Lucas, I am IN for Nashville, TN and any other Middle Tennessee possibilities.
I have already submitted the on-line app. Looking forward to moving this thing forward - Very exciting. It is a good complement to a series of events I already have under way. Thank you for introducing this initiative b On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Lucas Cioffi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I'm looking for dozens of OS facilitators interested in bringing Open Space > to their city or state government. I'm part of the central planning team > that is coordinating 50+ local events focused on open government > (transparency, public participation, and inter-agency collaboration). > > This will be a paid gig, depending on the level of local and national > sponsorship. This event is not limited to the United States, and since we > put the call out three days ago, we already have 19 local teams forming > across three countries. > > Full details are at the bottom of this email. If you're interested, please > sign up here <http://www.opengovplaybook.org/> as a facilitator, local > team leader, or even a member of the central planning team. The "we" that > is organizing this event is not a single organization, but the broader open > government community. We're building off the success of the previous eight > OpenGov Community Summits at the federal level, co-hosted by the US > Department of Transportation, NASA, USDA, GSA, EPA, and Treasury. > > Also, has anything like this (50+ open space events in one week) ever been > done? It would be great to hear your advice and learn from previous events! > > Lucas Cioffi > OnlineTownhalls Inc > Washington, DC > 917-528-1831 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > (Note: This is an open call for co-planners. Sign up > here<http://www.opengovplaybook.org/>and shape how this event is implemented > in your city!) > *About the Local OpenGov Innovation Summits > * > This is an exciting time as city, state, and municipal governments are > looking to solve increasingly complex problems on tight budgets. The * > purpose* of this national summit series is to empower local officials with > opengov principles, practices, and tools to drive innovation at the local > level. These summits will explore the following questions: • How can public > engagement improve the quality and efficiency of government decisions? • > What are effective practices in breaking down silos and fostering > inter-agency collaboration to maximize available resources? • How can open > data be harnessed to further agency missions? • How does transparency > actually benefit government? The *target* is 50+ local summits across the > US and internationally during a single week in May 2011. Summits will be > affordable and organized by local teams on the ground. Given the very large > number of distributed events, we must mobilize ourselves-- the open > government community-- to make this event a success. The planning and > organizing of this public-private collaboration will itself be a case study > in opengov transparency and participation. > *Background* In 2010, there were eight successful OpenGov Community > Summits in Washington, DC to support the Open Government Directive at the > federal level (co-hosted by the US Department of Transportation, NASA, USDA, > GSA, EPA, and Treasury). There were 750 participants from over 90 federal > agencies and bureaus and from the private sector. In 2011, the frontier is > local. Building on the lessons learned in organizing the federal summits, > the key will be creating a vibrant network of local organizers to share > knowledge and support each other every step of the way. This is just the > first step in what will be an open planning process; updates will be posted > on the wiki at http://www.opengovplaybook.org. If you have any questions, > please contact Lucas Cioffi at [email protected] or 917-528-1831. > *If you have any colleagues that are emerging leaders in the fields of > transparency, participation, or collaboration, please be sure to invite them > so they can join the organizing team <http://www.opengovplaybook.org/>. > *Organizers > can expect an average of 2-3 hours of work per week between February and > May. 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