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NOTES OF WEST MIDLANDS OPEN DATA FORUM STEERING GROUP

9 OCTOBER 2013

Attended by:Chair - Ardavan Amini (Birmingham City University)

Gavin Broughton (Data Analyst)Simon Whitehouse (Data Unlocked)Chris Price (Digiconsultancy Ltd)Heike Schuster-James (Digital Birmingham)Andrew McKenzie (Open Mercia)

Apologies:Don Dhaliwal (BIP)Susannah Goh (Birmingham Science City)

1. Notes of last meeting (26/9) agreed.

2. Matters arising from Actions of last meeting

Action 2: HS-J reported that, as requested, BCC had changed thewording on the open data pages to confirm operation under OpenData Licence. The Forum thanked Digital Birmingham for achievingthis change.

Action 3: Approval to recruit consultant expected by end of week togenerate business case to create the Future City Platform (FCP)using Urban Broadband funding within State Aid Guidelines. The FCPwill provide functionality beyond CKAN, eg security and chargingstructures and be based on a sustainable model.

Action 4: CKAN implementation. HS-J explained that currentlyService Birmingham (SB) were responding to a request to implementCKAN functionality and hosting with regard to the quoted cost of theOpen Knowledge Foundation developers. Following this, HS-J will take

report and overall costs to BCC Directors to seek funding. The steeringgroup requested that the implementation should have a user-friendlyfront-end achieved through a user-centred design process. Informationfrom CKAN about other implementations and contacts, eg Glasgow,Nottingham, Bristol and other EU countries, was requested.

HS-J explained that investigation was underway about automatedpublishing mechanisms and what BCC data would be initiallyimplemented. HS-J agreed to invite group representatives to a meetingwith SB and others to discuss this. Options already existed such as10 data sets identified by Steve Rose, Open Data Proposal doc basedon Open Street Map discussion and themed data known to be ofinterest such as traffic info.

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Action 6: AA reported on meeting with Smart City Alliance (SCA)members. WMODF (through AA) to be invited to their meeting inNovember. It was agreed that SCA would be invited to join the steeringgroup.

3. Items agreed

1) GB promoting Hackathon as WMODF event. Access to website topromote this was required and AA agreed to approach DD reimplementation.website: www.opendataforum.co.uk

2) The draft terms of reference were agreed following a detailed reviewof the Google doc. AM to produce updated version to be circulatedto the steering group for fine tuning. There was broad agreement onthe required role and extending the group to cover the WestMidlands.

3) It was agreed to invite a representative of the data journalismcommunity. AM to resolve. It was also agreed to record DigitalBirmingham as a member of the group.

4) Key items for next meeting outline targets for WMODF for next12 months and estimate of its required resources. AA to distributeDoodle invitation for next meeting.

Actions

Who ByWhen

3. Release of tender for open data platform businesscase

HS-J End Oct

4. Update on CKAN implementation HS-J Nextmeetin

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5. Finalise draft Terms of Reference on Google doc AM End Oct6. Attend Smart City Alliance meeting

Invite Smart City Alliance to join steering groupAAAA

NovEnd Oct

7. Website to be populated and steering group to beupdated

DD End Oct

9. Update of bids for projects AA,SG

End Oct

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Notes of steering group meeting 9/10 CP End Oct

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WMODF on BSC Digital Working Group agenda SG Early2014

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Distribution of CKAN spec HS-J End Oct

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Use Doodle to invite steering group members todata transfer planning meeting

HS-J End Oct

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CKAN to be requested to provide details re otherimplementing locations

HS-J End Oct

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WMODF website to include page on Hackathonunder GB control

DD 18 Oct

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Terms of Reference to be updated and steeringgroup notified when it is fine tuned

AM 18 Oct

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Invite Teresa Jolley to join steering group AM End Oct

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Doodle invitation and agenda for next meeting to

be circulated

AA 18 Oct

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