OS at May 2011 Local OpenGov Innovation Summits

[Lucas Cioffi]

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



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(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 lucas at onlinetownhalls.com 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. Monetary compensation will depend on local and national sponsors.

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