Entries tagged as “vancouver city hall”

Open Data Day 2013 in Vancouver

Better late than never, I’m going to do a few posts this week recapping a number of ideas and thoughts from Open Data Day 2013. As is most appropriate, I’m going to start the week with a recap of Vancouver – the Open Data Day event I attended and helped organize along with my friend [...]

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Vancouver enters the age of the open city

A few hours ago, Vancouver’s city government posted the agenda to a council meeting next week in which this motion will be read: MOTION ON NOTICE Open Data, Open Standards and Open Source MOVER: Councillor Andrea Reimer SECONDER: Councillor WHEREAS the City of Vancouver is committed to bringing the community into City Hall by engaging [...]

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If a tree falls in the forest…

If a debate happens in city council, and nobody is around to report on it, does it have an impact? Last Thursday I noticed that the Toronto edition of the National Post had front page coverage of Toronto’s city council meeting. Front Page – with a giant picture to boot! I’m trying to remember the [...]

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