Kumar 8801911691 On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Samuel Rajkumar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <http://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. > -- 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.
