Re: Request to represent the MIU

From: SHELLY HERMIA BHUJUN <shelly.bhujun_at_umail.uom.ac.mu>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 20:05:08 +0400

Hello Omdeep,

>Since I will be representing the MIU I want to have ideas and suggestions
from interested members.
I would like to inform our subscribers that they can also share their ideas
and suggestions during our weekly Skype meeting- Thursday 21hr.

>As for sharing the notes of the meeting I informed her about the
transparency of this mailing list and I will share the notes.
Great! It is encouraging to collaborate with these kind of people.
I can expect a report/ Notes of meeting on Thursday then.


Kind regards,

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 9:29 AM, OMDEEP GOKHOOL <
omdeep.gokhool1_at_umail.uom.ac.mu> wrote:

> 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 - 16:05:20 PST