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2017-08-08
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i must go get food and coffee. i’ll be joining up again in 10-15
@itsmisscs fancy seeing you here 
tehehe 
hahahaha. Nyan cat!!!
@darshana Still very much in progress with layout but wanted to give you something to take a look through. If this early of a state isn’t helpful, let me know.
concerned-smoke.surge.sh
Talk to NYC is working to introduce tools that will forge a stronger connection between NYC citizens and city decision makers.
Mobile/small screen is probably the better view for now.
It is helpful. I’ll change some of the content wording and ordering to make it work better
are the pictures stop-gap?
also, let’s have taking and making a survey match up in layout? maybe flip the picture/text order to add some contrast?
haven’t added images yet
i will get to that
also also, I think the steps to take a survey should go on another page
I like our usual cyber democracy image for the top one
not sure if we have credit for that…
as a public project we can’t use images without permission
for now, focus on content. i’ll get another version with images and links over to you
let’s write to artist and maybe he gives up permission?
go for it 🙂
cool
i endorse this plan 👍🏾
saw the layout suggestions?
for the taking a survey and making a survey parts?
i feel like i’ve missed something
where?
the taking a survey and making a survey bits look different
in layout
i don’t remember but i’m also not done with layout yet 😉
the second part still undone?
yes
ah cool
that makes sense
i just wanted to get it to you for content review
yep
went through the content and fixed some things
the changes are *the underlined bold* parts
awesome.
there are the tampons mitra ate
in her vomit
i am confused about L47…the take a survey portion. you’ll notice that i started to move content that’s linking out to a new pad.
can you move the take a survey content that you envison on a new page to either a new pad or https://pad.riseup.net/p/take-polis-survey?
thank you! i will update the prototype accordingly
if you could do that for the reminder of that page, would be great. i’m not entirely sure i capture the content correctly.
hey. I’m back
you mean, take a survey and make a survey instructions??
L47 in which pad?
i am having a hard time parsing what goes on the homepage and what’s another page
so if you could move new page content to another pad or use https://pol.is/createuser, would be helpful
sure. I’ll spit into home page and the rest
🙏🏾 danke
🙂
how does this look?
👍🏾
are these all the other pages then: https://pad.riseup.net/p/take-polis-survey?
seems to be missing privacy
wait, I’m confused now. don’t each of those sections lead to another page? One for each section? The pad you sent doesn’t have most of the content stuff in there.
how do you want me to organize content for ease? Each header will have a content page is what I thought
maybe we can make a site map quickly?
i moved content out that represents pages into a separate pad because it was hard to distinguish
site map sounds good
Also, some of that text can be swapped with the screenshot instructions
that’s not as advisable
better to have text for accessibility and search engines
both text and screenshot instrcutions?
cool
also, email to photographer of the NYC pic we like so much…
Dear Mr. Laforet,
We are huge fans of your work and would like to use one of your night over New York images on our website.
The website is for our non-commercial project, Talk to NYC, through which we are working to forge a stronger connection between NYC citizens and city decision makers by the introduction of participatory democracy tools into NYC governance.
Most happy to point you to the website and share any other details you would like to hear about.
Looking forward to hearing from you. Hoping you will consent to the use of your image.
Thanks!
Talk to NYC team, Darshana and Claudina
We are huge fans of your work and would like to use one of your night over New York images on our website.
The website is for our non-commercial project, Talk to NYC, through which we are working to forge a stronger connection between NYC citizens and city decision makers by the introduction of participatory democracy tools into NYC governance.
Most happy to point you to the website and share any other details you would like to hear about.
Looking forward to hearing from you. Hoping you will consent to the use of your image.
Thanks!
Talk to NYC team, Darshana and Claudina
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great. will send now. he has contact form on this website
excellent
i must take the dog out. i should also consider some food….meh
car situation is a bummer…probably going to rent a car to get back to nyc for a few days then come back to pick up the car here
I braved the rain
mostly for my addiction
but air was good
ping when you are back
not raining here….just very limited options within walking distance
and now it is getting dark due to my delay…
saw Erin’s email? The one I sent you??
Let’s give a talk there?
rituals lol
sure
another erin
no shortage of staff
taking the pup for a walk and my soul for a stroll
reminder — we should add our bios to the website
Morning, updated http://concerned-smoke.surge.sh/. Top menu and footer are not done. Adding photos this AM. Will be ready to go first thing tomorrow, realistically if we don’t want to send things out late tonight
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Talk to NYC is working to introduce tools that will forge a stronger connection between NYC citizens and city decision makers.
