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  • From: Dmitry Kachaev

    Subject: Re: Open311.org

    Date: Jun 09, 2009 09:41 PM

    Honored to be on the same list with such great folks!
    
    I sounds like a great time to start consolidation various open 311 efforts.
    I was about to approach Sunlight Labs to start something like this.
    
    I know that my perspective is a bit different, since I'm on government side,
    but still I really want to contribute to such initiative. I see that such
    standardized open 311 with open implementations will lower barrier of entry
    for governments to open their 311 systems or even build new ones for
    jurisdictions that are missing such services. Greatest benefits for
    government such as DC will be distributed effort on creation of 311 software
    (at least citizen facing part of it).
    
    I willing to contribute by sharing DC experience to the very detail. How do
    we start?
    
    -Dmitry (@kachok)
    
    Disclaimer: I run OCTO Labs (@octolabs), technology innovation group in DC
    Government.
    
    Dmitry Kachaev
    cell    - (703) 477-6072
    email - dmitry.kachaev@...
    
    
    On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Philip Ashlock <phil@...> wrote:
    
    >  Hello all you pioneers of open civic technology!
    >
    > At some point or another I've met just about all of you, though it's been a
    > while for some and sometimes I mix all the different camps up (FOOCamp,
    > TransparencyCamp, DIYCity, OpenGovNYC, etc).
    >
    > In any case, I figure it's about time we try to unify the somewhat
    > scattered venture of establishing a standardized open 311 system by
    > establishing a canonical website and working group.  A couple years back,
    > someone here at The Open Planning Project registered Open311.org, but thus
    > far it's gone unused.  I've now been provided the time to help setup a
    > website at your collective direction to focus the efforts of an open 311
    > system.  This would be a site to continue to hammer out the Open311 API and
    > clearly document it's use as has been done by OCTO Labs<http://octolabs.pbworks.com/Open-311-API>.
    > It would be a place to develop data policies<http://wiki.sunlightlabs.com/index.php/Open_311_Data_Policy>as was begun at the OpenGov NYC meetups. It would be a site to house mailing
    > lists that'd continue to cultivate discussions like the one that has gone on
    > through the DIYCity site<http://diycity.org/discussions/calling-open-311-nyc>.
    > Furthermore, it'd be the place to blog and discuss potential (eg letters
    > to Bloomberg<http://diycity.org/diy-new-york-city/open-311-system-city-new-york-letter-mayor-bloomberg>)
    > and promote integrations and implementations like the ones coming out of the
    > Apps for Democracy<http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/round-1-submission-instructions/>contest and existing systems like
    > FixMyStreet <http://www.fixmystreet.com/>, SeeClickFix<http://seeclickfix.com/>,
    > and TOPP Labs' emerging implementation<http://ideas.topplabs.org/wiki/Geo-mobile_Issue_Tracker>built on the Trac bug tracking system.
    >
    > Does this seem like a good idea to anyone? If desired, we could break down
    > the site into different subdomains (api.open311.org, wiki.open311.org,
    > lists.open311.org, blog.open311.org, etc) and have them managed by
    > different folks. I'm not entirely sure how it'd make sense to best
    > orchestrate this, but I thought I'd get the conversation going, so please
    > let me know what you think.
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Philip Ashlock
    >
    >
    
    
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  • From: Peter Corbett

    Subject: Re: Open311.org

    Date: Jun 09, 2009 11:01 PM

    Of course I'm happy to help were I can as well.  As you may know,  
    Dmitry and I have been working ardently on Apps for Democracy  
    "Community Edition" which is focused on application development that  
    uses DC's 311 API (Ben is a participant in that as well).
    
    Just let me know what you need and I'll do what I can :)
    
    Peter Corbett
    CEO
    iStrategyLabs
    Cell: 917.748.3595
    peter@...
    http://www.istrategylabs.com
    http://www.twitter.com/corbett30000
    
    Interactive Strategy. Experiential Marketing. Content Creation
    
    On Jun 9, 2009, at 9:41 PM, Dmitry Kachaev wrote:
    
    > Honored to be on the same list with such great folks!
    >
    > I sounds like a great time to start consolidation various open 311  
    > efforts. I was about to approach Sunlight Labs to start something  
    > like this.
    >
    > I know that my perspective is a bit different, since I'm on  
    > government side, but still I really want to contribute to such  
    > initiative. I see that such standardized open 311 with open  
    > implementations will lower barrier of entry for governments to open  
    > their 311 systems or even build new ones for jurisdictions that are  
    > missing such services. Greatest benefits for government such as DC  
    > will be distributed effort on creation of 311 software (at least  
    > citizen facing part of it).
    >
    > I willing to contribute by sharing DC experience to the very detail.  
    > How do we start?
    >
    > -Dmitry (@kachok)
    >
    > Disclaimer: I run OCTO Labs (@octolabs), technology innovation group  
    > in DC Government.
    >
    > Dmitry Kachaev
    > cell    - (703) 477-6072
    > email - dmitry.kachaev@...
    >
    >
    > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Philip Ashlock <phil@...>  
    > wrote:
    > Hello all you pioneers of open civic technology!
    >
    > At some point or another I've met just about all of you, though it's  
    > been a while for some and sometimes I mix all the different camps up  
    > (FOOCamp, TransparencyCamp, DIYCity, OpenGovNYC, etc).
    >
    > In any case, I figure it's about time we try to unify the somewhat  
    > scattered venture of establishing a standardized open 311 system by  
    > establishing a canonical website and working group.  A couple years  
    > back, someone here at The Open Planning Project registered  
    > Open311.org, but thus far it's gone unused.  I've now been provided  
    > the time to help setup a website at your collective direction to  
    > focus the efforts of an open 311 system.  This would be a site to  
    > continue to hammer out the Open311 API and clearly document it's use  
    > as has been done by OCTO Labs. It would be a place to develop data  
    > policies as was begun at the OpenGov NYC meetups. It would be a site  
    > to house mailing lists that'd continue to cultivate discussions like  
    > the one that has gone on through the DIYCity site. Furthermore, it'd  
    > be the place to blog and discuss potential (eg letters to Bloomberg)  
    > and promote integrations and implementations like the ones coming  
    > out of the Apps for Democracy contest and existing systems like  
    > FixMyStreet, SeeClickFix, and TOPP Labs' emerging implementation  
    > built on the Trac bug tracking system.
    >
    > Does this seem like a good idea to anyone? If desired, we could  
    > break down the site into different subdomains (api.open311.org,  
    > wiki.open311.org, lists.open311.org, blog.open311.org, etc) and have  
    > them managed by different folks. I'm not entirely sure how it'd make  
    > sense to best orchestrate this, but I thought I'd get the  
    > conversation going, so please let me know what you think.
    >
    > Thanks,
    > Philip Ashlock
    >
    >
    
    
    
    • From: Ben Berkowitz

      Subject: Re: Open311.org

      Date: Jun 09, 2009 11:53 PM

      This is excellent Philip.
      We have been thinking about this a lot recently and are excited to work with
      all of you to create a standard.
      Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help with creation of
      the site.
      -Ben
      
      
      On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Peter Corbett <peter@...>wrote:
      
