Re: Request to represent the MIU

From: SHELLY HERMIA BHUJUN <shelly.bhujun_at_umail.uom.ac.mu>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 12:27:14 +0400

Hello Omdeep,

I apologies for the late reply.

I agree with SM- you need to ensure about the objective of the event before
it ends up like events and workshops organized by Government Officials
'organizing an event just for show-off'.

Could you please confirm if you are allowed to share the Notes of meeting
on the mailing list?

Kind regards,

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:47 PM, OMDEEP GOKHOOL <
omdeep.gokhool1_at_umail.uom.ac.mu> wrote:

> Hello Sm
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 2:21 PM, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> You did not mention the objective of the event. For example, how will it
>> help me gain access to government data which is currently unavailable?
>>
>
> I don't know about the objectives of the event yet, I will ask Ms Fox
> in my next mail.
>
>>
>> I am familiar with "Open Government" and "Open Government Data". It
>> would be interesting to listen to a talk by a person knowledgeable about
>> Freedom of Information law. I would prefer if the talk relates to
>> Mauritius. You may have noticed during the Open Data workshop that some
>> initiatives which work well in the United States would not work in
>> Mauritius as there are other (local) constraints.
>>
>
> I will remember to mention this when I will be having the meeting. It
> is really important that we understand the local context.
>
>>
>> You could suggest to Ms Fox to invite some local journalists and a
>> representative from government to participate in a discussion where the
>> focus is on the issues affecting requesters of information and the
>> government agencies providing the information.
>>
>
> Yes I will definitely suggest this to Ms Fox , since we need to hear
> from both sides to get the whole picture.
>
>
> Regards
> Om
>
>
Received on Mon Aug 10 2015 - 08:27:29 PST