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Dan Jellinek – in memoriam

21st October 2015 by William Perrin

I was horrified to hear that Dan Jellinek died suddenly at the weekend.  Talk About Local had worked with Dan many times – speaking at and attending his conferences and discussing his e-democracy work.  The folks over at UK Authority broke the news in a tribute.  Dan stood out in the noisy scrum of people working on e-democracy (when it was called that) for his modest, quiet demeanor that concealed a deep seated understanding of the issues and challenges that he turned into a very good book.  Dans’ Headstar events managed skilfully to exploit the slavering sales drive of government IT contractors to support thoughtful, well balanced discussions on difficult issues and excellent networking.  I suspect the only public good done by some companies was supporting Dan’s conferences.

It’s tragic for Dan’s family to to lose him so young, our thoughts are with them.

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Founder of Talk About Local, Trustee of the Indigo Trust, Tinder Foundation, 360Giving, co-founder Connect8, former member of UK Government transparency panels, former Policy Advisor to UK Prime Minister, former Cabinet Office senior civil servant.Open data do-er, Kings Cross London blogger. Loves countryside. Two small children.
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