      > Of course I'm happy to help were I can as well.  As you may know, Dmitry
      > and I have been working ardently on Apps for Democracy "Community Edition"
      > which is focused on application development that uses DC's 311 API (Ben is a
      > participant in that as well).
      >
      > Just let me know what you need and I'll do what I can :)
      >
      > Peter Corbett
      > CEO
      > iStrategyLabs
      > Cell: 917.748.3595
      > peter@...
      > http://www.istrategylabs.com
      > http://www.twitter.com/corbett30000
      >
      > Interactive Strategy. Experiential Marketing. Content Creation
      >
      > On Jun 9, 2009, at 9:41 PM, Dmitry Kachaev wrote:
      >
      > Honored to be on the same list with such great folks!
      >
      > I sounds like a great time to start consolidation various open 311 efforts.
      > I was about to approach Sunlight Labs to start something like this.
      >
      > I know that my perspective is a bit different, since I'm on government
      > side, but still I really want to contribute to such initiative. I see that
      > such standardized open 311 with open implementations will lower barrier of
      > entry for governments to open their 311 systems or even build new ones for
      > jurisdictions that are missing such services. Greatest benefits for
      > government such as DC will be distributed effort on creation of 311 software
      > (at least citizen facing part of it).
      >
      > I willing to contribute by sharing DC experience to the very detail. How do
      > we start?
      >
      > -Dmitry (@kachok)
      >
      > Disclaimer: I run OCTO Labs (@octolabs), technology innovation group in DC
      > Government.
      >
      > Dmitry Kachaev
      > cell    - (703) 477-6072
      > email - dmitry.kachaev@...
      >
      >
      > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Philip Ashlock <phil@...> wrote:
      >
      >>  Hello all you pioneers of open civic technology!
      >>
      >> At some point or another I've met just about all of you, though it's been
      >> a while for some and sometimes I mix all the different camps up (FOOCamp,
      >> TransparencyCamp, DIYCity, OpenGovNYC, etc).
      >>
      >> In any case, I figure it's about time we try to unify the somewhat
      >> scattered venture of establishing a standardized open 311 system by
      >> establishing a canonical website and working group.  A couple years back,
      >> someone here at The Open Planning Project registered Open311.org, but thus
      >> far it's gone unused.  I've now been provided the time to help setup a
      >> website at your collective direction to focus the efforts of an open 311
      >> system.  This would be a site to continue to hammer out the Open311 API and
      >> clearly document it's use as has been done by OCTO Labs<http://octolabs.pbworks.com/Open-311-API>.
      >> It would be a place to develop data policies<http://wiki.sunlightlabs.com/index.php/Open_311_Data_Policy>as was begun at the OpenGov NYC meetups. It would be a site to house mailing
      >> lists that'd continue to cultivate discussions like the one that has gone on
      >> through the DIYCity site<http://diycity.org/discussions/calling-open-311-nyc>.
      >> Furthermore, it'd be the place to blog and discuss potential (eg letters
      >> to Bloomberg<http://diycity.org/diy-new-york-city/open-311-system-city-new-york-letter-mayor-bloomberg>)
      >> and promote integrations and implementations like the ones coming out of the
      >> Apps for Democracy<http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/round-1-submission-instructions/>contest and existing systems like
      >> FixMyStreet <http://www.fixmystreet.com/>, SeeClickFix<http://seeclickfix.com/>,
      >> and TOPP Labs' emerging implementation<http://ideas.topplabs.org/wiki/Geo-mobile_Issue_Tracker>built on the Trac bug tracking system.
      >>
      >> Does this seem like a good idea to anyone? If desired, we could break down
      >> the site into different subdomains (api.open311.org, wiki.open311.org,
      >> lists.open311.org, blog.open311.org, etc) and have them managed by
      >> different folks. I'm not entirely sure how it'd make sense to best
      >> orchestrate this, but I thought I'd get the conversation going, so please
      >> let me know what you think.
      >>
      >> Thanks,
      >> Philip Ashlock
      >>
      >>
      >
      >
      
      
      -- 
      Have you seen my new startup for social good? SeeClickFix (
      www.seeclickfix.com) Check it out and report an issue in your neighborhood.
      Power to the Community.
      
      
      • From: Tom Steinberg

        Subject: Re: Open311.org

        Date: Jun 10, 2009 09:03 AM

        Hi guys,
        
        Glad to be CCed with you all. Let me know if mySociety can help.
        
        Tom
        
        2009/6/10 Ben Berkowitz <ben@...>:
        > This is excellent Philip.
        > We have been thinking about this a lot recently and are excited to work with
        > all of you to create a standard.
        > Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help with creation of
        > the site.
        > -Ben
        >
        >
        > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Peter Corbett <peter@...>
        > wrote:
        >>
        >> Of course I'm happy to help were I can as well.  As you may know, Dmitry
        >> and I have been working ardently on Apps for Democracy "Community Edition"
        >> which is focused on application development that uses DC's 311 API (Ben is a
        >> participant in that as well).
        >> Just let me know what you need and I'll do what I can :)
        >> Peter Corbett
        >> CEO
        >> iStrategyLabs
        >> Cell: 917.748.3595
        >> peter@...
        >> http://www.istrategylabs.com
        >> http://www.twitter.com/corbett30000
        >> Interactive Strategy. Experiential Marketing. Content Creation
        >> On Jun 9, 2009, at 9:41 PM, Dmitry Kachaev wrote:
        >>
        >> Honored to be on the same list with such great folks!
        >> I sounds like a great time to start consolidation various open 311
        >> efforts. I was about to approach Sunlight Labs to start something like this.
        >> I know that my perspective is a bit different, since I'm on government
        >> side, but still I really want to contribute to such initiative. I see that
        >> such standardized open 311 with open implementations will lower barrier of
        >> entry for governments to open their 311 systems or even build new ones for
        >> jurisdictions that are missing such services. Greatest benefits for
        >> government such as DC will be distributed effort on creation of 311 software
        >> (at least citizen facing part of it).
        >> I willing to contribute by sharing DC experience to the very detail. How
        >> do we start?
        >> -Dmitry (@kachok)
        >> Disclaimer: I run OCTO Labs (@octolabs), technology innovation group in DC
        >> Government.
        >> Dmitry Kachaev
        >> cell    - (703) 477-6072
        >> email - dmitry.kachaev@...
        >>
        >>
        >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Philip Ashlock <phil@...> wrote:
        >>>
        >>> Hello all you pioneers of open civic technology!
        >>>
        >>> At some point or another I've met just about all of you, though it's been
        >>> a while for some and sometimes I mix all the different camps up (FOOCamp,
        >>> TransparencyCamp, DIYCity, OpenGovNYC, etc).
        >>>
        >>> In any case, I figure it's about time we try to unify the somewhat
        >>> scattered venture of establishing a standardized open 311 system by
        >>> establishing a canonical website and working group.  A couple years back,
        >>> someone here at The Open Planning Project registered Open311.org, but thus
        >>> far it's gone unused.  I've now been provided the time to help setup a
        >>> website at your collective direction to focus the efforts of an open 311
        >>> system.  This would be a site to continue to hammer out the Open311 API and
        >>> clearly document it's use as has been done by OCTO Labs. It would be a place
        >>> to develop data policies as was begun at the OpenGov NYC meetups. It would
        >>> be a site to house mailing lists that'd continue to cultivate discussions
        >>> like the one that has gone on through the DIYCity site. Furthermore, it'd be
        >>> the place to blog and discuss potential (eg letters to Bloomberg) and
        >>> promote integrations and implementations like the ones coming out of the
        >>> Apps for Democracy contest and existing systems like FixMyStreet,
        >>> SeeClickFix, and TOPP Labs' emerging implementation built on the Trac bug
        >>> tracking system.
        >>>
        >>> Does this seem like a good idea to anyone? If desired, we could break
        >>> down the site into different subdomains (api.open311.org, wiki.open311.org,
        >>> lists.open311.org, blog.open311.org, etc) and have them managed by different
        >>> folks. I'm not entirely sure how it'd make sense to best orchestrate this,
        >>> but I thought I'd get the conversation going, so please let me know what you
        >>> think.
        >>>
        >>> Thanks,
        >>> Philip Ashlock
        >>>
        >>
        >>
        >
        >
        >
        > --
        > Have you seen my new startup for social good? SeeClickFix
        > (www.seeclickfix.com) Check it out and report an issue in your neighborhood.
        > Power to the Community.
        >
        >
        
