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Agenda Items:

  1. User Needs Survey Results
  2. Purchase Package
  3. Alternative data sources
  4. Licensing
  5. What do to about Census?

1. User Needs Survey


  • A quick review was done of the survey results as recompiled by Ken (ken_results-survey66345 (1)-FinalOutput_21122010.xls).
  • A ppt format report will be given at the leads meeting in Toronto
  • Questions are: Where are the gaps, what do people want and what are the geographies
  • Work divided as follows
    • All have taken questions and will do the analysis per questions and will present results in slides.
    • Slides will be in blank formats and will include text, notes, graphs etc. and each will include the question as title in the slide.
    • File naming convention will be: R_2-8_Ken etc.
    • Prelim results will be shared and discussed Feb. Thursday feb. 3 @ 13:30 EST on the phone
    • R_2-8_Ken
    • R_9-19_Ken
    • R_20-26_Ian
    • R_27-32_Louisa
    • R_33-42_Tracey
    • R_43-93_Ian
    • R_94-120_Louisa
    • R_121-126_Tracey
    • R_127-169_Louisa
    • R_170-181_Isabelle
    • R_182-188_Isabelle
    • R_189-201_Tracey
  • Tracey will ensure the slides make their way to the WG web page and will show all how to do so themselves in the future.

2. Purchase Package


  • To be discussed after the survey results have been analysed and discussed

3. Alternative data sources


  • The Community Data page on the new website has a list of data organized in a catalog
  • It is hoped this will become the go to place to find local scale data whether for fee or free
  • ACTION: Once available, all will look at it, comment and suggest the addition of new data

4. Licencing


  • To be discussed later with the potential of striking a small add hoc group that will work only on this either as part of this WG or seperate

5. What do to about Census?