[Sorvi-admin] Digital advocacy project
Leo Lahti
leo.lahti at iki.fi
Sat Jul 21 10:09:19 CEST 2012
Ok. Shall we have a skype meeting? My id is 'lmlahti'.
Leo
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 2:48 AM, Susannah Vila <vila at theengineroom.org>wrote:
> 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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>>>> 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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>>>>
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>>>> advocates around the world.
>>>>
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> SUSANNAH VILA
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> the engine room <https://www.theengineroom.org/>: Dedicated to
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> around the world.
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