        • From: Matt Cooperrider

          Subject: Re: Open311.org

          Date: Jun 10, 2009 09:24 AM

          Hi All,
          
          I'm glad to be a part of this too, and to see that someone is taking the
          lead.  I can help with the community-building piece.  Would it make sense to
          have an open brainstorm/workshop in the near future?
          
          Matt
          p.s. I'm the OpenGovNYC meetup organizer
          
          On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Tom Steinberg <tom@...> wrote:
          
          > Hi guys,
          >
          > Glad to be CCed with you all. Let me know if mySociety can help.
          >
          > Tom
          >
          > 2009/6/10 Ben Berkowitz <ben@...>:
          > > This is excellent Philip.
          > > We have been thinking about this a lot recently and are excited to work
          > with
          > > all of you to create a standard.
          > > Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help with creation
          > of
          > > the site.
          > > -Ben
          > >
          > >
          > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Peter Corbett <peter@...>
          > > wrote:
          > >>
          > >> Of course I'm happy to help were I can as well.  As you may know, Dmitry
          > >> and I have been working ardently on Apps for Democracy "Community
          > Edition"
          > >> which is focused on application development that uses DC's 311 API (Ben
          > is a
          > >> participant in that as well).
          > >> Just let me know what you need and I'll do what I can :)
          > >> Peter Corbett
          > >> CEO
          > >> iStrategyLabs
          > >> Cell: 917.748.3595
          > >> peter@...
          > >> http://www.istrategylabs.com
          > >> http://www.twitter.com/corbett30000
          > >> Interactive Strategy. Experiential Marketing. Content Creation
          > >> On Jun 9, 2009, at 9:41 PM, Dmitry Kachaev wrote:
          > >>
          > >> Honored to be on the same list with such great folks!
          > >> I sounds like a great time to start consolidation various open 311
          > >> efforts. I was about to approach Sunlight Labs to start something like
          > this.
          > >> I know that my perspective is a bit different, since I'm on government
          > >> side, but still I really want to contribute to such initiative. I see
          > that
          > >> such standardized open 311 with open implementations will lower barrier
          > of
          > >> entry for governments to open their 311 systems or even build new ones
          > for
          > >> jurisdictions that are missing such services. Greatest benefits for
          > >> government such as DC will be distributed effort on creation of 311
          > software
          > >> (at least citizen facing part of it).
          > >> I willing to contribute by sharing DC experience to the very detail. How
          > >> do we start?
          > >> -Dmitry (@kachok)
          > >> Disclaimer: I run OCTO Labs (@octolabs), technology innovation group in
          > DC
          > >> Government.
          > >> Dmitry Kachaev
          > >> cell    - (703) 477-6072
          > >> email - dmitry.kachaev@...
          > >>
          > >>
          > >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Philip Ashlock <phil@...>
          > wrote:
          > >>>
          > >>> Hello all you pioneers of open civic technology!
          > >>>
          > >>> At some point or another I've met just about all of you, though it's
          > been
          > >>> a while for some and sometimes I mix all the different camps up
          > (FOOCamp,
          > >>> TransparencyCamp, DIYCity, OpenGovNYC, etc).
          > >>>
          > >>> In any case, I figure it's about time we try to unify the somewhat
          > >>> scattered venture of establishing a standardized open 311 system by
          > >>> establishing a canonical website and working group.  A couple years
          > back,
          > >>> someone here at The Open Planning Project registered Open311.org, but
          > thus
          > >>> far it's gone unused.  I've now been provided the time to help setup a
          > >>> website at your collective direction to focus the efforts of an open
          > 311
          > >>> system.  This would be a site to continue to hammer out the Open311 API
          > and
          > >>> clearly document it's use as has been done by OCTO Labs. It would be a
          > place
          > >>> to develop data policies as was begun at the OpenGov NYC meetups. It
          > would
          > >>> be a site to house mailing lists that'd continue to cultivate
          > discussions
          > >>> like the one that has gone on through the DIYCity site. Furthermore,
          > it'd be
          > >>> the place to blog and discuss potential (eg letters to Bloomberg) and
          > >>> promote integrations and implementations like the ones coming out of
          > the
          > >>> Apps for Democracy contest and existing systems like FixMyStreet,
          > >>> SeeClickFix, and TOPP Labs' emerging implementation built on the Trac
          > bug
          > >>> tracking system.
          > >>>
          > >>> Does this seem like a good idea to anyone? If desired, we could break
          > >>> down the site into different subdomains (api.open311.org,
          > wiki.open311.org,
          > >>> lists.open311.org, blog.open311.org, etc) and have them managed by
          > different
          > >>> folks. I'm not entirely sure how it'd make sense to best orchestrate
          > this,
          > >>> but I thought I'd get the conversation going, so please let me know
          > what you
          > >>> think.
          > >>>
          > >>> Thanks,
          > >>> Philip Ashlock
          > >>>
          > >>
          > >>
          > >
          > >
          > >
          > > --
          > > Have you seen my new startup for social good? SeeClickFix
          > > (www.seeclickfix.com) Check it out and report an issue in your
          > neighborhood.
          > > Power to the Community.
          > >
          > >
          >
          
          
          
          -- 
          http://mudball.net - get your awesome out
          http://mattcoop.com - about me
          
          
          • From: Matt Cooperrider

            Subject: Re: Open311.org

            Date: Jun 10, 2009 04:29 PM

            Hi Again Open311,
            
            I'm also organizing ParticipationCamp for June 27th and 28th in NYC (just
            before PdF): http://participationcamp.org
            
            I think an Open311 session would be a good fit.  Either a roundtable or a
            workshop.  Would anyone here be interested in being a part of that?
            
