Today! Agenda for Oct. 18 W3C eGov meeting)

Hi all--

Thanks so much for a great meeting last time!  Our next meeting is scheduled for today, Tuesday, October 18, at 0900-1030 Eastern.  (Thanks, Phil, for sending out the reminder.)

If you are available to scribe, please help out and volunteer!

Agenda for 18 October W3C eGovernment Interest Group Meeting

 *   Focus on preparation for 31 October to 1 November meeting in Santa Clara, CA
    *   Registration at
 *   Opportunity for leadership!  Select 2-3 areas for near-term focus and seek leaders to help on each (such as policy, accessibility, or list of resources)
 *   ACTION:  Please add content to add to the wiki at http://www.w3.org/egov/wiki/F2F4 or email Phil Archer or Jeanne Holm with suggestions
    *   Resources you rely on for open government, egov, policy, and open data
    *   An example of a best practice, policy, or paper (by you or someone else)
    *   Focus on creating a resource of best practices (Hadley Beeman and Tim McNamara)
    *   Possible actions from the team, such as: Establish a framework for a policy and eGovernment checklist?
 *   Draft agenda published at http://www.w3.org/egov/wiki/F2F4
    *   ACTION:  Select a discussion to lead or participate in the Open Government Data Practices and Policies session
    *   Sessions on open discussion following a provocation/reflection/action approach:
       *   Provocation of challenges in establishing and sustaining eGovernment activities
       *   Analyze how those could be addressed and examples of success
       *   Create actions that the Group should take to be most effective
       *   (Please note that breaks and meals are on the participant's own)
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Monday, 31 October 2011
    *   09.00-09.30 - Introductions and Goals of the Meeting [Jeanne, Phil]
       *   W3C Introduction (Phil)
       *   W3C eGov Interest Group Introduction (Jeanne)
    *   09.30-10.30 - View from the Government and Stakeholders, What Is More Important, What Is Missing, What the Future Could Bring to eGov
    *   Chris Vein, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, US Government
    *   TBD
    *   10.30-10.45 - Break
    *   10.45-12.30 - Reports from World Bank and Open Government Data Camp [Josema, TBD]
    *   12.30-14.00 - Lunch
    *   14.00-16.00 - Open Government Data Practices and Policies [Panel presentations: please sign up to contribute]
    *   16.00-16.30 - Break
    *   16.30-17.30 - Social Media [TBD]
    *   18.30-21.00 - Networking/Dinner
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Tuesday, 1 November 2011
    *   09.00-10.00 - Data Licensing [TBD]
    *   10.00-10.45 - Accessibility [TBD]* 10.45-11.00 - Break
    *   11.00-12.30 - Community Directory [TBD]
    *   12.30-14.00 - Lunch
    *   14.00-15.00 - Education and Outreach [TBD]
    *   15.00-16.00 - Future of eGovernment at W3C: Summary and Actions [Jeanne, Phil]

 *   October 18, Tuesday, 13:00-14:30 UTC (9:00 am-10:30 am US/Eastern): http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20111018T09&p1=263&ah=1&am=30<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20110920T13&p1=1050>
 *   Recurring meetings: Third Tuesday of each month, 13:00-15:00 UTC (9:00 am-11:00 am US/Eastern)
 *   Telecon line: Dial +1-617-761-6200 or sip:zakim@voip.w3.org<mailto:zakim@voip.w3.org> then conference code 3468# ("EGOV#")
 *   W3C IRC channel #egov, see http://www.w3.org/Project/IRC/ or use http://irc.w3.org/?channels=egov
 *   Scribe: (please volunteer, if you've done this before)
 *   Group access via the W3C at http://www.w3.org/egov/ and also via LinkedIn at the W3C eGovernment Interest Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1800648&trk=hb_side_g

Thanks!

--Jeanne Holm

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Jeanne Holm
Evangelist, Data.gov
U.S. General Services Administration
Cell: (818) 434-5037
Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn: JeanneHolm
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