Councillors data
Dear Aberdeen City Council,
Please provide a dataset of open data of all councillors per ward, and committee roles and memberships, in CSV format. More info: https://tinyurl.com/ycysjqls
from
George Smith
Yours faithfully,
ODI Aberdeen
Dear Mr Smith,
Information enquiry reference FOI-17-1842.
Thank you for your recent request for information, which we received on 30
November 2017.
The scheduled date for our response to your request for information is on
or before 04 January 2018.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any queries in the
meantime.
Yours sincerely,
Salomeh Kheyri Rad
Information Compliance Officer
Information Compliance Team
Customer Service
Corporate Governance
Aberdeen City Council
3rd Floor North
Business Hub 17
Marischal College
Broad Street
ABERDEEN AB10 1AQ
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Dear Mr Smith,
Thank you for your information request of 29 November 2017. Aberdeen City
Council (ACC) has completed the necessary search for the information
requested.
Please provide a dataset of open data of all councillors per ward, and
committee roles and memberships, in CSV format.
This information is available at the following link on the Aberdeen City
Council website:-
[1]https://committees.aberdeencity.gov.uk/m...
The only Councillor information held in CSV format is in respect of their
contact details and this is available at the following link:-
[2]https://committees.aberdeencity.gov.uk/m...
ACC is unable to provide you with information on a dataset of open data of
all councillors per ward, and committee roles and memberships, in CSV
format as it is not held by ACC. In order to comply with its obligations
under the terms of Section 17 of the FOISA, ACC hereby gives notice that
this information is not held by it.
We hope this helps with your request.
Yours sincerely,
Grant Webster
Information Compliance Officer
INFORMATION ABOUT THE HANDLING OF YOUR REQUEST
ACC handled your request for information in accordance with the provisions
of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Please refer to the
attached PDF for more information about your rights under FOISA.
Information Compliance Team
Customer Service
Corporate Governance
Aberdeen City Council
3rd Floor North
Business Hub 17
Marischal College
Broad Street
ABERDEEN AB10 1AQ
[3][Aberdeen City Council request email]
Tel 03000 200 292
*03000 numbers are free to call if you have ‘free minutes’ included in
your mobile call plan.
Calls from BT landlines will be charged at the local call rate of 10.24p
per minute (the same as 01224s).
[4]www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
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opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and they do not
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say otherwise in this email or its attachments, neither this email nor its
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1. https://committees.aberdeencity.gov.uk/m...
2. https://committees.aberdeencity.gov.uk/m...
3. mailto:[Aberdeen City Council request email]
4. http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/
Dear Foi Enquiries,
Thank you for your response.
You have pointed us to the council's website. https://committees.aberdeencity.gov.uk/m...
We asked about open data which is neutral in format, machine readable and licensed for re-use without restriction (under OGL). The web page which you directed us to contains individual links to members' records in CSV format, which is great.
However, the webpage claims copyright by ACC 2011.
Can I take it that, depite the copyright statement, the council is allowing re-use of this data under OGL?
Yours sincerely,
George Smith
ODI Aberdeen
Dear Mr Smith,
Thank you for your follow-up email which we received on 19 January 2018.
Can I take it that, depite the copyright statement, the council is
allowing re-use of this data under OGL?
Unfortunately, we are unable to confirm that you can re-use this data
under OGL (Open Government Licence). ACC currently does not utilise the
OGL for information made available (including information published on our
website).
We apologise that we are not able to help further.
Yours sincerely,
Grant Webster
Information Compliance Officer
Information Compliance Team
Customer Service
Corporate Governance
Aberdeen City Council
3rd Floor North
Business Hub 17
Marischal College
Broad Street
ABERDEEN AB10 1AQ
[1][Aberdeen City Council request email]
Tel 03000 200 292
*03000 numbers are free to call if you have ‘free minutes’ included in
your mobile call plan.
Calls from BT landlines will be charged at the local call rate of 10.24p
per minute (the same as 01224s).
[2]www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail (including any attachment to it) is
confidential, protected by copyright and may be privileged. The
information contained in it should be used for its intended purposes only.
If you receive this email in error, notify the sender by reply email,
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opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender and they do not
necessarily constitute those of Aberdeen City Council. Unless we expressly
say otherwise in this email or its attachments, neither this email nor its
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