[Sorvi-admin] Digital advocacy project

Sun Jul 15 16:18:41 CEST 2012

Leo - On second thought, 1:30 PM London would be better if you could by any
chance swing that. Could also do same time this tuesday (the 17th) although
I know you said you and your team would not be available this week.

Looking forward!

Susannah

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Susannah Vila <vila at theengineroom.org>wrote:

> Leo,
>
> Any chance you can do Tuesday the 24th at 230 PM London time (GMT +1)?
>
> Let us know,
>
> Susannah
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Leo Lahti <leo.lahti at iki.fi> wrote:
>
>> Dear Susannah,
>>
>> thanks for the response - great to hear about your related plans!
>>
>> Our site and tool  documentation are mostly in Finnish, as we believe in
>> localization in the open government data context. The documentation is at
>> the moment lagging a bit behind tool development due to the
>> volunteer-driven nature of our project. But we are right now working to
>> improve the documentation. The current tool documentation is available
>> through the wiki at (google translate may help):
>> https://github.com/louhos/soRvi/wiki/Data and the source code for each
>> tool can be found from the GitHub account at
>> https://github.com/louhos/soRvi And (preliminary) installation
>> instructions for the sorvi R library at:
>> http://louhos.github.com/sorvi/asennus.html
>>
>> Most of these tools concern Finnish open government data and may not be
>> as such directly applicable for your purposes. But they could provide a
>> starting point. We would like to promote & network similar initiatives in
>> other countries as there would certainly be overlap that can be utilized.
>>
>> It would be great to discuss together related issues. At least some of us
>> would be available for a phone/skype meeting at least on July 20-24, August
>> 7, and then August 20 onwards (summer holidays now ongoing here in Finland,
>> and many people go off-line). Let us know how these times would match -
>>
>> best regard,
>> Leo
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 11:06 PM, Susannah Vila <vila at theengineroom.org>wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Leo,
>>>
>>> Thanks for getting in touch. We took a look through your site and it
>>> looks very interesting, but is there any way to learn more about the
>>> specifics of the tool you offer? We have an in progress project which is
>>> especially relevant to your work, and might even be able to take advantage
>>> of code you have already written. Any chance we could hop on the phone this
>>> month to describe and get the feedback of you and/or your colleagues?
>>>
>>> Thanks again for getting in touch.
>>>
>>> Susannah
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Leo Lahti <leo.lahti at iki.fi> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Engine Room admins,
>>>>
>>>> I recently learned about your project aimed to map initiatives for
>>>> digital advocacy. At https://www.theengineroom.org/services/#supportyou ask to provide information on related, complementary projects.
>>>>
>>>> In the Finnish Louhos project (http://louhos.github.com/en), we are
>>>> working to collect comprehensive software libraries to analyze society and
>>>> decision-making processes based on publicly available data resources. Our
>>>> project aims to combine latest advances in data analysis to up-to-date data
>>>> resources and to provide freely available analytical research tools for
>>>> academics, NGOs, journalists, citizens, and other target groups. I felt
>>>> that this project is within the scope of your initiative, therefore wanted
>>>> to follow your request and send a note. We will be happy to provide further
>>>> information of the project, if you wish.
>>>>
>>>> kind regards
>>>> Leo Lahti, D.Sc.
>>>> Louhos, Finland
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Services for Support Organizations
>>>>
>>>> Organizations and initiatives dedicated to supporting digital advocacy
>>>> increasingly work with citizens in wildly varying contexts, making it more
>>>> difficult to maximize reach and impact in the context of a rapidly changing
>>>> media environment. The engine room provides empirical frameworks and
>>>> engagement processes to address these challenges.
>>>>
>>>> This may include:
>>>>
>>>>    Research on capacity gaps in target stakeholder groups;
>>>>    Identification of stakeholders, trainees and counterparts;
>>>>    Development and implementation of tailored frameworks for monitoring
>>>> and evaluation;
>>>>    Data-based analysis to develop strategies for follow-up programming
>>>> and lasting impact
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> SUSANNAH VILA
>>>
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>>> the engine room <https://www.theengineroom.org/>: Dedicated to
>>> investigating & supporting the effective use of digital media by advocates
>>> around the world.
>>>
>>> Schedule a Meeting With Me <https://tungle.me/susannahvila>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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> SUSANNAH VILA
>
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>
> the engine room <https://www.theengineroom.org/>: Dedicated to
> investigating & supporting the effective use of digital media by advocates
> around the world.
>
> Schedule a Meeting With Me <https://tungle.me/susannahvila>
>
>
>
>

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SUSANNAH VILA

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@szvila<https://twitter.com/#!/szvila>
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the engine room <https://www.theengineroom.org/>: Dedicated to
investigating & supporting the effective use of digital media by advocates
around the world.

Schedule a Meeting With Me <https://tungle.me/susannahvila>
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