[Sorvi-admin] Digital advocacy project
Susannah Vila
vila at theengineroom.org
Sat Jul 21 01:48:08 CEST 2012
Hey there - sorry about the delay. Let's stick with 130 London on Tuesday!
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Leo Lahti <leo.lahti at iki.fi> wrote:
> 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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