Open Data Book Club - Budget TO

On Thursday, Nov. 26, Toronto will hold its SEVENTH Open Data Book Club... an idea borrowed from Open Data Ottawa.

This concept is the same as a regular book club, but instead of discussing books, we'll be discussing an Open Data Set from either the Municipal, Provincial, or Federal levels of government.

This month, is a little different. We will not actually be reviewing work done by participants on Budget TO. Instead, we will have an extensive discussion with folks from the City of Toronto Budget team.

Here is who we have confirmed so far:

Erik Franc Financial Planning Analyst Finance.
Alex Mozo Manager Program & Strategic Supt Finance
Paula Chung Senior Comm Advisor Strategic Communications
Nicole Girardin – Open Data Toronto
Keith McDonald – Open Data Toronto

As part of this evening, we will also a Demo Presentation from Map Your Property - A tool used to streamline due diligence for land development. And it is no big surprise that Open Data plays a big role in their success!

We might even have people from the CivicTech Toronto Meetup Group (Toronto Budget Project Team) to give us a run-through of their work so far.

To add a little more to this cavalcade if civic engagement, we'll be doing a screening of "Open" - The World's first short film on Open Government, Open Data, and Open Source and also possibly a screening of "The Push" - The story behind Joey Coleman's ousting as an independent journalist from the Hamilton City Council Chambers.

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See you all on Thursday, Nov 26!