NOTE: Please RSVP using the link below.

Recently the Portland Development Commission conducted a web-based interview to explore ways to increase the competitive advantages of our software industry. We would like to invite you to a meeting to discuss the results of this interview.

When: Wednesday, May 26th from 4:30 to 6:30 Where: Wieden + Kennedy (224 Northwest 13th Avenue, Portland OR 97209-2977)

The web-based interview revealed 4 critical areas that are impacting the success of our region's software professionals.

• Education
• Investment
• Political Engagement
• Taxes & Fees

The goal of the meeting will be to vet the ideas shared in this dialog and brainstorm other ways for the PDC to help address these issues.

Based on the results of this meeting, we will go out to the larger community with a second web-based interview to make sure that we're giving the PDC advice that reflects the entire region.

To register for the meeting: http://pdc.cmail1.com/t/y/l/bfml/oiujrttuj/y

A gathering of people in the Portland area interested in Open Government, Gov 2.0, and ways that technology may expand and improve civic engagement. All are welcome!

Meet and compare notes with others interested in open government. Sarah Schacht, Director of Knowledge as Power, will speak on international standards for sharing government documents in a computer-readable format and the movement to get government documents speaking in the same tagged language.

This is a 21+ event, with free wine, beer, and appetizers for attendees.

Join us for our monthly gathering to develop and discuss new open source tools to enhance online civic participation.

We're planning to continue these Meetups on the second Thursday of each month. Hope you can make it!

RSVP via http://www.meetup.com/DemocracyLab/events/80158422/

Questions? [email protected]

Join us for our monthly gathering to develop and discuss new open source tools to enhance online civic participation.

We're planning to continue these Meetups on the second Thursday of each month. Hope you can make it!

RSVP via http://www.meetup.com/DemocracyLab/events/dfgfldyqpblb/

Questions? [email protected]

Join us for our monthly gathering to develop and discuss new open source tools to enhance online civic participation.

We're planning to continue these Meetups on the second Thursday of each month. Hope you can make it!

RSVP via http://www.meetup.com/DemocracyLab/events/90485692/

Questions? [email protected]

Join us for our monthly gathering to develop and discuss new open source tools to enhance online civic participation.

We're planning to continue these Meetups on the second Thursday of each month. Hope you can make it!

RSVP via http://www.meetup.com/DemocracyLab/events/98877922/

Questions? [email protected]

Join us for our monthly gathering to develop and discuss new open source tools to enhance online civic participation.

We're planning to continue these Meetups on the second Thursday of each month. Hope you can make it!

RSVP via http://www.meetup.com/DemocracyLab/events/dfgfldyrfbsb/

Questions? [email protected]

Our National Day of Civic Hacking event went great and we've got some fantastic groups working on projects together now. Come work on an existing project or bring your own!

Schedule

• 6:30-6:45: Pizza (Sizzle Pie) arrives. Time for participants to arrive, socialize, and eat.
• 6:45-7:00: Group introductions, announcements from participants & organizers.
• 7:00-8:30: Hacking! Project teams break out to work. New participants can join teams, circulate, or seek out organizers for orientation (Nate (G. or W.), Erica, or Mele).
• 8:30+: Everyone reconvenes and shares reactions and progress made over the last two hours. Show and tell if time/resources allow it. Thank you and goodnight!
• Optional Happy Hour for stragglers after everything's wrapped up :)

Please RSVP!

Please RSVP so that we know how much pizza we'll need!

Civic Heroes of all types welcome!

This event is for coders and non-coders alike -- as long as you're interested in making government more transparent and building interesting things for our city, you're more than welcome!

Bring a laptop if you intend on getting some hands-on hacking done (it’s ok if you can’t).

There Will Be Pizza!

Pizza!!! We'll be getting some 'za from Sizzle Pie, so there will be vegan and vegetarian options.

If you have something you'd like to work on or are excited about for the social and civic good, let us know via the meetup or at the hack night itself. We are growing our initiative and the energy comes from the community.

Time for another Code for Portland hack night! Join us to work on civic hacking projects for a better Portland! Bring projects, ideas, laptops, data, and friends.

Please note this month our hack night is at NORTH (1515 NW 19th Ave), NOT the Esri office.

Code of Conduct

http://www.codeforportland.org/code-of-conduct/

Code for Portland has a Code of Conduct! Please always be respectful and help us keep our events welcoming, positive, productive environments for everyone.

Schedule

• 6:00-6:20 -- Participants arrive and socialize.
• 6:20-6:30 -- Introductions, announcements from organizers & project leads.
• 6:30-8:30 -- Hacking! Project teams break out to work. New participants can join teams, circulate, form discussion groups, or seek out organizers for orientation (Nate G., Erica, Nate W., or Mele).
• ~7:00 -- Pizza arrives.
• 8:30+ -- Everyone reconvenes and shares reactions and progress made over the last two hours. Show and tell if time/resources allow it. Thank you and goodnight!

Optional Happy Hour for stragglers after everything's wrapped up.

Please RSVP on our meetup group so that we know how much pizza we'll need! http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-Portland/events/201351812/

Civic Heroes of all types welcome! This event is for coders and non-coders alike -- as long as you're interested in making government more transparent and building interesting things for our city, you're more than welcome!

Bring a laptop if you intend on getting some hands-on hacking done (it’s ok if you can’t but it definitely helps to have one).

There will be pizza! We'll be getting some 'za from Sizzle Pie, so there will be vegan and vegetarian options.

Active Projects:

• OpenTrails projects - TrailEditor & PDX Trails - two projects using the new trail data standard Code for America is working on.
• Behind the Curtain - Campaign Finance visualization project from HackOregon.
• BallotPath - Help people find out who their representatives are and how they can run.
• Code for Portland Brigade Site - help build a brigade site for welcoming new members, managing projects and events, and publishing articles that can be used by other brigades across the country too.
• US City Open Data Census - help build an inventory of our city's open data - http://us-city.census.okfn.org.

If you have something you'd like to work on or are excited about, please let us know via the meetup or at the hack night itself. We are growing our initiative and the energy comes from the community.