Code4SA is now OpenUp
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Adi Eyal
Mar 15, 2017, 12:28:32 PM3/15/17
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Hi All
A quick note to let you know that we've changed our name. Below is an
open letter that I wrote to explain why:
Dear friends,
I want to share with you an important moment in the life of Code for
South Africa. We are changing our name. “Code for South Africa” has
served us well, but it does not do justice to what we do: use data and
technology to promote more informed decision making that drives social
change. We need something that is less code and more us.
Yes, we code, but we don’t code for a living. It is not our core
offering, it is simply one of the tools we use to achieve our goals.
Change is never easy, or comfortable. I have worried about this for
the past 8 months, trying to convince myself that it isn’t needed. But
of course it is. We believe that we can contribute our skills and
experience to promoting an active citizenry. Not only through civic
technology, but also open government, data journalism and open data.
We put a call out to our friends asking for suggestions for a new
name. The most colourful response was CodyMcCodeface. Fortunately, as
with Boaty McBoatface, the people’s choice for the British Natural
Environment Research Council’s “Name Our Ship” campaign, it didn’t
make the cut.
After much internal voting, counting and re-counting, complaints about
irregularities at the polls and going back to the drawing board we
settled on our new name:
Open is a powerful word, it refers to the Open Movement and its
related submovements: open data, open source, open access, open
government and others. OpenUp is not so much about kicking down doors
than it is about a vision for a new way of doing things. We hope that
this name will take us into the future and ensure that we keep moving
in the right direction.
Kind regards,
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Adi Eyal
Director
OpenUp
Promoting informed decision-making
phone: +27 78 014 2469
skype: adieyalcas
linkedin: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Adi/Eyal
web: http://www.openup.org.za
twitter: @soapsudtycoon
Follow us on twitter at @OpenUpSA
Sign up for Naked Data, our weekly round-up of what's happening
locally and internationally in data journalism and data visualisation.
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A quick note to let you know that we've changed our name. Below is an
open letter that I wrote to explain why:
Dear friends,
I want to share with you an important moment in the life of Code for
South Africa. We are changing our name. “Code for South Africa” has
served us well, but it does not do justice to what we do: use data and
technology to promote more informed decision making that drives social
change. We need something that is less code and more us.
Yes, we code, but we don’t code for a living. It is not our core
offering, it is simply one of the tools we use to achieve our goals.
Change is never easy, or comfortable. I have worried about this for
the past 8 months, trying to convince myself that it isn’t needed. But
of course it is. We believe that we can contribute our skills and
experience to promoting an active citizenry. Not only through civic
technology, but also open government, data journalism and open data.
We put a call out to our friends asking for suggestions for a new
name. The most colourful response was CodyMcCodeface. Fortunately, as
with Boaty McBoatface, the people’s choice for the British Natural
Environment Research Council’s “Name Our Ship” campaign, it didn’t
make the cut.
After much internal voting, counting and re-counting, complaints about
irregularities at the polls and going back to the drawing board we
settled on our new name:
Open is a powerful word, it refers to the Open Movement and its
related submovements: open data, open source, open access, open
government and others. OpenUp is not so much about kicking down doors
than it is about a vision for a new way of doing things. We hope that
this name will take us into the future and ensure that we keep moving
in the right direction.
Kind regards,
--
Adi Eyal
Director
OpenUp
Promoting informed decision-making
phone: +27 78 014 2469
skype: adieyalcas
linkedin: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Adi/Eyal
web: http://www.openup.org.za
twitter: @soapsudtycoon
Follow us on twitter at @OpenUpSA
Sign up for Naked Data, our weekly round-up of what's happening
locally and internationally in data journalism and data visualisation.
Register here: http://www.code4sa.org/newsletter
Siyabonga Africa
Mar 15, 2017, 1:01:05 PM3/15/17
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Great stuff Adi and team. Wishing you guys many more days doing awesome stuff under the new name.
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South Africa
Adi Eyal
Mar 15, 2017, 1:15:59 PM3/15/17
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:)
Thanks Siya
web: http://openup.org.za
Thanks Siya
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Shaun Russell
Mar 16, 2017, 6:01:36 AM3/16/17
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Lekker.
Good luck moving forward!
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Adi Eyal
Director
OpenUp
Promoting informed decision-making
phone: +27 78 014 2469
skype: adieyalcas
linkedin: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Adi/Eyal
web: http://openup.org.za
twitter: @soapsudtycoon
Follow us on twitter at @OpenUpSA
Sign up for Naked Data, our weekly round-up of what's happening
locally and internationally in data journalism and data visualisation.
Register here: https://openup.org.za/nakeddata.html
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phi...@pinksoft.co.za
Mar 16, 2017, 10:00:17 AM3/16/17
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Good name and good Luck Adi. Lets have a competition for the Logo
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