[open-government] Poplus - A new collaborative civic coding "federation, " Join In

Thu Jun 12 20:25:55 UTC 2014

I wanted to send a quick update about the Poplus online group.

The updated link to the Google Group is here:

   http://bit.ly/poplusgroup

About 80 new folks joined since my previous invite went out. Who wants
to be the 200th member?

You'll see an amazing amount of activity. From our first post from a
project in South Korea to Abhi Nemani sharing some big ideas post his
time with Code for America, people are rolling up their sleeves in a
collaborative, very global way. You'll see a mix of quite technical
exchange with more generalist engagement.

The main site is evolving as volunteers in committees get busy:

   http://bit.ly/poplus

You'll find activity on HackPad, IRC @ #poplus, etc.
https://popluscon.hackpad.com/
http://hackfoldr.org/poplusteam/nWbBWuzu4sl

Cheers,
Steven Clift

P.S. Just to be clear, I am a participant like everyone else in this
effort ... one who just happens to do online outreach and connecting.

Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com
  Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org
  Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy
  Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Steven Clift <clift at e-democracy.org> wrote:
> While I will share more details down the road, for the early adopters
> out there, there is some important global networking going on emerging
> in large part from civic tech efforts in the parliamentary/legislative
> transparency space.
>
> "Collaborative Civic coding - Software components that help civil
> society groups and campaigners launch powerful websites - anywhere in
> the world."
>
> Key is to join the "federation's" online group and roll up your sleeves:
>
>     http://bit.ly/poplusgroup
>
> The main site from:
>
>     http://bit.ly/poplus
>
> "Poplus is a brand new federation - so new that its governance
> structure and mission are still being written.
>
> What we do know is this: the world contains an ever-increasing number
> of people who are trying to use the internet to help citizens get what
> they want out of governments, politicians and other powerful people.
> As activists and technologists, we need better ways of sharing our
> knowledge, and our technology. Poplus, as a federation, is going to
> help us do this.
>
> Recently about 80 people from all over the world met in Chile to
> discuss the basics of what we want Poplus to do - what we need it to
> do. And now, in May 2014, we’re going to collaborate online to make
> Poplus into a real thing."
>
>
> For context see links tied to their 80 person, 27 nation unconference:
>
> http://www.mysociety.org/2014/05/08/santiago-chile-2014-the-first-poplus-conference/
> https://storify.com/myf/the-first-poplus-conference-in-santiago
> http://www.congresointeractivo.org/popluscon-and-a-millon-possibilities/
> http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/05/12/highlights-from-the-first-ever-popluscon-in-santiago/
> http://www.mysociety.org/2014/05/09/a-federation-is-born/
> https://popluscon.hackpad.com
> http://poplus.org/popluscon_sessions.html
> http://popoloproject.com
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhSuH6-OUrU (Conference glimpse)
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzyeY4i6rXI  (Steinberg's intro)
>
>
>
> Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com
>   Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org
>   Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy
>   Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072
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