Re: Request to represent the MIU

From: OMDEEP GOKHOOL <omdeep.gokhool1_at_umail.uom.ac.mu>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 09:29:48 +0400

Hello Shelly and others

Yesterday I got a reply from Ms Kathleen, the meeting is fixed for this
Thursday. As for background and objectives of the event I am quoting her
response below.

"As for background on the event – we’d like to hear from you what might be
most useful for your contacts to learn about advocating for a FOIA or
implementing one, alternative routes and opportunities for making
information more publicly accessible. "

Since I will be representing the MIU I want to have ideas and suggestions
fro interested members. As for sharing the notes of the meeting I informed
her about the transparency of this mailing list and I will share the notes.

Regards
Om

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 12:27 PM, SHELLY HERMIA BHUJUN <
shelly.bhujun_at_umail.uom.ac.mu> wrote:

> 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 Tue Aug 11 2015 - 05:30:05 PST