Towards the end of last week’s Open Gov West conference/unconference in Seattle, WA a series of follow-up meetings on the West Coast was announced, the first of which is scheduled to happen in San Francisco, CA the week after next:
San Francisco OGW Meetup: April 12th 6-8 PM
We’re continuing the conversations from the Open Gov West conference by taking them on the road to meetups across the West Coast.
Open Gov West brought together a diverse range of government folks, electeds, nonprofits, citizens, and technologists on March 26th & 27th. Recomendations on open gov funding, standards, and policy were made, partnerships were launched, open gov ideas were formed.
Hear from San Francisco-based attendees of Open Gov West and hear their reports back from OGW, engaging local open government folks in the conversations and ideas that came out of the conference. Reportbacks start at 6:30 PM and finish at 7 PM. Doors open at 6.
Network with others involved with “gov 2.0″ and “open gov.” Explore ideas for applying lessons from OGW in San Francisco and meet great people to partner with on open gov projects.
This might be a good opportunity to discuss a potential Bay Area event of the same caliber. A bunch of people and I have already been tossing around ideas for doing something later this year with a special focus on participation. Since neither IAP2 nor NCDD will be doing any major conferences this year there may be room for a sizable local/regional event.
I would like to see an open government event that includes participation as the core component that it is and not as an afterthought (though Open Gov West was certainly the best I’ve seen so far in that regard).
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