I can send off all the emails early morning.
Tried to push through last night and had to get some sleep. Bunch of car errands and needed to take mitra on a long walk.
Sorry this is delayed 😞 Between not feeling well and pol.is mocks my schedule got pushed out
Morning! Stand up?
si si
will call you from DM channel since we can’t start one here
we will have to move to another service if other folks want to join standup. bummer
✅ standup 🙌🏾
@darshana : a grid like this with each survey. an icon and name…clicking it takes folks to survey page. i say we embed the polis surveys on talkto
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agree!!
ah! what one is that?
2017-08-09
boogie penguin 😄
excellent
@darshana event tonight https://civichall.org/events/reboot-citizen-engagement/
Civic Hall
Reboot Democracy brings together innovators in the technological and political spheres, helps them connect with each other, and supports their development of tools that will revolutionize our democratic system.
I wish I was in town
I will go! This is good
RSVP’ed for the event. We will have the website by then, that will be good!!
think I should try to get a talk in?
can’t hurt, right?
can’t hurt!
we can def have a solid homepage up. and decent looking interior pages
@darshana couple things for future
for screenshots: we need to share a folder, zip, or put them on trello card. it is impossible to pull images from google slides :stuck_out_tongue:
damn! ok. we will do this differently
also, i highly highly recommend evernote clip functionality. over mac’s screenshot capture
i’ll take a couple shots of what i think could work in each of those
cool! I’ll keep that in mind
i wish we had more engaging illustrations but we will make due
all good 🙂 figuring out what tools work best
also thinking it would be good to have a short blurb under “Understanding the people in order to make more effective decisions.” headline
something like “From government officials to city planners…”
state whom the tool is for
and the more i read those boxes the more i think we could combine the content…there are two for templates that can be combined
I don’t want to dictate who uses it but get your point for sure
How about…
A working nervous system for society. Crowdsourcing information in order to make effective decisions.
Soon after that they see ‘get started on your own survey’
between those two points it should be clear
sending icons your way..
crowdsourcing — https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=crowdsourcing&i=27466
thenounproject.com
participation — https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=participate&i=43181
connecting orgs — https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=connecting&i=951718
connecting option 2 — https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=connecting&i=41039
the about page — https://pad.riseup.net/p/website-about-page
I love “A working nervous system for society” but i don’t like it for copy on a site for people
’
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simple and clear and calling out some people that can benefit from making a survey feels good. we need to be inviting and open to all.
@darshana can about page also include aims of the project?
I really like what talkto.tw does
ah. will look
I like!!
for now because we dont’ have another site up, i’ll put in our bios but i’d love to see us move the page more in their direction
I will put something into that pad
cool 🙂
it’s good to have our bios. people will want to know who we are
emily got back to us
yup yup agreed…bios should move to the project site and company site eventually though.
> Hi Darshana,
I was forwarded your request and would love to learn more about what you’re working on!
What is the best way to learn more?
Best,
Emily
I was forwarded your request and would love to learn more about what you’re working on!
What is the best way to learn more?
Best,
Emily
Just saw!
whats to send? 🤔
when do you think website will be ready?
that’s a loaded question. i would not count on it. i’m getting screenshots now so homepage doesn’t look so bare
but still have lots of work on interior pages.
i was hoping to reduce that by including steps on homepage 😛
my intial idea was to have a single page site..scope has kinda grown, but in a good way 🙂
i would send links to our presentations
and say our site is launching this week
sounds good
I’m going to create a third presentation with bits of our 2. Will do and then send over. I think that will be good
also, will be nice for them to see a presentation since that is our request
image for Easy to Use. Open for Everyone?
*send over to you
depends. send me what you have in mind for one of the other sections in ‘take a survey’
I’ll riff off that 🙂
we dont have many options
help figuring them out or letting me know what you were thinking in terms of the screenshots you took would be helpful 🙂
i’m at a loss for most of these tbh
we can use a pic of pol.is visualization
yeah i have that
but there are 6
i’m going to change it up so the make section uses icons too.
was looking at talkto.taiwan for inspiration
thinking
…
my thoughts are: 3 images from polis in the take section
icons in make section and probably switch up formatting to be all in a row instead of stacked
the first 3 can use pol.is screenshots
for the make a survey, screenshot won’t really work
not of pol.is anyway
ya, exactly why let’s use icons
eventually the first four can be switched for images with an overlay. it’ll add a bit of depth and humaness to the site
ooo cute open data icon
lol buzzword icon collection from Duke uni
I know!! the open data one is so cute
sending this presentation to Civic Hall
check it out?
if no time, that’s fine. I’ll send away
It’s just a combination of v-Taiwan stuff from first presentation and our work from the second
gives them a better picture I think
looking
looks great
made one edit on title slide…removed betanyc mention for now
looks goooooood
noice. pro slide maker
good catch
lol. shake and bake 😉
mention talkto.nyc?
or holding off?
