Dear Francis, all we are finally moving (fells like being slow as a turtle): It took me about a year but finally I got strong political support and a initial budget to get and FOI project for Germany started. As mentioned we would very much like to use and contribute to mySociety's WhatDoTheyKnow code base. Urs Kleinert (in cc) is a ruby coder and the technical coordinator from our end.
Could you please give us an update about the latest developments? I would guess a lot has happened to the code after the meeting last November at the OGDCamp? Where to find the latest version of the code and a corresponding documentation? How far is internationalisation implemented? Is there a list of build in features and a list of todos and features requests? A road map? Thanks for answering our questions. Regards Daniel -- Daniel Dietrich The Open Knowledge Foundation Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age www.okfn.org - www.opendefinition.org On 13.09.2010, at 11:34, Francis Irving wrote: > The code bases to New Zealand and UK version of WhatDoTheyKnow are not > fully merged yet, but they have a common ancestor, and will at some > point soon be merged. > > So yes, using the same code as us would be great! > > What kind of programmer do you have? Do they know Ruby on Rails > already, what have they made before? Please put them in touch with us > - there will be so many long term benefits in us all using a shared > codebase. > > The best email list to talk about this is the newish mySociety DIY > list. Which is for other people making mySociety-like projects in > other countries. > > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/diy > > Francis > > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 08:11:55PM +0200, Daniel Dietrich wrote: >> Dear Helen and others, >> >> things move slowly but - yes - we keep them moving. >> >> Here are the latest developments on our FOI request site here in Germany. >> >> We have been working on a concept and agreed with Transparency International >> (german chapter) and other NGOs to start a site like "what do they know". >> >> This is great because in Germany the problem is not to set up a site but >> rather the missing FOI-culture in the minds. So our hardest challenge here >> is not the software but to run a campaign to establish a platform that will >> help people to understand and accept the concept of FOI requests. >> >> We also started working funding for this project. >> >> Nest steps: >> >> - agree what software to use. >> - start adapting this software to our needs with easy internationalization >> in mind. >> - editorial media campaign work >> - launch on 1. January 2011 (5 years of FOI legislation in Germany) >> >> I would love to get your feedback and help on the way. I also hope we can >> all join forces to create a truly international version of "what do they >> know". (I remember ) >> Tony mentioned the localized version for New Zealand: http://www.fyi.org.nz/ >> & http://github.com/wombleton/fyi/). Would this be the best starting point? >> Also @fFrancis your comments are very welcome. >> >> Best greetings >> Daniel >> >> >> On Jun 22, 2010, at 7:11 PM, Helen Darbishire wrote: >> >>> Dear Francis >>> >>> I hope all is well and that you are over the intense election period – >>> although it seems that lots of exciting things are still happening in the >>> UK! >>> >>> Congratulations by the way on the ICO decision re the parliament (for the >>> others:http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/decisionnotices/2010/fs_50276715.pdf) >>> although they did slightly avoid the issue of reuse. >>> >>> I am writing now because we had a very interesting conversation with Daniel >>> Dietrich about doing a kind ofWhatdotheyknow.de for Germany, and we were >>> wondering if that could fit with the EU level project we had talked about. >>> It might also be adaptable for Spain, and indeed other countries. >>> >>> Daniel tells me that the code may need some reworking, but aside from that >>> it all seems quite feasible. >>> >>> From Access Info we have a little funding for our time to work on this. We >>> could compile all the necessary information about different EU >>> institutions, contact info, etc. >>> >>> Do you – or anyone – have suggestions about how we should proceed? >>> >>> All the best >>> >>> Helen >>> >>> PS: I’ll be out of the office 25-30 June, but otherwise am around. >>> >>> _________________________ >>> Helen Darbishire, Executive Director >>> Access Info Europe, www.access-info.org >>> mobile tel: + 34 667 685 319 >>> e-mail: [email protected] >>> Skype: helen_darbishire >>> STAY INFORMED! Subsribe now:http://access-info.org/en/suscribe >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
