OS at May 2011 Local OpenGov Innovation Summits

[Barry Owen]

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 <lucas at athenabridge.org> 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 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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