*finges crossed* will be great if you can present!!
send me screenshot and I will add a slide
after our pol.is bit
or in the share data openly bit
we do have a media icon after all
thoughts for participation? https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=team&i=969506
the hands in a circle bit 🏕️
will be neat to make our own eventually and keep the pulse theme…so many desires. where’s the team hehe
not even a dash of Kumbaya???
😢
that is good!!
i like like
send me a screenshot for talktonyc, no?
I’ll put it in slides
sure let me put in the photo we like
cool 🙂
let me put this icon in!!!
which one…send me link
I’ll write out the aims so we can put that in speaker notes
let’s put that in connecting
wait that was for participating
does work better for connecting though.
and this one for participation
cool 🙂
i dig. thank you!!!
did you notice that talkto.tw uses our color scheme :heart_eyes_cat:
I ALWAYS notice the color pink
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picking an nyc photo from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_York_City for the safe side of things
commons.wikimedia.org 
similar ethos but open source for now
I like the night views better!
goes better with our pink theme
it isn’t as nice as the one we have 😞
send deck. i will get you a screenshot
I know 😞
to put in with time
but hopefully artist answers soon
I plan to hound him until he does
we NEED that image
it completes us <sigh>
you think this kind of talk will convince him?? He’ll probably hand it over just to get us off is back
the deck ^^
I’ve put in a blank slide for where I think it should go
I’m having some trouble with the aims in the about page. aren’t they the same as the points that we have up on the main page… crowdsourcing, participation etc..
question for us — what is the difference between g0vNYC and Talk to NYC
cause actually… g0VNYC is introducing tools and techniques to forge a stronger connection between NYC citizens and city decision makers.
Talk to NYC is making all of that public
thoughts??
g0vnyc is the project
talk to nyc is one of the tools/techniques
true
it’s a bit of a meta platform combing other platforms, like polis…but i see talk to nyc as a combo of a few things
g0VNYC is introducing tools and techniques to forge a stronger connection between NYC citizens and city decision makers.
^^ this is more the case no?
yes
talk to nyc is a platform
i had changed that in the hero of talkto.nyc
> A platform to forge a stronger connections between NYC citizens and city decision makers.
yeah!!
that works
maybe we mention g0vNYC in our about page
that this is part of a larger project
yes
talk to nyc is a channel
yup yup
cool
writing the about page
should i get `g0vnyc.us` for the project url?
not now, but soon by eow
that works!!
i still secretly love `cybersyn.nyc` as project name
maybe we publish something at cybersyn.nyc one day
that is giant umbrella — for everything
our longform piece about viable cit systems or something
You’re in!!!
Yay!!
Sweet 😄
Way to rock that 💃🏾
you have 5 minutes to talk 🤐
5 very special minutes 🍰
lol. I just saw this
haha 😉
will have to cram much into 5 minutes
will see
you can do it
DC was 1:40 more. 5 minutes is what i did at Eyeo
short and sweet. i think less about specific and more bang and splash
can we take a moment to thank twitter hehehe. i saw their tweet this am about the event
at the end of this we will be 1) pro slide makers; 2) pro short talk givers
i’m gonna tweet now about it…and tomorrow the first tweet from @talktonyc will be about the event.
oh my gosh. yeah. I’m so glad you have the twitter channel
would be sooo hard without it
🙂
make it SPLASH
ok. cig. some food and I’ll come back to the ‘about’ page
i’m also going to get some food. will be heading out in an hour or so for home
alright. we re-convene soon
must eats
High-level collaboration between hackers and the government helped Taiwan to become the darling of the global civic tech community. But projects like vTaiwan still struggle to scale up nation-wide, and increase their scope outside digital economy issues.
the about page —
the aims are redundant but more clearly spelled out
I looked at talkto.taiwan’s aims. as much as like the idea of having aims, having too many different aims floating around might be too confusing
what do you think about sea foam green with pink as accent
lady liberty as the theme
change everything to sea foam and green?
the website colors?
could work
@darshana http://concerned-smoke.surge.sh/
concerned-smoke.surge.sh
Talk to NYC is working to introduce tools that will forge a stronger connection between NYC citizens and city decision makers.
it isn’t DONE. The first section of boxes needs spacing work and footer is not done
but this is the latest content
and we can discuss
i think we need some content adjustments
will need to adjust some of the polis images too
for content — Humans do what they are good at - read text and express opinions.
