[Sorvi-admin] Digital advocacy project

Tue Jul 17 00:53:56 CEST 2012

Hey Leo,

Let me know if we are on for tomorrow? Or else we can find a time after
August 20th.

Susannah

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Susannah Vila <vila at theengineroom.org>wrote:

> 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
>>
>> [Tel / SMS] +1 212.203.2800  [skype] susannahvila  [t] @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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> SUSANNAH VILA
>
> [Tel / SMS] +1 212.203.2800  [skype] susannahvila  [t] @szvila<https://twitter.com/#!/szvila>
>  @engnroom <https://twitter.com/#!/engnroom> [PGP] Public Key<https://www.theengineroom.org/wp-content/uploads/pubkey.txt>
>
>
> 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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