            Matt
            
            On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Matt Cooperrider <mattcooperrider@...
            > wrote:
            
            > Hi All,
            >
            > I'm glad to be a part of this too, and to see that someone is taking the
            > lead.  I can help with the community-building piece.  Would it make sense to
            > have an open brainstorm/workshop in the near future?
            >
            > Matt
            > p.s. I'm the OpenGovNYC meetup organizer
            >
            >
            > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Tom Steinberg <tom@...> wrote:
            >
            >> Hi guys,
            >>
            >> Glad to be CCed with you all. Let me know if mySociety can help.
            >>
            >> Tom
            >>
            >> 2009/6/10 Ben Berkowitz <ben@...>:
            >> > This is excellent Philip.
            >> > We have been thinking about this a lot recently and are excited to work
            >> with
            >> > all of you to create a standard.
            >> > Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help with creation
            >> of
            >> > the site.
            >> > -Ben
            >> >
            >> >
            >> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Peter Corbett <peter@...
            >> >
            >> > wrote:
            >> >>
            >> >> Of course I'm happy to help were I can as well.  As you may know,
            >> Dmitry
            >> >> and I have been working ardently on Apps for Democracy "Community
            >> Edition"
            >> >> which is focused on application development that uses DC's 311 API (Ben
            >> is a
            >> >> participant in that as well).
            >> >> Just let me know what you need and I'll do what I can :)
            >> >> Peter Corbett
            >> >> CEO
            >> >> iStrategyLabs
            >> >> Cell: 917.748.3595
            >> >> peter@...
            >> >> http://www.istrategylabs.com
            >> >> http://www.twitter.com/corbett30000
            >> >> Interactive Strategy. Experiential Marketing. Content Creation
            >> >> On Jun 9, 2009, at 9:41 PM, Dmitry Kachaev wrote:
            >> >>
            >> >> Honored to be on the same list with such great folks!
            >> >> I sounds like a great time to start consolidation various open 311
            >> >> efforts. I was about to approach Sunlight Labs to start something like
            >> this.
            >> >> I know that my perspective is a bit different, since I'm on government
            >> >> side, but still I really want to contribute to such initiative. I see
            >> that
            >> >> such standardized open 311 with open implementations will lower barrier
            >> of
            >> >> entry for governments to open their 311 systems or even build new ones
            >> for
            >> >> jurisdictions that are missing such services. Greatest benefits for
            >> >> government such as DC will be distributed effort on creation of 311
            >> software
            >> >> (at least citizen facing part of it).
            >> >> I willing to contribute by sharing DC experience to the very detail.
            >> How
            >> >> do we start?
            >> >> -Dmitry (@kachok)
            >> >> Disclaimer: I run OCTO Labs (@octolabs), technology innovation group in
            >> DC
            >> >> Government.
            >> >> Dmitry Kachaev
            >> >> cell    - (703) 477-6072
            >> >> email - dmitry.kachaev@...
            >> >>
            >> >>
            >> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Philip Ashlock <phil@...>
            >> wrote:
            >> >>>
            >> >>> Hello all you pioneers of open civic technology!
            >> >>>
            >> >>> At some point or another I've met just about all of you, though it's
            >> been
            >> >>> a while for some and sometimes I mix all the different camps up
            >> (FOOCamp,
            >> >>> TransparencyCamp, DIYCity, OpenGovNYC, etc).
            >> >>>
            >> >>> In any case, I figure it's about time we try to unify the somewhat
            >> >>> scattered venture of establishing a standardized open 311 system by
            >> >>> establishing a canonical website and working group.  A couple years
            >> back,
            >> >>> someone here at The Open Planning Project registered Open311.org, but
            >> thus
            >> >>> far it's gone unused.  I've now been provided the time to help setup a
            >> >>> website at your collective direction to focus the efforts of an open
            >> 311
            >> >>> system.  This would be a site to continue to hammer out the Open311
            >> API and
            >> >>> clearly document it's use as has been done by OCTO Labs. It would be a
            >> place
            >> >>> to develop data policies as was begun at the OpenGov NYC meetups. It
            >> would
            >> >>> be a site to house mailing lists that'd continue to cultivate
            >> discussions
            >> >>> like the one that has gone on through the DIYCity site. Furthermore,
            >> it'd be
            >> >>> the place to blog and discuss potential (eg letters to Bloomberg) and
            >> >>> promote integrations and implementations like the ones coming out of
            >> the
            >> >>> Apps for Democracy contest and existing systems like FixMyStreet,
            >> >>> SeeClickFix, and TOPP Labs' emerging implementation built on the Trac
            >> bug
            >> >>> tracking system.
            >> >>>
            >> >>> Does this seem like a good idea to anyone? If desired, we could break
            >> >>> down the site into different subdomains (api.open311.org,
            >> wiki.open311.org,
            >> >>> lists.open311.org, blog.open311.org, etc) and have them managed by
            >> different
            >> >>> folks. I'm not entirely sure how it'd make sense to best orchestrate
            >> this,
            >> >>> but I thought I'd get the conversation going, so please let me know
            >> what you
            >> >>> think.
            >> >>>
            >> >>> Thanks,
            >> >>> Philip Ashlock
            >> >>>
            >> >>
            >> >>
            >> >
            >> >
            >> >
            >> > --
            >> > Have you seen my new startup for social good? SeeClickFix
            >> > (www.seeclickfix.com) Check it out and report an issue in your
            >> neighborhood.
            >> > Power to the Community.
            >> >
            >> >
            >>
            >
            >
            >
            > --
            > http://mudball.net - get your awesome out
            > http://mattcoop.com - about me
            >
            
            
            
            -- 
            http://mudball.net - get your awesome out
            http://mattcoop.com - about me
            
            
          • From: John Geraci

            Subject: Re: Open311.org

            Date: Jun 10, 2009 05:19 PM

            I think a brainstorming session would be good, Matt.  Or some sort of small
            and informal "summit".  A few years ago I went to a similar Open Gov summit
            organized by Carl Malamud, and some really good, lasting ideas came out of
            it.  Seems like the time could be right for a similar meeting of minds
            around an Open 311.
            
            Happy to help out however I can on this.
            
            John
            DIYcity
            
            
            
            On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Matt Cooperrider <mattcooperrider@...
            > wrote:
            
