Dear Mr Kirstaetter,
Thank you for the invitation. I am copying the invitation to the
Mauritius Internet Users mailing list as requested.
Regards,
S. Moonesamy
At 05:55 29-10-2015, Jochen Kirstaetter wrote:
>As we spoke yesterday afternoon / evening during the event at Rajiv
>Gandhi Science Centre I would kindly invite you to attend the
>monthly meeting of the Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community
>(MSCC) on this Saturday, 31.10.2015 between 10:00 hrs and 13:00 hrs
>- open coming, open leaving - to establish a more direct
>conversation with local software developers and IT enthusiasts.
>
>All information about the event is on our meeting platform here:
>
>
><http://www.meetup.com/MauritiusSoftwareCraftsmanshipCommunity/events/225668515/>http://www.meetup.com/MauritiusSoftwareCraftsmanshipCommunity/events/225668515/
>
>The meeting will be held at the Voila Hotel, Bagatelle. We are going
>to reside in the "Accelerator" room which is on the 3rd floor.
>
>Following the "agenda" as published on the event page:
>Hi craftsmen,
>
>it's time for another monthly topic-related meetup. This month, we
>are very lucky to have a delegation of experts from the World Bank
>in Mauritius. The event will be arranged as a question & answer
>session about anything related to Open Data. Especially, what's the
>current situation in Mauritius, and what might be expected within
>the upcoming months.
>
>Open Data in Mauritius
>Use this unique opportunity to establish direct communication with
>representatives of the World bank, the Ministry of Technology,
>Communication and Innovation (MTCI) as well as the National Computer
>Board (NCB). During more than 2 hours you have the chance to get
>answers to all your questions about Open Data in Mauritius, and beyond.
>
>There are already interesting use cases done in other countries
>which could be an inspiration for similar ideas here in Mauritius.
>
>Get an idea what can be done using Open Data of NASA as written by
>craftsman Yog:
><http://shaanxoryog.hackers.mu/2015/09/visualizing-open-nasa-data.html>http://shaanxoryog.hackers.mu/2015/09/visualizing-open-nasa-data.html
>
>Now, consider what could be done with datasets of Open Data of Mauritius...
>
>Open Government Data Toolkit
>The Open Government Data Toolkit is designed to help governments,
>Bank staff and users understand the basic precepts of Open Data,
>then get "up to speed" in planning and implementing an open
>government data program, while avoiding common pitfalls.
>
>More information here:
><http://opendatatoolkit.worldbank.org/en/>http://opendatatoolkit.worldbank.org/en/
>
>
>Networking as usual
>And as usual, bring your ideas, questions and problems to discuss
>and exchange with other IT geeks.
>
>Please forward this email to any relevant people which I might have
>not mentioned in the email address list.
>
>Thank you very much and looking forward to meet again soon.
>
>PS: Please could this invite be published to the MIU mailing list, too?
>I already did arrangements to inform LUGM and MMC members on their
>Facebook pages. Thanks!
>
>--
>Kind regards, Jochen
>
>Founder of Mauritius Software Craftsmanship Community
><http://www.meetup.com/MauritiusSoftwareCraftsmanshipCommunity/>http://www.meetup.com/MauritiusSoftwareCraftsmanshipCommunity/
Received on Thu Oct 29 2015 - 13:26:55 PST