From: philipashlock

Subject: Open311 over the summer

Date: Sep 29, 2009 11:29 AM

I know this list has been pretty quiet, but if you follow the blog 
you'll see that much is abuzz with Open311. The blog has updates 
mentioning all of the different apps, services, and cities 
<http://open311.org/2009/09/the-summer-of-311-apps/> that are providing 
311 in a more transparent and participatory way. At the O'Reilly Gov 2.0 
conference open 311 and related ideas received a fair amount of 
attention 
<http://open311.org/2009/09/open-311-at-the-gov-20-expo-and-summit/>, 
not just with talks specifically focused on the subject, but even woven 
into other things like discussing twitter and platforms on the web.  In 
part because of the attention this effort has received, I've recently 
tried to clarify that Open311 aims to serve as a standardized 
specification for an open platform 
<http://open311.org/2009/09/open311-is-a-specification-for-an-open-platform/>. 
Just a few days ago, the final list for Google's Project 10^100 helped 
to show how important this all is 
<http://open311.org/2009/09/create-real-world-issue-reporting-system/> 
by mentioning civic issue tracking in 2 out of 16 proposals narrowed 
down from 150,000 spanning 172 countries.

I'd love to bring some chatter back to this list with your feedback on 
these updates or questions you might have about where this is all going.

I hope everyone had a wonderful summer and is recharged and ready to 
collaborate on building more vibrant and engaged communities for all.  
Also, I think it would be useful if everyone could take a moment to 
quickly introduce themselves and mention what they would like to see 
come out of this effort. I'll go ahead and start a fresh thread for that.

-Phil

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Philip Ashlock
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