What is 'All Things Open' - a conference or a movement? :: Editor's Blog at WRAL TechWire

" ... Fast forward to today, and it appears North Carolina, and the Triangle in particular, has made some headway in the ‘open’ movement since 2012. Raleigh is again hosting the 'All things Open Conference' next week (October 22-23, 2014). Raleigh passed an open government resolution in Feb 2012, both Raleigh and Wake County have created open data portals where anyone can download government data and Durham and Cary are in the early stages of opening up their data for public use. Outside of the Triangle, Asheville and Charlotte are the only NC cities dabbling in the ‘open movement.’ Charlotte’s dabbling take the form of an open mapping initiative or downloadable GIS data, and Asheville has created an app citizens can download and report problems they encounter to the city. With little participation from the majority of the state, or the non-metro areas, open advocates have some more work to do to truly spread the movement throughout North Carolina. With little participation from the majority of the state, or the non-metro areas, open advocates have some more work to do to truly spread the movement throughout North Carolina. But the All Things Open (ATO) conference is as good a place as any to start—or continue—talking about how to best propel the movement beyond the Triangle and NC’s biggest cities ..."