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

[Cameron Shorter]

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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