Code for Los Angeles: Intro
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Code for LA: Santa Monica
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What is a Code for America Brigade?
We link the tech community with local government to solve problems in our community.
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• Meetups in > 50 cities • 3000+ members • 200+ locations • 27 captains • 41 brigades
!Our Network
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Key Leadership RolesCaptains
o Vetted volunteers in a structured program who are deeply committed to Code for America's mission in their city
o Captains must be endorsed by a Municipal Partner !Municipal Partners
o Volunteers from local government who agree to endorse and collaborate with a local brigade
!Community Organizers
o Volunteers with demonstrated ability & capacity for organizing in support of Brigade activities
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Key Membership RolesCoders & Repo Managers
o Volunteers who get (or want to learn about) hackathons, agile development, GitHub and open source, civic tech
!Graphics & UX Designers
o Volunteers who understand (or want to learn about) what we mean when we say "let's make the interfaces to government more beautiful and easier to use"
!Subject Matter Experts
o Volunteers who share knowledge with civic technologists about in the inner workings of municipal government operations
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What types of activities can I help with?
ORGANIZE!
OPEN CIVIC DATA!
SHARE CIVIC TECH!
HELP GOVERNMENT GET OPEN!
CODE!
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How we will organize Code for LA?
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Monthly meetup with a focus city
Later we may do a westside and eastside each month, or even individual cities
Give developers a chance to meet with city officials to propose open data sets, or brainstorm ideas.
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Hack night
Regular hack nights to give teams a place for continual progress on their projects
Heavy focus on learning with mentors available for help
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Goals
Make real apps that citizens really use
Provide an anchor of communication between civic and tech
Build a community that promotes openness, collaboration, and learning
Help local governments on open data and open gov initiatives
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MetricsHow will we know if a brigade is effective?
Endorsed by local government partner and CfA
Meets on a regular basis, at least monthly
Maintains a clear plan of action, at least annually
Curates linked, open data for the common good
Implements open source, civic tech locally
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What do I do?Talk to people!
Discuss project ideas.
Find a project that sounds interesting.
Gather some interested people.
Find a time to discuss further.
Let Jeff or Yohei know so we can put it on http://codeforla.us
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