Open thatvideoshopguy opened 4 years ago
This is such a thorough kickoff to working on something, I'm so excited and amazed!
Thank you!
By the way, there's a project www.pa.org.za which uses this:
https://www.pa.org.za/place/latlon/-33.917,18.388/?q=sea%20point https://nearby.code4sa.org/councillor/ward-19100054.json
Looking at your list, a few questions come up. A bunch of these could turn into nice tasks to get started, where outputs could be a bit of documentation improvements, before we start building. What do you think?
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We're usually grant- or contract-funded. Our biggest constraint is people who can take ownership and get stuff done, at high quality, to a limited budget. What would you like to see done beyond this? What should get funded and why?
Publicly accessible REST or GraphQL API for Nearby
Let's document the REST API we have!
Also email me at jd@openup.org.za - let's call and meet :)
The analytics are absolutely fascinating.
Never seen acquisition like this.
Basically no one finds it via Google. Crazy. 50% of people don't bounce!! People need about 2 minutes to do their thing.
Thanks for swift response! I sent you a mail with my details, but thought I’d reply here for posterity:
By the way, there's a project www.pa.org.za which uses this.
how is the google sheets stuff currently used? Does someone need to moderate submissions (no one's currently doing that) or can someone supply false data that's shown without moderation?
is the IEC API out of date? can we tell how up to date it is? Does it include the data of the latest by-elections?
we tend to build frontends with webflow and then integrate them with an API using some custom javascript these days - have you done something like that?
any idea where we can get images of the councillors?
can we get date of appointment from the IEC API? Any other ideas?
Terms in office and other positions - the Popolo data standard is designed for just this ... can we get historical membership for councillors from the IEC API or just current?
What are sub-councils?Are they the same as ward committees?
Upcoming votes - is this by elections or council meetings voting on council matters?
regarding ward projects, have you seen the IDPs and stuff at https://mfmamirror.github.io/Documents/ ?
What would you like to see done beyond this? What should get funded and why?
Let's document the REST API we have!
The analytics are absolutely fascinating.
Let’s talk more and see where this all leads.
Example of a suggestion that just came through
I've been a long time fan of what OpenUp does (like the new name). I'm still finding my feet on how best to contribute to these projects. So, instead of forking this git, adding features, and hoping for a pull. I decided to start a discussion around what I believe can be improved with the Nearby project and if we reach a consensus (open some issues); I'm happy to get involved.
While the City of Cape Town has a decent ward councillor search system (not much archival info though). The rest of the country leaves much more to be desired, with most data on PDFs of spreadsheets. The site should transition from a simple search tool to something that people can find out about important upcoming council decisions. This is an important tool in civic engagement and can hopefully make people more aware of what is happening ... nearby.
Here is a living breathing list of ideas in order of what I feel should be addressed first:
Own Database
Overall Improved UI / UX
Update Councillor Profiles
Sub-council Information
Council Meetings
Ward Project Information
Future Hopes
Look forward to all the lead contributors thoughts on these.