2009 Goals

On March 23, 2009, the VisibleGovernment.ca board set the following organizational goals for 2009.

1. Goal: Enabling External Projects
   • By (A): Raising money to redistribute to external projects via grants and contests
     
     Requires:
     • Organizational Infrastructure
       • Incorporation
       • Bank account
       • Insurance
       • Audits
     • Organizational Credibility
       • Nice looking website
       • Skilled People on Board and in Advisory Roles
       • Effective implementation plan
   • By (B): Supporting projects as they are being developed
     
     Requires:
     • Policies on recommended technologies
     • Communication channels for project leads
     • Recruitment of subject matter experts
   • By (C): Promoting tools to public
     
     Requires:
     • PR channels
     • Development of grassroots communication channels
   • Metrics:
     1. Money raised.
     2. Number of tools funded.
     3. Effectiveness of tools funded as measured by metrics policy
2. Goal: Raising Awareness
   • By (A): Speaking at conferences
     
     Requires:
     • Reputation
     • Content
   • By (B): Grassroots Communications – blog, mailing list, discussion group
     
     Requires:
     • Audience
     • Content
   • By (C): Creating tools which demonstrate concept & generate media coverage
     
     Requires:
     • Valid tools to develop
     • Development time or open source community
     • Channels for promoting tools
   • Metrics:
     1. Mailing list signups
     2. Blog subscription rates
     3. Attendees at conferences
     4. Blog Mentions
     5. Media Mentions
3. Goal: Promoting the release of government information
   • By (A) Identifying Data Sets to release
     
     Requires:
     • Recruiting champions inside government to help identify data sets
     • Website for communicating data sets identified
   • By (B) Providing resources to government information managers to publish data
     
     Requires:
     • Wiki
     • Crowd-sourced content
     • Editorial group
   • Metrics:
     1. Data sets identified
     2. Use of resource wiki
     3. Data sets released

Metrics Summary