[Talk-ca] Open Data and Internet Democracy Tools workshop: Calgary, Nov13 cc: #ogwbc

[Sam Vekemans]

Hi,
Yup, i'd highly recommend going if your local to it :)


I went to the OpenGov WestBC
#ogwbc conference yesterday at uVic and it was great to see how much
interest there is in Opening up the data (of all types).


My hopes is that the rest of the country will be able to  follow the
leadership of Surrey, BC who made their data public domain.


Whats (seriously) funny, is that all that is needed is a decision by
the premier of the province to make it a law, .... like Sanfransisco
did. .... maybe..


Anyway, the way that this can happen is that more people need to
simply 'ask for it'. :-) (email your city and ask why they dont copy
from other cities/regions/provinces/countries)



cheers,
Sam


ps. the #ogwbc will be found on twitter :)