            > Hi All,
            >
            > I'm glad to be a part of this too, and to see that someone is taking the
            > lead.  I can help with the community-building piece.  Would it make sense to
            > have an open brainstorm/workshop in the near future?
            >
            > Matt
            > p.s. I'm the OpenGovNYC meetup organizer
            >
            >
            > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Tom Steinberg <tom@...> wrote:
            >
            >> Hi guys,
            >>
            >> Glad to be CCed with you all. Let me know if mySociety can help.
            >>
            >> Tom
            >>
            >> 2009/6/10 Ben Berkowitz <ben@...>:
            >> > This is excellent Philip.
            >> > We have been thinking about this a lot recently and are excited to work
            >> with
            >> > all of you to create a standard.
            >> > Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help with creation
            >> of
            >> > the site.
            >> > -Ben
            >> >
            >> >
            >> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Peter Corbett <peter@...
            >> >
            >> > wrote:
            >> >>
            >> >> Of course I'm happy to help were I can as well.  As you may know,
            >> Dmitry
            >> >> and I have been working ardently on Apps for Democracy "Community
            >> Edition"
            >> >> which is focused on application development that uses DC's 311 API (Ben
            >> is a
            >> >> participant in that as well).
            >> >> Just let me know what you need and I'll do what I can :)
            >> >> Peter Corbett
            >> >> CEO
            >> >> iStrategyLabs
            >> >> Cell: 917.748.3595
            >> >> peter@...
            >> >> http://www.istrategylabs.com
            >> >> http://www.twitter.com/corbett30000
            >> >> Interactive Strategy. Experiential Marketing. Content Creation
            >> >> On Jun 9, 2009, at 9:41 PM, Dmitry Kachaev wrote:
            >> >>
            >> >> Honored to be on the same list with such great folks!
            >> >> I sounds like a great time to start consolidation various open 311
            >> >> efforts. I was about to approach Sunlight Labs to start something like
            >> this.
            >> >> I know that my perspective is a bit different, since I'm on government
            >> >> side, but still I really want to contribute to such initiative. I see
            >> that
            >> >> such standardized open 311 with open implementations will lower barrier
            >> of
            >> >> entry for governments to open their 311 systems or even build new ones
            >> for
            >> >> jurisdictions that are missing such services. Greatest benefits for
            >> >> government such as DC will be distributed effort on creation of 311
            >> software
            >> >> (at least citizen facing part of it).
            >> >> I willing to contribute by sharing DC experience to the very detail.
            >> How
            >> >> do we start?
            >> >> -Dmitry (@kachok)
            >> >> Disclaimer: I run OCTO Labs (@octolabs), technology innovation group in
            >> DC
            >> >> Government.
            >> >> Dmitry Kachaev
            >> >> cell    - (703) 477-6072
            >> >> email - dmitry.kachaev@...
            >> >>
            >> >>
            >> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Philip Ashlock <phil@...>
            >> wrote:
            >> >>>
            >> >>> Hello all you pioneers of open civic technology!
            >> >>>
            >> >>> At some point or another I've met just about all of you, though it's
            >> been
            >> >>> a while for some and sometimes I mix all the different camps up
            >> (FOOCamp,
            >> >>> TransparencyCamp, DIYCity, OpenGovNYC, etc).
            >> >>>
            >> >>> In any case, I figure it's about time we try to unify the somewhat
            >> >>> scattered venture of establishing a standardized open 311 system by
            >> >>> establishing a canonical website and working group.  A couple years
            >> back,
            >> >>> someone here at The Open Planning Project registered Open311.org, but
            >> thus
            >> >>> far it's gone unused.  I've now been provided the time to help setup a
            >> >>> website at your collective direction to focus the efforts of an open
            >> 311
            >> >>> system.  This would be a site to continue to hammer out the Open311
            >> API and
            >> >>> clearly document it's use as has been done by OCTO Labs. It would be a
            >> place
            >> >>> to develop data policies as was begun at the OpenGov NYC meetups. It
            >> would
            >> >>> be a site to house mailing lists that'd continue to cultivate
            >> discussions
            >> >>> like the one that has gone on through the DIYCity site. Furthermore,
            >> it'd be
            >> >>> the place to blog and discuss potential (eg letters to Bloomberg) and
            >> >>> promote integrations and implementations like the ones coming out of
            >> the
            >> >>> Apps for Democracy contest and existing systems like FixMyStreet,
            >> >>> SeeClickFix, and TOPP Labs' emerging implementation built on the Trac
            >> bug
            >> >>> tracking system.
            >> >>>
            >> >>> Does this seem like a good idea to anyone? If desired, we could break
            >> >>> down the site into different subdomains (api.open311.org,
            >> wiki.open311.org,
            >> >>> lists.open311.org, blog.open311.org, etc) and have them managed by
            >> different
            >> >>> folks. I'm not entirely sure how it'd make sense to best orchestrate
            >> this,
            >> >>> but I thought I'd get the conversation going, so please let me know
            >> what you
            >> >>> think.
            >> >>>
            >> >>> Thanks,
            >> >>> Philip Ashlock
            >> >>>
            >> >>
            >> >>
            >> >
            >> >
            >> >
            >> > --
            >> > Have you seen my new startup for social good? SeeClickFix
            >> > (www.seeclickfix.com) Check it out and report an issue in your
            >> neighborhood.
            >> > Power to the Community.
            >> >
            >> >
            >>
            >
            >
            >
            > --
            > http://mudball.net - get your awesome out
            > http://mattcoop.com - about me
            >
            
            
            • From: Nick Grossman

              Subject: Re: Open311.org

              Date: Jun 10, 2009 05:46 PM

              Thanks Phil and hello everyone,
              
              I'm looking forward to working on this -- the timing is certainly  
              right with all events, tools, and media attention around 311 right  
              now, as Phil described.
              
              Nick
              (Director, TOPP Labs)
              
              On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Philip Ashlock wrote:
              
