VolgMijnStem is launching a new website to provide voters insight into politicians' daily words and deeds. The website will provide a neutral overview of politicians' activities like votes, amendments, and questions. It aims to connect politicians and voters and will be linked to news provisioning. A team is being formed to formalize development, create user stories and prototypes, and launch the first version through sprints and reviews. Suggestions are welcomed on requirements, design, testing, and contributing political data.

1. Kickoff VolgMijnStem
Denk & Drink Weekend - July 3, 2011
Ben Teeuwen (ben@hetnieuwestemmen.nl)

3. +
= €165.000

4. VolgMijnStem = ...

5. VolgMijnStem = ...
Give voters insight into politicians day to day words & deeds

6. VolgMijnStem = ...
Give voters insight into politicians day to day words & deeds
• Website: neutral overview politicians' activities
• E.g. votes, amendments, questions, proposals
• Connect politicians & voters
• Linked to news provisioning
• Values: open data & (eventually) open source

7. E.g. : Parliamentary Questions
Credits: Maarten Marx, UvA

8. E.g. : Parliamentary Questions
Credits: Maarten Marx, UvA

9. E.g. : Parliamentary Questions
Credits: Maarten Marx, UvA

10. Team members
Stef van Grieken - Historical conscience HNS & technopolitical
visionary
Ben Teeuwen - project manager & helicopter guide
Laura Wismans - datajournalism & nu.nl contacts & review board
Anne Schuth - UvA political mashup data researcher
Jorik Ravesteijn - political committee & academic research
Anne-Mirthe Dieudonné - international contacts & academic research
David Bamps - philosophical observer & commentator
Bart de Goede - statistical language models UvA research
Justin Van Wees - statistical language models UvA research
Wieger Uffink - technical infrastructure (API / database)

11. Plan

12. Plan
Infrastructure
Sprints
Editorial work
Mobile
Sprints

13. Work Methods
Rational Unified Process
Scrum
Rapid prototyping

14. Phase 1: August - Nov. '11
• Formalise (developer) team
• Product & Sprint backlog
• User stories
... Politician profile
• Prototypes
• Sprints
... Heat map analytics
• Review ... Advanced polling
• Release 1st version website

15. Get Involved!
Suggestions: requirements & Political topics taxonomy
user stories
Ethics & filtering
Agent technology & polling
Design Semantic language technology & sentiment
Specialise & advise
Bèta testers Ideal political API architecture
Forum moderation
Legislation procedures
Review group /
Expert panel member
..............?
Politicians' twitter / video / rss feeds
Contribute to .DEV political database
Lobby: financial disclosure legislation & lobby registers

17. Get Involved!
Suggestions: requirements & Political topics taxonomy
user stories
Ethics & filtering
Agent technology & polling
Design Semantic language technology & sentiment
Specialise & advise
Bèta testers Ideal political API architecture
Forum moderation
Legislation procedures
Review group /
Expert panel member
..............?
Politicians' twitter / video / rss feeds
Contribute to .DEV political database
Lobby: financial disclosure legislation & lobby registers

18. Get Involved!
ben@hetnieuwestemmen.nl