[OSGeo-Discuss] What Open Government can learn from us Open Source folks

[Cameron Shorter]

Hi Rahul,

I thought you might be interest to know that we've put the submission 
into the Australian government, and pointed to this blog post:

http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/what-could-open-government-learn-from.html

Warm regards, Cameron


On 7/3/18 4:08 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>
> Thanks for the feedback Rahul,
>
> Would you mind adding your comment into the text of the document (It 
> is easier for me to collate comments, and also allows other reviewers 
> to see your comments).
>
> I've provided you with review access:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jNdh4_A_cIpaHqLRFOgpvAY3JSo0Ueraam39UHFOGHs/edit#heading=h.48b0gqkr8pdy
>
>
> On 5/3/18 2:36 pm, Rahul Soshte wrote:
>> Hi Cameron,
>>
>> A suggestion would be be to add the point of process of making of the 
>> Laws of a country(Editing the book of rules of Law governing the 
>> country) collaborative.By that way the Laws would be consistently and 
>> approriate to the changing times.For example in India,some laws made 
>> before independence by the British are still prevalent today and I 
>> presume the same has happened with any other country which was under 
>> foreign rule for a long time.So a collaborative law making process 
>> would be more better than a limited set of contributors chosen by the 
>> government themselves.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rahul Soshte
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 2:57 AM, Cameron Shorter 
>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Folks,
>>
>>     Thanks to those of you who have reviewed the response to the
>>     proposed Open Government National Action Plan. And I know a
>>     number of you are planning to add more feedback this week. (In a
>>     nutshell: The response explains Open Government needs to learn
>>     how to collaborate as effectively as Open Source communities, and
>>     what government needs to change to make this happen).
>>
>>     OSIA folks and Linux Australia Council, I'm formally requesting
>>     that this letter be presented jointly by Open Source Industry
>>     Australia (OSIA) and Linux Australia. What is involved in getting
>>     this permission?
>>
>>     A status update:
>>
>>     * The Linux Journal has offered to publish a piece on this. I'll
>>     be reaching out to other publications in the next couple of weeks
>>     to invite them to publish too. (Suggestions of publications
>>     welcomed).
>>
>>     * I've incorporated most changes suggested so far. I've had a
>>     couple of people suggest a better introduction / exec summary -
>>     which I'll be working on.
>>
>>     * I'm hoping to collate all preliminary feedback within the next
>>     2 weeks (by ~ 16 March).
>>
>>     * Deadline for delivery of our response is 30 March.
>>
>>     Document is here:
>>
>>     https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jNdh4_A_cIpaHqLRFOgpvAY3JSo0Ueraam39UHFOGHs/edit#
>>     <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jNdh4_A_cIpaHqLRFOgpvAY3JSo0Ueraam39UHFOGHs/edit#>
>>
>>     Warm regards, Cameron
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 27/2/18 8:52 am, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>
>>         The Australian Government has asked for feedback on how they
>>         are going at Open Government, and I've started a draft
>>         response. I'm really keen to make sure that this response is
>>         well constructed because I think that if listened to,
>>         understood, and acted upon, then we can make a huge
>>         difference to the effectiveness of Open Government worldwide
>>         - and by extension, to Open Source as well.
>>
>>         If you have a chance to read and provide review comments, I'd
>>         be very grateful. Email me directly to get review access.
>>
>>         (It will take ~ 10 minutes to read. Longer if you take time
>>         to think about how things should be reworded and consider
>>         what is missing and should be included.)
>>
>>         https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jNdh4_A_cIpaHqLRFOgpvAY3JSo0Ueraam39UHFOGHs/edit#heading=h.5zu4u4o3l7zi
>>         <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jNdh4_A_cIpaHqLRFOgpvAY3JSo0Ueraam39UHFOGHs/edit#heading=h.5zu4u4o3l7zi>
>>
>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Cameron Shorter
>>     Technology Demystifier, Learnosity
>>     Open Technologies Consultant
>>
>>     M +61 (0) 419 142 254
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> Cameron Shorter
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> Open Technologies Consultant
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Cameron Shorter
Technology Demystifier, Learnosity
Open Technologies Consultant

M +61 (0) 419 142 254

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