              > Thanks for all the positive support everyone!
              >
              > We should be able to move this reply-all to a real mailing list by  
              > tomorrow, it'll be available at http://lists.open311.org.  Shortly  
              > there will also be a mediawiki instance at wiki.open311.org and a  
              > wordpress instance up at www.open311.org that we can share to  
              > communicate Open311 developments.
              >
              > I'll be sure to keep everyone posted.
              >
              > Thanks,
              > Phil
              >
              > John Geraci wrote:
              >>
              >> I think a brainstorming session would be good, Matt.  Or some sort  
              >> of small and informal "summit".  A few years ago I went to a  
              >> similar Open Gov summit organized by Carl Malamud, and some really  
              >> good, lasting ideas came out of it.  Seems like the time could be  
              >> right for a similar meeting of minds around an Open 311.
              >>
              >> Happy to help out however I can on this.
              >>
              >> John
              >> DIYcity
              >>
              >>
              >>
              >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Matt Cooperrider <mattcooperrider@... 
              >> > wrote:
              >> Hi All,
              >>
              >> I'm glad to be a part of this too, and to see that someone is  
              >> taking the lead.  I can help with the community-building piece.   
              >> Would it make sense to have an open brainstorm/workshop in the near  
              >> future?
              >>
              >> Matt
              >> p.s. I'm the OpenGovNYC meetup organizer
              >>
              >>
              >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Tom Steinberg <tom@...>  
              >> wrote:
              >> Hi guys,
              >>
              >> Glad to be CCed with you all. Let me know if mySociety can help.
              >>
              >> Tom
              >>
              >> 2009/6/10 Ben Berkowitz <ben@...>:
              >> > This is excellent Philip.
              >> > We have been thinking about this a lot recently and are excited  
              >> to work with
              >> > all of you to create a standard.
              >> > Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help with  
              >> creation of
              >> > the site.
              >> > -Ben
              >> >
              >> >
              >> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Peter Corbett <peter@... 
              >> >
              >> > wrote:
              >> >>
              >> >> Of course I'm happy to help were I can as well.  As you may  
              >> know, Dmitry
              >> >> and I have been working ardently on Apps for Democracy  
              >> "Community Edition"
              >> >> which is focused on application development that uses DC's 311  
              >> API (Ben is a
              >> >> participant in that as well).
              >> >> Just let me know what you need and I'll do what I can :)
              >> >> Peter Corbett
              >> >> CEO
              >> >> iStrategyLabs
              >> >> Cell: 917.748.3595
              >> >> peter@...
              >> >> http://www.istrategylabs.com
              >> >> http://www.twitter.com/corbett30000
              >> >> Interactive Strategy. Experiential Marketing. Content Creation
              >> >> On Jun 9, 2009, at 9:41 PM, Dmitry Kachaev wrote:
              >> >>
              >> >> Honored to be on the same list with such great folks!
              >> >> I sounds like a great time to start consolidation various open 311
              >> >> efforts. I was about to approach Sunlight Labs to start  
              >> something like this.
              >> >> I know that my perspective is a bit different, since I'm on  
              >> government
              >> >> side, but still I really want to contribute to such initiative.  
              >> I see that
              >> >> such standardized open 311 with open implementations will lower  
              >> barrier of
              >> >> entry for governments to open their 311 systems or even build  
              >> new ones for
              >> >> jurisdictions that are missing such services. Greatest benefits  
              >> for
              >> >> government such as DC will be distributed effort on creation of  
              >> 311 software
              >> >> (at least citizen facing part of it).
              >> >> I willing to contribute by sharing DC experience to the very  
              >> detail. How
              >> >> do we start?
              >> >> -Dmitry (@kachok)
              >> >> Disclaimer: I run OCTO Labs (@octolabs), technology innovation  
              >> group in DC
              >> >> Government.
              >> >> Dmitry Kachaev
              >> >> cell    - (703) 477-6072
              >> >> email - dmitry.kachaev@...
              >> >>
              >> >>
              >> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Philip Ashlock  
              >> <phil@...> wrote:
              >> >>>
              >> >>> Hello all you pioneers of open civic technology!
              >> >>>
              >> >>> At some point or another I've met just about all of you, though  
              >> it's been
              >> >>> a while for some and sometimes I mix all the different camps up  
              >> (FOOCamp,
              >> >>> TransparencyCamp, DIYCity, OpenGovNYC, etc).
              >> >>>
              >> >>> In any case, I figure it's about time we try to unify the  
              >> somewhat
              >> >>> scattered venture of establishing a standardized open 311  
              >> system by
              >> >>> establishing a canonical website and working group.  A couple  
              >> years back,
              >> >>> someone here at The Open Planning Project registered  
              >> Open311.org, but thus
              >> >>> far it's gone unused.  I've now been provided the time to help  
              >> setup a
              >> >>> website at your collective direction to focus the efforts of an  
              >> open 311
              >> >>> system.  This would be a site to continue to hammer out the  
              >> Open311 API and
              >> >>> clearly document it's use as has been done by OCTO Labs. It  
              >> would be a place
              >> >>> to develop data policies as was begun at the OpenGov NYC  
              >> meetups. It would
              >> >>> be a site to house mailing lists that'd continue to cultivate  
              >> discussions
              >> >>> like the one that has gone on through the DIYCity site.  
              >> Furthermore, it'd be
              >> >>> the place to blog and discuss potential (eg letters to  
              >> Bloomberg) and
              >> >>> promote integrations and implementations like the ones coming  
              >> out of the
              >> >>> Apps for Democracy contest and existing systems like FixMyStreet,
              >> >>> SeeClickFix, and TOPP Labs' emerging implementation built on  
              >> the Trac bug
              >> >>> tracking system.
              >> >>>
              >> >>> Does this seem like a good idea to anyone? If desired, we could  
              >> break
              >> >>> down the site into different subdomains (api.open311.org,  
              >> wiki.open311.org,
              >> >>> lists.open311.org, blog.open311.org, etc) and have them managed  
              >> by different
              >> >>> folks. I'm not entirely sure how it'd make sense to best  
              >> orchestrate this,
              >> >>> but I thought I'd get the conversation going, so please let me  
              >> know what you
              >> >>> think.
              >> >>>
              >> >>> Thanks,
              >> >>> Philip Ashlock
              >> >>>
              >> >>
              >> >>
              >> >
              >> >
              >> >
              >> > --
              >> > Have you seen my new startup for social good? SeeClickFix
              >> > (www.seeclickfix.com) Check it out and report an issue in your  
              >> neighborhood.
              >> > Power to the Community.
              >> >
              >> >
              >>
              >>
              >>
              >> -- 
              >> http://mudball.net - get your awesome out
              >> http://mattcoop.com - about me
              >>
              
              --
              Nick Grossman
              The Open Planning Project -- http://theopenplanningproject.org
              nickyg@... | tweets @nickgrossman | (917) 388-9040
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              
              • From: Peter Corbett

                Subject: Re: Open311.org

                Date: Jun 10, 2009 07:52 PM

                I'm going to try to make it to Participation camp (just sponsored) and  
                can't make it to PDF due to another conference in DC I have to be a  
                part of.
                
                FYI, we just announced the first round winners of Apps for Democracy  
                "Community Edition" and there are some interesting approaches to using  
                DC's Open 311 API. These are rough apps with two more rounds to go  
                prior to completion: check them out here http://bit.ly/apps091.
                
                P
                
                
                
                Peter Corbett
                CEO
                iStrategyLabs
                Cell: 917.748.3595
                peter@...
                http://www.istrategylabs.com
                http://www.twitter.com/corbett30000
                
                Interactive Strategy. Experiential Marketing. Content Creation
                
                On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:46 PM, Nick Grossman wrote:
                
