Akron Civic Hackaton 2015

June 6, 2015

#hackforchange

Akron's Third Annual

Civic Hacking Celebration

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Thanks!

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You Rock!

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Introductions

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OSC Tech Lab

OSC Tech Lab is a platform for creators. We provide a coworking space and services necessary for Akron's freelancers and startups to flourish.

Organized by:

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syn/HAK

synHAK is Akron's 501(c) (3) charitable makerspace: a community-operated place where people can meet and work on their projects.

Organized by:

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coffee and code

A digital consultancy creating amazing success stories with our clients. We spend our time learning about the web so you don't have to.

Organized by:

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whiskey bits

Providing solutions to non-trivial technical problems businesses may have since 2010.

Organized by:

whiskey bits

Our President issues an Executive Order

May 9, 2013

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National Day of Civic Hacking

National Day of Civic Hacking is a call to action for anyone who wants to make a positive impact on their town, city, and country.

Source: White House

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National Day of Civic Hacking

http://www.hackforchange.org

Year 1:     January 1-3, 2013

Year 2: May 31-June1, 2014

Year 3:              June 1, 2015

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Code for America

Code for America is a 501 (c) (3) organization that believes government can work for the people, by the people in the 21st century, builds open source technology and organizes a network of people dedicated to making government services simple, effective, and easy to use.

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Code for America

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Mission:

  • Document and generate awareness of as many challenges our civic leaders have that can be shared with volunteer software and hardware engineers.
  • Host events related to civic hacking in downtown Akron to promote active participation and conversations among our civic leaders and volunteer civic hackers.

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Civic Leader:

(noun) A Community leader working to serve citizens of a specific region.

Example:

  • Mayors
  • Fire Chiefs
  • Leaders of non-profits
  • Council members
  • etc.

 

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Civic Hacker:

(noun) Civic Hacker is an individual that acknowledges that there are many civic challenges our civic leaders have, and are willing to volunteer their time and skills to be part of the solution.

Examples:

  • Citizens
  • Software developers
  • Designers
  • Urban planners
  • etc

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Local Challenges

  • Coventry Fire Department Hydrants Mapping
  • LocalWiki - Akron and Summit County
  • CharityPins

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Local Challenges: CFD Hydrants

Firemen did not have access to hydrant locations on their fire trucks.

 

Status: They have one way to get the information

cfdhydrants.akroncivichackathon.org

 

Gaps: Its a webpage, not a webapp; And its slow

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Local Challenges: LocalWiki

LocalWiki is a grassroots effort to collect, share and open the world's local knowledge. It doesn't have much local knowledge about Akron or Summit County

 

Status: Has 600 locations worth of data (mapped too!)

 

Gaps: Needs more information, preferably tagged semantically

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Local Challenges: CharityPins

Map all charities that can accept donations to increase communication between them and the community

 

Status: IRS Data is available

 

Gaps: Need to geo-locate and map charities

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Local Data

Summit County Board of Elections

Summit County Engineer’s Office

County of Summit Economic Development Department

Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study

Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program

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NationalChallenges

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8a-10a:

  • Introductions, breakfast
  • Discuss all challenges
  • Decide which challenges to work on

10a-Noon:

  • Break out into groups and work on challenges

Noon-1p:

  • Lunch break

1p-4p:

  • Continue working on challenges

4p-5p:

  • Retrospective, Status Updates

Agenda

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By Organizers Akron Civic Hackathon

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Akron Civic Hackathon 2015 event slides. More info here: https://akroncivichackathon.wordpress.com/akron-civic-hackathon-2015/

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