You do what they are good at - find patterns and visualize the results
You do what they are good at - find patterns and visualize the results
this needs to be fixed….
You do what you are good at - read text and express opinions.
Computers do what they are good at - find patterns and visualize the results
Computers do what they are good at - find patterns and visualize the results
whoops
🙂
for color scheme… too much white in the beginning, no?
light coloring
redeployed
for the first bullet points would be nice to have ‘connecting organizations’ on the same line
yeah, i agree. those boxes need some color
have not done anything withe design
content looks good
well that’s all going to depend on your screen size 😉
it looks good but i think it can be better
do you have a chance to talk on the phone?
i was going to start walking home
I feel it would be easier to read if ‘Your Personal Opinion is What Counts’ was on right and picture to left
My attention is drawn to picture first and then moving to the left is not the usual eye movement
sure sure i can move those easily. those concern me less than content 😛
i find the content too pol.is centered and not enough on why someone should take the survey
i like the first two in that section
i left you some notes on the “Make a survey” section in the etherpad. this is the section i think we can improve a bit
or maybe we just add two more points so it is a 6 section area
i think adding a little module that displays some of the surveys people can take will help but i don’t want to add anything until the other pages are done. just tweak and adjust this so we feel good.
fixed the the content! good call on moving to the right
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i like how each section has a bit of a story. i feel that a short few sentences would help especially in the make section
Lots of CTA’s driving to sign up. In our case, I feel like “Taking” is the action we want to drive.
yeah. I think we need to add short motivation lines under the ‘Be heard this election’ and ‘Understand people’ parts
also, the second is…. A working nervous system for society. Understanding the people in order to make effective decisions.
personally, i find that it feels tooo above people
i love it but i doesn’t feel like copy for people
i also don’t see that translating well into other languages
yeah. I was thinking about this
when i think about the makes section i think about the architect i was talking to or nmass….why would these people make a survey…that’s the audience
it’s not for everyone, it’s for the digitally savvy
that’s a good question
like i think we could very well pull out the third party groups we identified, maybe?
you think this will fix it — adding short motivation lines under the ‘Be heard this election’ and ‘Understand people’ parts?
Government hear your people; Urban planners connect with neighborhood; Academics …
i think it will help but i also think we should not shy from finding appeal with certain people and groups
being specific won’t hurt us. we want people to say “oh, ya, i have that need! i’ll make one” or “i care about this topic, i’ll take a survey”
we can refine with time too 🙂
so for now, let’s start with short motivation lines and expand as we go?
works
yo. give me 15 min? food arrived and I’m RAVENOUS
we just need people folks can relate to talking about this tool 😛 time to hit the streets
ya ya no rush at all
it will be a mess if I eat and type
i’m going to start heading home
burger with egg 🙂
cool
which i’m going to walk? i don’t know if this is good or bad idea
will be about an hour-hour/half for me
no problemo
I’ll put together the slides for presentation in the meanwhile
and we can go over that too
would love to. super excited 🙂 thanks for emailing them about presenting. i didn’t even notice that bit
enjoy 🍔 🥚
🙂 nice nice
also, you saw the feedback I gave Devin? It could use your website design super eye when you have a sec 🙂
i’m lurking hehe. i know, but so can our work 😉 😉
I know!! 🙂 🙂
you know which one I pick 😉
always the brat 😄
maybe for the ‘take a survey part’ we can say something like…
do you feel like you are screaming into a void?
do you feel like your protests are not being heard
i like that angle
yes
do you feel exhausted by the 4 hour CB meetings?
more appeal!
something like that
yeah!!
rousing type stuff
yup yup
mkay going to head out. pup and i need to move. she’s been doing so well hanging out my seat
oh yeah.
