[TriLUG] Meeting: August 10, Open Data

[Mike Canada via TriLUG]

I will be attending!

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On Aug 9, 2017, 5:33 PM, at 5:33 PM, "Hrivnak, Michael via TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
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>
>Feel free to just show up if you find at the last minute you're able to
>attend, but an RSVP is greatly appreciated whenever possible.
>
>Michael
>
>On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Brian Gerard via TriLUG
><trilug at trilug.org>
>wrote:
>
>> Topic:     Open Data
>> Presenter: Jason Hare
>> When:      Thursday, 10 August 2017 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
>> Where:     Red Hat Annex, 190 E Davie St, Raleigh, NC 27601
>> Parking:   City Center Deck, 429 S Wilmington St
>>            Use NE elevator to access Annex
>>
>> Links:
>>         Map:    http://osm.org/go/ZYRWIZRdc?m=
>>         Page:   https://trilug.org/2017-08-10/open-data
>>         Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/trilug/events/242184033/
>>
>> NOTE the venue change! We're at the Red Hat Annex, where we have held
>our
>> last
>> couple of Holiday Parties, in downtown Raleigh.
>>
>> Summary
>> Conflation between open source, open data and open government has
>been
>> problematic in fitting open data related open source projects to
>meaningful
>> outcomes. Jason Hare will discuss data management and the link
>between
>> open data
>> and performance management and measurement. To do this Jason will run
>> through a
>> survey of some of the open source technologies used to manage data
>and
>> create
>> visualizations. Jason will also discuss issues around open data and
>its
>> adoption
>> by public sector agencies in the Triangle and how civic tech groups
>are
>> adding
>> value to open data programs through open source efforts.
>>
>> Bio
>> Named one of the top 100 global influencers in Government Technology
>by
>> Onalytica in 2017, Jason Hare is the Open Data Evangelist for
>> OpenDataSoft. He
>> has worked in the public sector and in data dissemination for most of
>his
>> 25
>> year career. He serves in several organizations on the topic of data
>> governance
>> and open data: In the previous Presidential Administration, he was a
>> frequent
>> participant at the White House OSTP on the subjects of data quality
>and
>> open
>> data; he was a member of the White House OSTP Open Data Advisory
>Group; he
>> is
>> listed as an Open Data Expert on the World Bank's Open Data Tool Kit;
>he
>> is an
>> advisor on data governance to the Chemical Genome Project.
>>
>> In 2013 he became a charter founder of the Open Data Institute Node
>for
>> North
>> Carolina. In the same year he became an Open Government Partnership
>(OGP)
>> Delegate. He guest-blogs on the Open Government Partnership (OGP)
>website
>> and is
>> an Open Data Moderator for OpenSourceWay, the Red Hat Open Source
>Blog. He
>> previously served as an advisor for the Open Data Working Group on
>behalf
>> of the
>> US OGP Civil Society Delegation. In the past he has also consulted
>with
>> the Open
>> Knowledge Foundation to help craft Ireland’s OGP submission and spent
>> several
>> years working on the ground with Irish Civil Society.
>>
>> His Open Data projects include: The North Carolina Department of
>Commerce;
>> Town
>> of Chapel Hill; Durham City and County; Durham Public Schools; City
>of
>> Raleigh;
>> The City of Newark; The City of Cambridge; The City of Chelsea;
>Ireland’s
>> Ministry of Reform; Colombia’s Ministry of Information and
>Communications;
>> The
>> Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; The Colorado Secretary of State’s
>Office.
>>
>> You can find him on twitter @opendatasoft and @jasonmhare.
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