                > Thanks Phil and hello everyone,
                >
                > I'm looking forward to working on this -- the timing is certainly  
                > right with all events, tools, and media attention around 311 right  
                > now, as Phil described.
                >
                > Nick
                > (Director, TOPP Labs)
                >
                > On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Philip Ashlock wrote:
                >
                >> Thanks for all the positive support everyone!
                >>
                >> We should be able to move this reply-all to a real mailing list by  
                >> tomorrow, it'll be available at http://lists.open311.org.  Shortly  
                >> there will also be a mediawiki instance at wiki.open311.org and a  
                >> wordpress instance up at www.open311.org that we can share to  
                >> communicate Open311 developments.
                >>
                >> I'll be sure to keep everyone posted.
                >>
                >> Thanks,
                >> Phil
                >>
                >> John Geraci wrote:
                >>>
                >>> I think a brainstorming session would be good, Matt.  Or some sort  
                >>> of small and informal "summit".  A few years ago I went to a  
                >>> similar Open Gov summit organized by Carl Malamud, and some really  
                >>> good, lasting ideas came out of it.  Seems like the time could be  
                >>> right for a similar meeting of minds around an Open 311.
                >>>
                >>> Happy to help out however I can on this.
                >>>
                >>> John
                >>> DIYcity
                >>>
                >>>
                >>>
                >>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Matt Cooperrider <mattcooperrider@... 
                >>> > wrote:
                >>> Hi All,
                >>>
                >>> I'm glad to be a part of this too, and to see that someone is  
                >>> taking the lead.  I can help with the community-building piece.   
                >>> Would it make sense to have an open brainstorm/workshop in the  
                >>> near future?
                >>>
                >>> Matt
                >>> p.s. I'm the OpenGovNYC meetup organizer
                >>>
                >>>
                >>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Tom Steinberg <tom@...>  
                >>> wrote:
                >>> Hi guys,
                >>>
                >>> Glad to be CCed with you all. Let me know if mySociety can help.
                >>>
                >>> Tom
                >>>
                >>> 2009/6/10 Ben Berkowitz <ben@...>:
                >>> > This is excellent Philip.
                >>> > We have been thinking about this a lot recently and are excited  
                >>> to work with
                >>> > all of you to create a standard.
                >>> > Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help with  
                >>> creation of
                >>> > the site.
                >>> > -Ben
                >>> >
                >>> >
                >>> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Peter Corbett <peter@... 
                >>> >
                >>> > wrote:
                >>> >>
                >>> >> Of course I'm happy to help were I can as well.  As you may  
                >>> know, Dmitry
                >>> >> and I have been working ardently on Apps for Democracy  
                >>> "Community Edition"
                >>> >> which is focused on application development that uses DC's 311  
                >>> API (Ben is a
                >>> >> participant in that as well).
                >>> >> Just let me know what you need and I'll do what I can :)
                >>> >> Peter Corbett
                >>> >> CEO
                >>> >> iStrategyLabs
                >>> >> Cell: 917.748.3595
                >>> >> peter@...
                >>> >> http://www.istrategylabs.com
                >>> >> http://www.twitter.com/corbett30000
                >>> >> Interactive Strategy. Experiential Marketing. Content Creation
                >>> >> On Jun 9, 2009, at 9:41 PM, Dmitry Kachaev wrote:
                >>> >>
                >>> >> Honored to be on the same list with such great folks!
                >>> >> I sounds like a great time to start consolidation various open  
                >>> 311
                >>> >> efforts. I was about to approach Sunlight Labs to start  
                >>> something like this.
                >>> >> I know that my perspective is a bit different, since I'm on  
                >>> government
                >>> >> side, but still I really want to contribute to such initiative.  
                >>> I see that
                >>> >> such standardized open 311 with open implementations will lower  
                >>> barrier of
                >>> >> entry for governments to open their 311 systems or even build  
                >>> new ones for
                >>> >> jurisdictions that are missing such services. Greatest benefits  
                >>> for
                >>> >> government such as DC will be distributed effort on creation of  
                >>> 311 software
                >>> >> (at least citizen facing part of it).
                >>> >> I willing to contribute by sharing DC experience to the very  
                >>> detail. How
                >>> >> do we start?
                >>> >> -Dmitry (@kachok)
                >>> >> Disclaimer: I run OCTO Labs (@octolabs), technology innovation  
                >>> group in DC
                >>> >> Government.
                >>> >> Dmitry Kachaev
                >>> >> cell    - (703) 477-6072
                >>> >> email - dmitry.kachaev@...
                >>> >>
                >>> >>
                >>> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Philip Ashlock <phil@... 
                >>> > wrote:
                >>> >>>
                >>> >>> Hello all you pioneers of open civic technology!
                >>> >>>
                >>> >>> At some point or another I've met just about all of you,  
                >>> though it's been
                >>> >>> a while for some and sometimes I mix all the different camps  
                >>> up (FOOCamp,
                >>> >>> TransparencyCamp, DIYCity, OpenGovNYC, etc).
                >>> >>>
                >>> >>> In any case, I figure it's about time we try to unify the  
                >>> somewhat
                >>> >>> scattered venture of establishing a standardized open 311  
                >>> system by
                >>> >>> establishing a canonical website and working group.  A couple  
                >>> years back,
                >>> >>> someone here at The Open Planning Project registered  
                >>> Open311.org, but thus
                >>> >>> far it's gone unused.  I've now been provided the time to help  
                >>> setup a
                >>> >>> website at your collective direction to focus the efforts of  
                >>> an open 311
                >>> >>> system.  This would be a site to continue to hammer out the  
                >>> Open311 API and
                >>> >>> clearly document it's use as has been done by OCTO Labs. It  
                >>> would be a place
                >>> >>> to develop data policies as was begun at the OpenGov NYC  
                >>> meetups. It would
                >>> >>> be a site to house mailing lists that'd continue to cultivate  
                >>> discussions
                >>> >>> like the one that has gone on through the DIYCity site.  
                >>> Furthermore, it'd be
                >>> >>> the place to blog and discuss potential (eg letters to  
                >>> Bloomberg) and
                >>> >>> promote integrations and implementations like the ones coming  
                >>> out of the
                >>> >>> Apps for Democracy contest and existing systems like  
                >>> FixMyStreet,
                >>> >>> SeeClickFix, and TOPP Labs' emerging implementation built on  
                >>> the Trac bug
                >>> >>> tracking system.
                >>> >>>
                >>> >>> Does this seem like a good idea to anyone? If desired, we  
                >>> could break
                >>> >>> down the site into different subdomains (api.open311.org,  
                >>> wiki.open311.org,
                >>> >>> lists.open311.org, blog.open311.org, etc) and have them  
                >>> managed by different
                >>> >>> folks. I'm not entirely sure how it'd make sense to best  
                >>> orchestrate this,
                >>> >>> but I thought I'd get the conversation going, so please let me  
                >>> know what you
                >>> >>> think.
                >>> >>>
                >>> >>> Thanks,
                >>> >>> Philip Ashlock
                >>> >>>
                >>> >>
                >>> >>
                >>> >
                >>> >
                >>> >
                >>> > --
                >>> > Have you seen my new startup for social good? SeeClickFix
                >>> > (www.seeclickfix.com) Check it out and report an issue in your  
                >>> neighborhood.
                >>> > Power to the Community.
                >>> >
                >>> >
                >>>
                >>>
                >>>
                >>> -- 
                >>> http://mudball.net - get your awesome out
                >>> http://mattcoop.com - about me
                >>>
                >
                > --
                > Nick Grossman
                > The Open Planning Project -- http://theopenplanningproject.org
                > nickyg@... | tweets @nickgrossman | (917) 388-9040
                >
                >
                >
                >
                >
                >
                
                
                
                • From: Nick Grossman

                  Subject: Re: Open311.org

                  Date: Jun 11, 2009 11:18 AM

                  Very cool.  We'll see you at ParticipationCamp as well.  Can't wait to  
                  see what else comes in through the app contest.
                  
                  Nick
                  
                  On Jun 10, 2009, at 7:52 PM, Peter Corbett wrote:
                  
