1. david eaves
citizen
blogger
activist

3. NOBODY
TRUSTS YOU

4. 30 milliseconds

5. 30 milliseconds
vs.
4 months

6. "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it."

7. “Citizens interprets delay as damage and route around it."

8. Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will freely share with citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the greatest amount of data possible while respecting privacy and security concerns;
Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as quickly as possible to adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other formats of media;
Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when replacing existing software or considering new applications, will place open source software on an equal footing with commercial systems during procurement cycles;

9. more confidence
better feedback
stronger economy

10. in short:
digital is different

11. so what’s happened?
<part a>

18. Traditional Community groups
Local Government
Traditional Community groups
Bing Thom
Architects
graffiti
analysis
3-D model
taxi city

19. what happens when we scale?

20. 3.2

22. ICAN - $248M
Choson Kallah - $120M
United Way - $96.1

23. $3.2 B

24. so what’s happened?
<part b>

25. census

26. understands the role of data and information
the public
understands the role of data and information

27. disclosure matters
(MP expenses)

28. 3 pieces of advice

29. 1. not everything is difficult

30. openness and the public interest
Balancing
openness and the public interest 

31. balance?

33. House of Commons
Structure for data
Elections Canada

34. 2. there is an opportunity for a broader tent

35. not just government
not just reporters

36. hello!
programmers/
developers
ip policy
bloggers
CIOs
technologists

37. 3. Focus on small tweaks

39. 4. Learn from others

41. Finally, remember

42. public data
is not public until…

43. Three laws of open data:
1. If it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist
2. If it isn’t in open and machine readable formats, it can’t be used
3. If a legal framework doesn’t allow it to be repurposed, it doesn’t empower

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