I can see that face
the pleading face
lol
such a cutie
lol you know it so well now
she sends her ❤️
I send mine
tell her we will share dog cookies to celebrate our reunion
so many woods here. she was properly tired out this morning.
and more woods now on our way home. also, there’s no such thing here as “certain off leash hours”
the good old countryside <sigh>
I need a beach
will find a few days to go
omg that. badly.
let’s do!!!
Hagar wants to go too
nyc beach! it is lovely. i have not gone enough this year. weather is meh
gay beach!
yes yes yes
or riis on the isolated parts
also, what is your beach resort place?
both are lovely. gay beach is a show, if you’ve never been
I like shows 🙂
never been to this one
the bathing suit peeping is fab fab
what’s a beach without a show, I ask
better and better
🤔
the spa place
in long island?
montouk??
oh that’s in montauk
and too expensive at the moment. we have to wait until after labor day to return
ah. I can wait
I don’t go by other people’s holiday schedule now!!
freeeeedoooom
living life!!!!
isn’t it amazing?!
you know it was coming
i was waxing sentimental about my lack of summer beach only to realize that i beach in the winter hehe
still…moar beach is always GAY
yeah. you are lucky
let’s go!!
alright
food for me
home for you
all over the world!
bye bye
chats soon
cold burgers are no bueno
have a fun walk
xo
wishing pooch some good hole digging
xx
the Civic Hall talk
It clocks to 5min,
Phew
oops. just shared
no worries 🙂
nice!
i’m impressed by how much content one can cover in 5 minutes
looks great
excellent!
I know. Quite a bit
I’m off to bed unfortunately
super tired
chat tomorrow?
yes! sorry. didn’t realize my do not disturb has been on. see you in the morning at 11 for standup and site review!
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can also try a the how to take/make more like https://opendata.cityofnewyork.us/how-to/ with image to the side. that way we can use your screenshot with annotations
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probably best to experiment a bit with best presentation. videos will be good
some ideas. i do like the icons over the hero space especially for digesting the content
text color would need to change. mostly the idea of having a color backdrop…i kinda like it. more cheery
I think I like the black base
what did you go with?
i haven’t put anything in yet…here are some directions…let me know what you think
colors not finalized…mostly if you like logo direction and layout…menu items in relation to content
i like the logo on the right.
v4 direction
square vs round…whether or not we care about staton island 😉
maybe not as left justified when it gets to tightening it up…
Here’s are the main questions:
1) should we center or left justify the hero text and over icons
2) round or square logo shape
@darshana ^^ opinions? you can detest them all
in combination I like the green on green
layout structure?
center or left justfied? once settled i can adjust the content in the boxes
left writing and right logo
hey. the questions we wanted to add were on drugs and what else??
homelessness, small businesses, youth, prision
we could keep the question about youth that was added by the young person at the event
more directions/ideas
smaller less bold logo in line
the icons and the writing that goes with the icons can be a bit larger
it’s also easier to have the ‘make survey’ ‘take survey’ etc on the right
most people are right handed 🙂
survey questions
writing topic and description for the specific one now
cool. homepage content?
probably time to go to the event?
ah. doing now
I’ll leave here at 6
k. i will wait for that and put in copy and switch live so there’s something
will keep shadow working. tomorrow emails first thing…site tweaks next…they will be neverending
let’s move the entire ‘AI powered surveying tool’ down, mostly as is
just changing the description line to match the rest?
AI Powered Surveying Tool
Use Pol.is to gather organic, authentic feedback while retaining minority opinions.
Use Pol.is to gather organic, authentic feedback while retaining minority opinions.
For combing the other 2…
Surveys to find out the issues concen your community
Use our templates to create surveys that surface the general concerns of your community.
Use our templates to create surveys that surface detailed community concerns around specific issues.
Use our templates to create surveys that surface the general concerns of your community.
Use our templates to create surveys that surface detailed community concerns around specific issues.
okay. i’ll give that a try. will rework the combing.
too much content for that space
Use our templates to create surveys that surface the general concerns of your community
and surveys that surface detailed community concerns around specific issues.
and surveys that surface detailed community concerns around specific issues.
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still long but better
man… those intro lines are hard!!
I wish i had brought my cigs.
good for thinking 🤔
agreed. nice for thinking
I know.
where to get singles near ludlow??
ludlow spans many blocks. where on ludlow?
too ambitious. Have to go for this thing
I’ll contain it!!
What do you think of this…
*Be heard this election. Contribute your opinions in a meaningful way.*
If you feel like you should get a say in the decisions your city makes
feel like you are screaming into a void and would like to be heard
feel like you have opinions and knowledge that could benefit your community...