                  > I'm going to try to make it to Participation camp (just sponsored)  
                  > and can't make it to PDF due to another conference in DC I have to  
                  > be a part of.
                  >
                  > FYI, we just announced the first round winners of Apps for Democracy  
                  > "Community Edition" and there are some interesting approaches to  
                  > using DC's Open 311 API. These are rough apps with two more rounds  
                  > to go prior to completion: check them out here http://bit.ly/apps091.
                  >
                  > P
                  >
                  >
                  >
                  > Peter Corbett
                  > CEO
                  > iStrategyLabs
                  > Cell: 917.748.3595
                  > peter@...
                  > http://www.istrategylabs.com
                  > http://www.twitter.com/corbett30000
                  >
                  > Interactive Strategy. Experiential Marketing. Content Creation
                  >
                  > On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:46 PM, Nick Grossman wrote:
                  >
                  >> Thanks Phil and hello everyone,
                  >>
                  >> I'm looking forward to working on this -- the timing is certainly  
                  >> right with all events, tools, and media attention around 311 right  
                  >> now, as Phil described.
                  >>
                  >> Nick
                  >> (Director, TOPP Labs)
                  >>
                  >> On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Philip Ashlock wrote:
                  >>
                  >>> Thanks for all the positive support everyone!
                  >>>
                  >>> We should be able to move this reply-all to a real mailing list by  
                  >>> tomorrow, it'll be available at http://lists.open311.org.  Shortly  
                  >>> there will also be a mediawiki instance at wiki.open311.org and a  
                  >>> wordpress instance up at www.open311.org that we can share to  
                  >>> communicate Open311 developments.
                  >>>
                  >>> I'll be sure to keep everyone posted.
                  >>>
                  >>> Thanks,
                  >>> Phil
                  >>>
                  >>> John Geraci wrote:
                  >>>>
                  >>>> I think a brainstorming session would be good, Matt.  Or some  
                  >>>> sort of small and informal "summit".  A few years ago I went to a  
                  >>>> similar Open Gov summit organized by Carl Malamud, and some  
                  >>>> really good, lasting ideas came out of it.  Seems like the time  
                  >>>> could be right for a similar meeting of minds around an Open 311.
                  >>>>
                  >>>> Happy to help out however I can on this.
                  >>>>
                  >>>> John
                  >>>> DIYcity
                  >>>>
                  >>>>
                  >>>>
                  >>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Matt Cooperrider <mattcooperrider@... 
                  >>>> > wrote:
                  >>>> Hi All,
                  >>>>
                  >>>> I'm glad to be a part of this too, and to see that someone is  
                  >>>> taking the lead.  I can help with the community-building piece.   
                  >>>> Would it make sense to have an open brainstorm/workshop in the  
                  >>>> near future?
                  >>>>
                  >>>> Matt
                  >>>> p.s. I'm the OpenGovNYC meetup organizer
                  >>>>
                  >>>>
                  >>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Tom Steinberg  
                  >>>> <tom@...> wrote:
                  >>>> Hi guys,
                  >>>>
                  >>>> Glad to be CCed with you all. Let me know if mySociety can help.
                  >>>>
                  >>>> Tom
                  >>>>
                  >>>> 2009/6/10 Ben Berkowitz <ben@...>:
                  >>>> > This is excellent Philip.
                  >>>> > We have been thinking about this a lot recently and are excited  
                  >>>> to work with
                  >>>> > all of you to create a standard.
                  >>>> > Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help with  
                  >>>> creation of
                  >>>> > the site.
                  >>>> > -Ben
                  >>>> >
                  >>>> >
                  >>>> > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Peter Corbett <peter@... 
                  >>>> >
                  >>>> > wrote:
                  >>>> >>
                  >>>> >> Of course I'm happy to help were I can as well.  As you may  
                  >>>> know, Dmitry
                  >>>> >> and I have been working ardently on Apps for Democracy  
                  >>>> "Community Edition"
                  >>>> >> which is focused on application development that uses DC's 311  
                  >>>> API (Ben is a
                  >>>> >> participant in that as well).
                  >>>> >> Just let me know what you need and I'll do what I can :)
                  >>>> >> Peter Corbett
                  >>>> >> CEO
                  >>>> >> iStrategyLabs
                  >>>> >> Cell: 917.748.3595
                  >>>> >> peter@...
                  >>>> >> http://www.istrategylabs.com
                  >>>> >> http://www.twitter.com/corbett30000
                  >>>> >> Interactive Strategy. Experiential Marketing. Content Creation
                  >>>> >> On Jun 9, 2009, at 9:41 PM, Dmitry Kachaev wrote:
                  >>>> >>
                  >>>> >> Honored to be on the same list with such great folks!
                  >>>> >> I sounds like a great time to start consolidation various open  
                  >>>> 311
                  >>>> >> efforts. I was about to approach Sunlight Labs to start  
                  >>>> something like this.
                  >>>> >> I know that my perspective is a bit different, since I'm on  
                  >>>> government
                  >>>> >> side, but still I really want to contribute to such  
                  >>>> initiative. I see that
                  >>>> >> such standardized open 311 with open implementations will  
                  >>>> lower barrier of
                  >>>> >> entry for governments to open their 311 systems or even build  
                  >>>> new ones for
                  >>>> >> jurisdictions that are missing such services. Greatest  
                  >>>> benefits for
                  >>>> >> government such as DC will be distributed effort on creation  
                  >>>> of 311 software
                  >>>> >> (at least citizen facing part of it).
                  >>>> >> I willing to contribute by sharing DC experience to the very  
                  >>>> detail. How
                  >>>> >> do we start?
                  >>>> >> -Dmitry (@kachok)
                  >>>> >> Disclaimer: I run OCTO Labs (@octolabs), technology innovation  
                  >>>> group in DC
                  >>>> >> Government.
                  >>>> >> Dmitry Kachaev
                  >>>> >> cell    - (703) 477-6072
                  >>>> >> email - dmitry.kachaev@...
                  >>>> >>
                  >>>> >>
                  >>>> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Philip Ashlock <phil@... 
                  >>>> > wrote:
                  >>>> >>>
                  >>>> >>> Hello all you pioneers of open civic technology!
                  >>>> >>>
                  >>>> >>> At some point or another I've met just about all of you,  
                  >>>> though it's been
                  >>>> >>> a while for some and sometimes I mix all the different camps  
                  >>>> up (FOOCamp,
                  >>>> >>> TransparencyCamp, DIYCity, OpenGovNYC, etc).
                  >>>> >>>
                  >>>> >>> In any case, I figure it's about time we try to unify the  
                  >>>> somewhat
                  >>>> >>> scattered venture of establishing a standardized open 311  
                  >>>> system by
                  >>>> >>> establishing a canonical website and working group.  A couple  
                  >>>> years back,
                  >>>> >>> someone here at The Open Planning Project registered  
                  >>>> Open311.org, but thus
                  >>>> >>> far it's gone unused.  I've now been provided the time to  
                  >>>> help setup a
                  >>>> >>> website at your collective direction to focus the efforts of  
                  >>>> an open 311
                  >>>> >>> system.  This would be a site to continue to hammer out the  
                  >>>> Open311 API and
                  >>>> >>> clearly document it's use as has been done by OCTO Labs. It  
                  >>>> would be a place
                  >>>> >>> to develop data policies as was begun at the OpenGov NYC  
                  >>>> meetups. It would
                  >>>> >>> be a site to house mailing lists that'd continue to cultivate  
                  >>>> discussions
                  >>>> >>> like the one that has gone on through the DIYCity site.  
                  >>>> Furthermore, it'd be
                  >>>> >>> the place to blog and discuss potential (eg letters to  
                  >>>> Bloomberg) and
                  >>>> >>> promote integrations and implementations like the ones coming  
                  >>>> out of the
                  >>>> >>> Apps for Democracy contest and existing systems like  
                  >>>> FixMyStreet,
                  >>>> >>> SeeClickFix, and TOPP Labs' emerging implementation built on  
                  >>>> the Trac bug
                  >>>> >>> tracking system.
                  >>>> >>>
                  >>>> >>> Does this seem like a good idea to anyone? If desired, we  
                  >>>> could break
                  >>>> >>> down the site into different subdomains (api.open311.org,  
                  >>>> wiki.open311.org,
                  >>>> >>> lists.open311.org, blog.open311.org, etc) and have them  
                  >>>> managed by different
                  >>>> >>> folks. I'm not entirely sure how it'd make sense to best  
                  >>>> orchestrate this,
                  >>>> >>> but I thought I'd get the conversation going, so please let  
                  >>>> me know what you
                  >>>> >>> think.
                  >>>> >>>
                  >>>> >>> Thanks,
                  >>>> >>> Philip Ashlock
                  >>>> >>>
                  >>>> >>
                  >>>> >>
                  >>>> >
                  >>>> >
                  >>>> >
                  >>>> > --
                  >>>> > Have you seen my new startup for social good? SeeClickFix
                  >>>> > (www.seeclickfix.com) Check it out and report an issue in your  
                  >>>> neighborhood.
                  >>>> > Power to the Community.
                  >>>> >
                  >>>> >
                  >>>>
                  >>>>
                  >>>>
                  >>>> -- 
                  >>>> http://mudball.net - get your awesome out
                  >>>> http://mattcoop.com - about me
                  >>>>
                  >>
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