ChangeCamp

""Choosing our Future is an innovative joint planning initiative of the City of Ottawa, the City of Gatineau, and the National Capital Commission. The goal of..."

"More openness is good. Exposing data is good. The point about format came up in the Top Task session. Somebody suggested that users want to use embeddable wi..."

"More on tagging: it would be great if you can also use the tagchangecampso that we'll be able to aggregate all the info from the events across the country un..."

"Thanks to all the volunteers - things really went smoothly thanks to your help. A particular shout out to the wiki gardeners who got the grid up and updated..."

"I'd just like to thank all the organizers of today's meeting. I found it interesting!"

"A few issues I would like to see discussed:1) how to get the federal government agencies to disclose as much data as possible about each contract. Currently ..."

"Hi everyone, hope you are all excited about tomorrow. As you know, thanks to digitalOttawa, there will be a lunch available for all ChangeCamp attendees. ..."

"I added a new possible discussion topic to the wiki - putting ideas into action. In my (admittedly limited) experience with events like this, we all get rile..."

"Thanks for sending that on Mark."

"We can add Atria Networks to the list - they are kindly providing free Wi-Fi to all attendees. So everyone can stay connected to the event. http://www.atr..."

"Highly recommend Hotwire (or Priceline) - pick the downtown area and you'll be close."

"Added to this group of marginalized people who may not be included needs the voices of seniors who are loosing and have lost autonomy (nursing homes) and peo..."

"Slide presentation (with audio) by Mark Kuznicki, founder of ChangeCamp, about how he got started doing citizen engagement unconferences http://www.slideshar..."

"For a rough overview of how things will work, see http://wiki.changecamp.ca/ChangeCampTO_Event/Event_Design - please note, while this is similar to our event..."

"The rough agenda looks something like this * 8:30-9:00 Registration & Info * 9:00-9:30 Event Opening - guidance, rules, housekeeping * 9:30-10:00 Ag..."

"Just a reminder that we will have a donation box for the Food Bank at the event. http://www.theottawafoodbank.ca/"

"I agree that this is a pretty large subject area. I'm happy to help facilitate if this ends up being a session. I really feel that most agencies/department..."

"I propose we have a discussion on how to promote a culture of openness inside government, particularly through open data.The session would be a group brainst..."

"The city of Porte Alegre Brazil has been doing participatory budgeting for 20 years. PB is a process through which ordinary residents decide how to spend par..."

"I actually think the power of the open street map project comes from the diversity and multitude of sources. The city probably has great authoritative sourc..."

"This can really be something. I've looked at the existing work, and I believe the City of Ottawa itself must have a calendar of all these events somewhere f..."

"Pollen count might be an interesting one to crowdsource for a city (although I don't know whether you need specialised equipment to do it). When I was resea..."

"Mark will be speaking at Social Media Breakfast #9 on May 6. You can sign up (it's $11) athttp://smbottawa9.eventbrite.com/I believe the plan is for Mark to..."

"I really like the idea of being able to visualise commute times on a map - http://www.triptropnyc.com/ does a great job of this for New York, using subway an..."

"There has been quite a bit of discussion about the concept of "ChangeLab" in the planning meetings. We've agreed to keep the idea, but as an integrated part..."

"Councillors and senior City management will need some basic terms and conditions that can kick start participation, especially online. What do they need to c..."