Use this this surveying tool as your microphone. *Talk to New York and New York will hear you!*
If you feel like you should get a say in the decisions your city makes
feel like you are screaming into a void and would like to be heard
feel like you have opinions and knowledge that could benefit your community...
Use this this surveying tool as your microphone. *Talk to New York and New York will hear you!*
i like it!
cool 🙂
Next one coming up…
Are you a candidate looking to know your base
a jounalist looking to speak to the people of New York
a community organizer looking to do some research
a city planner looking to crowdsource ideas
a jounalist looking to speak to the people of New York
a community organizer looking to do some research
a city planner looking to crowdsource ideas
something like that
not too happy about the wording but got to run unfortunately
otherwise will be late for my own talk 🙀
yeah better not to be late…we can them out…
i’m too close to it at the moment for any more design work stuff. i need to just do the things that have clear path to completion, like fix bugs and stuff. sadly, i gotta stop futzing design. it will do until fresh eye. the new content helps. not sure how best to put it in though. it’s a lot in one space ^^
Doesn't look like too much text
Someone from NMASS is coming for the talk. I just randomly mentioned and this person is coming. David.
Maybe it helps!!
David! I think that’s the David I know!!
From city wide alliance
excellent excellent. how is it going?
website tweaks - https://pad.riseup.net/p/website-tweaks
cool i’ll add those
need to fix responsive
standup?
ready
i ended up getting called too 😛
2017-08-11
dobe
*done
check here — https://pad.riseup.net/p/pol.is-seed-comments
can you do the twitter please please 🙂
he’s not going to say yes immediately 😛
No response?
Or just saying?
just splashing some realism on for once hehe
fingers and toes crossed
Eventbrite
On November 7 this year, every New Yorker will be asked to vote “yes” or “no” on a Constitutional Convention to amend the New York State Constitution. The current New York State Constitution was largely written in 1894 with substantive changes made in 1938. Past constitutional conventions made New York a leader in national policy: the 1894 Convention lay the foundation for the national park system; the 1938 Convention introduced provisions to care for the needy and protect workers’ right to organize, paving the way for the federal New Deal reforms. "Yes" vote supporters argue that the Constitutional Convention would allow New Yorkers to take back our government from entrenched lobbyists and special interests. "No" vote supporters argue that the politicians, lobbyists and special interest groups will hijack a Constitutional Convention, and game the system for themselves.This special event, sponsored by Civic Hall, is intended to give the civic tech community the background to decide for ourselves. Thank you to our Co-Sponsors: Citizens Union, NYSaysYes PROGRAM 6:00pm - 6:45pm: Meet and greet 6:45pm - 8:00pm: Welcome - Micah Sifry, Civic Hall @Mlsif Presentation - Facts about the Constitutional Convention - Priscilla Grim, Citizens Union @PriscillaGrim Panelists: NYS Senator Gustavo Rivera @NYSenatorRivera Art Chang, Sanctuary State @achangnyc Kate Albright-Hanna, New York People's Convention @kateah Moderator: Ben Max, Gotham Gazette @TweetBenMax Audience Q&A Arrival Note: Civic Hall is located at 118 West 22nd Street, 12th Floor. When you arrive, please buzz 12A to enter the building.
The Intercept
Leftist foreign fighters are drawn to Rojava in Kurdish Syria for its radical democratic politics and gender equality. But LGBTQ rights have a ways to go.
nextcloud.com
Nextcloud is an open source, self-hosted file sync and share and communication app platform. Access & sync your files, contacts, calendars & communicate and collaborate across your devices. You decide what happens with your data, where it is and who can access it!
We have some of Google Drive functionality with Next Cloud. The phone apps and web interface are ++. We have a next cloud instance for each of our logins…compositescollective, talktonyc, team and personal.
cool cool!!
reading rojava article
how do the survey questions look to you
?
will start seeding once you edit
@darshana input on https://pad.riseup.net/p/pol.is-seed-comments
grest
oops
great 🙂
edited.
look over please
looking over
left comments on email
@darshana ++ overall. looks good. i’m still on the fence about ```I feel safe in my community during the day.
