[Sorvi-admin] Digital advocacy project
Leo Lahti
leo.lahti at iki.fi
Thu Jul 19 21:57:20 CEST 2012
Hi all,
Tuesday July 24, 1:30 PM London time should be ok. Shall we fix the time?
Apologies for delays, I was on vacation and off-line as Joona mentiond.
/ Leo
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Joona Lehtomäki <
joona.lehtomaki at cs.helsinki.fi> wrote:
> Hi Susannah (CC: all the others),
>
> I'm afraid Leo is offline most of this week enjoying his summer vacation
> and won't be back online until the 20th of July. If the proposed 24th of
> July is not good for you then we may have to reschedule.
>
> On the behalf of the Louhos team,
>
> Joona Lehtomäki
>
>
> On 07/17/2012 01:53 AM, Susannah Vila wrote:
>
>> 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
>> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>> <mailto: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<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<https://github.com/louhos/soRvi>And (preliminary)
>> installation instructions for the sorvi R library at:
>> http://louhos.github.com/**sorvi/asennus.html<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 <mailto: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 <mailto:leo.lahti at iki.fi>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Engine Room admins,
>>
>> I recently learned about your project aimed to map
>> initiatives for digital advocacy.
>> Athttps://www.theengineroom.**org/services/#support<http://www.theengineroom.org/services/#support>
>> <https://www.theengineroom.**org/services/#support<https://www.theengineroom.org/services/#support>
>> >
>> you 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
>>
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>> Dedicated to
>>
>> investigating & supporting the effective use of digital media by
>> advocates around the world.
>>
>> Schedule a Meeting With Me <https://tungle.me/**susannahvila<https://tungle.me/susannahvila>
>> >
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>> advocates around the world.
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>> Schedule a Meeting With Me <https://tungle.me/**susannahvila<https://tungle.me/susannahvila>
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