Civic Hacknight #491: Civic Dashboard - Turning Passion Into Action By Making Council Accessible To All
Ready to join in on the fun?
Topic:
Civic Dashboard - Turning Passion Into Action By Making Council Accessible To All
It shouldn't take 3 hours and a political science degree to understand City Council and how to meaningfully engage with it.
Civic Dashboard (civicdashboard.ca) is a 100% volunteer-run effort to make it take a few minutes, make Toronto the most people-powered version of itself, and have fun doing it!
Understand how Council works, see your councillor's voting record, get alerts whenever an item relevant to you is coming up, and take meaningful action with 1 click - and we're just getting started 😁
Speaker:
The Civic Dashboard team is made up of over 35 (and growing!) volunteers who care deeply about the present and future of Toronto's democracy. We are user researchers, policy experts, programmers, designers, illustrators, project/product managers, and all kinds of engaged Torontonians at home and abroad. We're also pretty easy to join, fun to hang out with, and exceptionally good looking!
Entry Note:
Please note, in-person attendees will need to go through a metal detector, and have their bags searched. Sharp tools or knives will not be permitted.
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct:
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:
https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Come and be part of it!
For more info:
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Ready to join in on the fun?
Platform Sponsors
Torc is a community-first platform bringing together remote-first software engineer and developer opportunities from across the globe. Join a network that’s all about connection, collaboration, and finding your next big move — together.
Join our community today!
Don't let broken lines of code, busted API calls, and crashes ruin your app. Join the 4M developers and 90K organizations who consider Sentry “not bad” when it comes to application monitoring. Use code “guild” for 3 free months of the team plan.
https://sentry.io
Civic Hacknight #491: Civic Dashboard - Turning Passion Into Action By Making Council Accessible To All
Topic:
Civic Dashboard - Turning Passion Into Action By Making Council Accessible To All
It shouldn't take 3 hours and a political science degree to understand City Council and how to meaningfully engage with it.
Civic Dashboard (civicdashboard.ca) is a 100% volunteer-run effort to make it take a few minutes, make Toronto the most people-powered version of itself, and have fun doing it!
Understand how Council works, see your councillor's voting record, get alerts whenever an item relevant to you is coming up, and take meaningful action with 1 click - and we're just getting started 😁
Speaker:
The Civic Dashboard team is made up of over 35 (and growing!) volunteers who care deeply about the present and future of Toronto's democracy. We are user researchers, policy experts, programmers, designers, illustrators, project/product managers, and all kinds of engaged Torontonians at home and abroad. We're also pretty easy to join, fun to hang out with, and exceptionally good looking!
Entry Note:
Please note, in-person attendees will need to go through a metal detector, and have their bags searched. Sharp tools or knives will not be permitted.
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct:
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:
https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Come and be part of it!
For more info:
Get in touch!
hi@guild.host