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Hacks/Hackers PDX April Meetup

Elemental Technologies
225 SW Broadway, Suite 600
Portland, OR 97205, US (map)

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Doors to the lobby are locked at 5pm. Check with event organizer for access information.

Someone will be monitoring the door so you can be let in!

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• 6:30 - 7:00: Networking


• 7:00 - 7:15: Ed Borasky will give a wrap-up of the most interesting projects shown at the NICAR 2014 conference in Baltimore.

• 7:15 - 7:45: Catherine Nikolovski of Hack Oregon will talk about mining and visualizing the ORESTAR campaign finance database. She'll also talk about a new project called BallotPath, which will deliver a complete list of all elected officials, from school district up to Governor and Senator to a voter based on location.

• 7:45 - ??: Hands-on tool gathering. Bring your laptop, and an 8 GB or bigger USB stick (or writable DVD if you must). Ed will have copies of OSGeo Live, Tails, and of course CompJournoStick.

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