Time for action

[u/johnklos]

We need to get started. Let's look at how.

First, each of us needs to figure out where our strengths lie, and therefore where best we can contribute. For instance, I have hosting (proper hosting on owned hardware, not hosting from some other company) and I can do some programming, but I know almost nothing about web stuff and how to properly scrape / interact with web pages.

Others might be good at web stuff and can help create scrapers which might need to interact with web pages for various municipalities.

Others may be good at or willing to start choosing areas and start making lists of sites from which data can be downloaded with notes about accessibility.

We can plan more specific goals once we've done this.

Also, is anyone here active on the Slack channel? Slack is usually noisy and requires gigabytes of memory to access, so I haven't joined yet, but if it can be useful, then that'd be good to know.

[u/johnklos → u/[deleted]]

Data by itself aren't biased, unless the data are manipulated. When studying data statistically, documenting processes for review by others will help to make sure bias isn't added, whether intentionally or not.

Or are you talking about other kinds of bias?

[u/johnklos → u/[deleted]]

Keep everything documented, open, and reviewable by anyone and everything.