1. Open
Vancouver

2. creating a
city
that thinks
like the web

3. david eaves
citizen
blogger
fellow

4. tim wilson
citizen
GIS guru
father

5. our point:
1. openess and
participation created
a better internet.

6. our point:
1. openess and
participation created
a better internet.
They can also create a
better city.

7. our point:
2. where did this come
from?

8. our point:
3. what the open city
motion could mean for
vancouver

9. our point:
4. what’s next

10. <1>
openess and participation
created a better internet
they can also create a
better city

11. 1998

12. 1998
philip owen is mayor
WTO protests in seattle
exxon buys mobil
microsoft goes to court
france wins the world cup

13. 1998
philip owen is mayor
WTO protests in seattle
exxon buys mobil
microsoft goes to court
france wins the world cup
and
the web is in danger

14. 1998
the web is in danger
the mozilla project
is born

15. 1998
The Mozilla project is a global community
of people who believe that openness,
innovation, and opportunity are key to
the continued health of the Internet.
the web is in danger
the mozilla project
is born

16. public benefit
The Mozilla project is a global community
of people who believe that openness,
innovation, and opportunity are key to
the continued health of the Internet.

17. open source

18. together we
rebuilt the platform,
open source
rebuilt the browser,
improved the web,
got things moving

19. together we
rebuilt the platform,
open source
rebuilt the browser,
improved the web,
got things moving

20. together we
rebuilt the platform,
open source
rebuilt the browser,
improved the web,
got things moving

21. together we
rebuilt the platform,
open source
rebuilt the browser,
improved the web,
got things moving

22. together we
rebuilt the platform,
open source
rebuilt the browser,
improved the web,
got things moving
using
openness
and participation

23. Mike Beltzner, developer
1

24. Mike Beltzner, Developer
1
Firefox development team
120

25. Mike Beltzner, developer
firefox development team
120
daily contributors
100s

26. Mike Beltzner, developer
firefox development team
120
daily contributors
weekly contributors
100s
1000s

27. Mike Beltzner, Developer
firefox development team
daily contributors
100s
weekly contributors
1000s
beta testers
500,000

28. Mike Beltzner, Developer
firefox development team
daily contributors
weekly contributors
beta testers
500,000
daily users
120 million

29. mozilla encourages people to
participate

30. mozilla encourages people to
participate

31. mozilla encourages people to
participate

32. mozilla encourages people to
participate
$200,000

33. mozilla encourages people to
participate
this is the logic of the web

34. we encouraged people to
participate
this is how the web thinks

35. mozilla encourages people to
participate
this is how the web thinks
it makes the web better

36. can we ask people to
participate
online
… to create a better city?

37. yes!

38. the long tail
of public policy

39. city of vancouver’s
knowledge/capacity

40. everybody else

41. an academic
you
your your
me mom neighbour

42. city of vancouver
already does
open source
program delivery

43. 911

44. police/ambulance/fire

45. police/ambulance/fire
citizens

46. <2>
where did this come
from?

47. Toronto
Washington, DC
Vancouver

48. <3>
what the open city
motion means for
vancouver

49. • Open and Accessible Data - the City of
Vancouver will freely share with citizens,
businesses and other jurisdictions the
greatest amount of data possible while
respecting privacy and security concerns;
• Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will
move as quickly as possible to adopt
prevailing open standards for data, documents,
maps, and other formats of media;
• Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver,
when replacing existing software or
considering new applications, will place open
source software on an equal footing with
commercial systems during procurement cycles;
and

50. • Open and Accessible Data - the City of
Vancouver will freely share with citizens,
businesses and other jurisdictions the
greatest amount of data possible while
respecting privacy and security concerns;
• Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will
move as quickly as possible to adopt
prevailing open standards for data, documents,
maps, and other formats of media;
• Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver,
when replacing existing software or
considering new applications, will place open
source software on an equal footing with
commercial systems during procurement cycles;
and

51. • Open and Accessible Data - the City of
Vancouver will freely share with citizens,
businesses and other jurisdictions the
greatest amount of data possible while
respecting privacy and security concerns;
• Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will
move as quickly as possible to adopt
prevailing open standards for data, documents,
maps, and other formats of media;
• Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver,
when replacing existing software or
considering new applications, will place open
source software on an equal footing with
commercial systems during procurement cycles;
and

52. • Open and Accessible Data - the City of
Vancouver will freely share with citizens,
businesses and other jurisdictions the
greatest amount of data possible while
respecting privacy and security concerns;
• Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will
move as quickly as possible to adopt
prevailing open standards for data, documents,
maps, and other formats of media;
• Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver,
when replacing existing software or
considering new applications, will place open
source software on an equal footing with
commercial systems during procurement cycles;
and

53. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT in pursuit of open
data the City of Vancouver will:
Identify immediate opportunities to distribute
more of its data;
Index, publish and syndicate its data to the
internet using prevailing open standards,
interfaces and formats;
Develop a plan to digitize and freely distribute
suitable archival data to the public;
Ensure that data supplied to the City by third
parties (developers, contractors, consultants)
are unlicensed, in a prevailing open standard
format, and not copyrighted except if otherwise
prevented by legal considerations;
License any software applications developed by
the City of Vancouver such that they may be used
by other municipalities, businesses, and the
public without restriction.

54. <4>
what’s next

55. “Identify immediate
opportunities to distribute
more of its data”

56. Open Sourcing
the Open Motion

57. “Identify immediate
opportunities to distribute
more of its data”

59. catalogue data
open API (311!)
311 twitter integration (SF)
central index

60. example:

61. example:
www.seeclickfix.com

64. example:
www.fixmystreet.ca

65. www.fixmystreet.com

66. www.fixmystreet.ca

67. www.fixmystreet.ca
very low cost
citizen run
useful

68. www.fixmystreet.ca
very low cost
citizen run
useful
participatory and
open

69. example:

70. www.appsfordemocracy.org

73. dc.everyblock.com/

74. “The first edition of Apps for
democracy yielded 47 web, iPhone and
Facebook apps in 30 days - a
$2,300,000 value to the city at a
cost of $50,000”
- Apps for democracy homepage

75. you are not alone

76. Shari Wallace
1

77. Shari Wallace
1
City of Vancouver IT team
100

78. Shari Wallace
City of Vancouver IT team
100 data geeks
100s

79. Shari Wallace
City of Vancouver IT team
120
data geeks
app coders
100s
1000s

80. Mike Beltzner, Developer
firefox development team
data geeks
100s
app coders
1000s citizen users
700,000

81. Shari Wallace
City of Vancouver IT team
fata geeks
app developers
citizen
users
500,000
visitors,
businesses,
researchers
and others
10s million

82. the bargain

83. the city:
listen
engage
ask for help
Make data available as
quickly as possible

84. the community:
participate
be patient
help
make the data come alive
for you and citizens as
quickly as possible

85. open process

86. open process
blog what you are doing

87. open process
blog what you are doing
ask for help

89. open process
blog what you are doing
ask for help
get feedback before acting
leverage the community

90. if we keep the bargain

91. we can be heroes…

93. …if just for one day

94. thinkliketheweb.org
www.eaves.ca
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