I feel safe in my community at night.```
I feel safe in my community at night.```
left a note in the pad about them. otherwise ++
cool
question — when I convert something in checklist to card where do they go
disappeared 🤔
for the safety one — let’s leave the safety one? Can’t tell what that will end up being across district or if many people answer the survey
also, we can look at %agreed etc per question and get a list of majority responses
found the cards. I just hadn’t refreshed 🙂
what’s our intent with safety questions as a data point?
i like this layout https://www.hubspot.com/….supports lots of text, clear CTAs throughout
hubspot.com
HubSpot is an inbound marketing and sales platform that helps companies attract visitors, convert leads, and close customers.
it is kinda dry but presents info well and must convert well for them
useful in many ways — surfacing concerns same as the rest, also dispelling myths
for e.g. do harlem residents feel unsafe in harlem??
very good point
I like that
dispelling myths ++
the template you sent
yeah. dispelling the damn harlem myth will be good
yeah some good stuff on hubspot site for inspiration.
i’m there for email tracking software but you know…two birds one stone
noice 🙂!!
give me an example of a free public program
I think we should have something there
I remember people asking
academy.hubspot.com
This track teaches the in's and out's of organizing and managing contacts in CRM. Learn how to quickly locate and prioritize your leads and customers.
design for how to/learn/steps pages
a free public program….afterschool youth programs?
cool
that works
thanks!!
np. sooo
all these email tracking tools are only going to work inside gmail or outlook. grrr google getting access to our mail
shooot. gotta go feed the meter. back online shortly
this little mediterranian cafe surprised me with great wifi access. ended up staying here and working on their porch.
🙂 sounds lovely
it’s been lovely, yes. inside at my old fav, the cafe that almost almost pulled me to go to school at smith
hahaha. there are those
surveys all in. Phew!!
- 1
killing it. sweet!
i wish there was “clone/copy” survey
god. you’re telling
my index finger hurts
BUT…. all done
will look at email template (saw you were editing)
then going for yoga
i’m done with those. i’m just figuring out our tracking solution
of course tracking only works with the big players.
it seems like the easiest way to have tracking that we can both access will be to create a generic google account for hi@talkto.nyc (which if fine since we need youtube); integrate yesware on that account; individually we can setup email how we like, but if we want to track anything we will need to use gmail interface
or we use outlook as our shell 😛 Microsoft NY is following me. According to their twitter bio they are all about civic tech and supporting initiatives
works for me. ‘tis your forte
in the email, what did you want to write after ‘and most recently’?
trailed off there
looking…
@darshana i’m in the pad…which line number?
using octavia butler’s bday 🙂 22 de junio de 1947
Alaska 🙂
see it now
+++++ 🙂 (yay to octavia butler)
AJ+ videos are good inspiration: bit size; rely a lot on text; easy to translate….
example ^ one in es
heading to walk to the dog. will be back online tonight working finishing email tracking setup and website. emails out tomorrow!! We are very close to meeting our goal for the week! 💃🏾
it has been nice having a focus/initiative per week. so satisfactory to have a key focus.
perhaps we can use monday sprint planning/retro to set them
don’t work too late tonight after yoga 😉 just answer my question about which email address to use 🙂
we should email the talktonyc@gmail.com acccount. from hi@talkto.nyc. maybe it’s a friend that wants to join our efforts!
Hahahaha. I like the idea of emailing the gmail from ours.
Off to meet Erin for a quick nightcap. Then home
I think we should email from hi@ and one of our compositecollective (whoever is sending)
send me latest website version. Want to see :)
Also, give me green and I can start emailing. You should do the twitter,
I like the one big action a week thing too.
From our stalker gmail account, we can add additional “Send as Mail” accounts, but we can’t have multiple accounts sending an email. It will all come from `hi@` and then we can cc other email addresses
I think from `hi@` is good. Let’s craft an email signature that includes a mention of compositescollective?
Or just leave it out of the question and have it come from `hi@` and let the website do the talking. This may be less confusing than seeing multiple email addresses.
Really good read https://medium.com/code-for-america/https-medium-com-jbiroscak-how-civic-tech-volunteers-should-engage-government-staff-d3a9f8eed3bd
Medium
Lessons learned from a former Code for America brigade captain.
something for us to remember. apply to orgs too. thinking about nmass and joann when i read through it.
Reporters/News we want to get in touch with https://twitter.com/CityLimitsNews
twitter.com
The latest Tweets from City Limits (@CityLimitsNews). Non-profit that publishes in-depth reporting, commentary and media on New York City's most pressing issues. <http://t.co/NWpDgBVVvx>. New York City
they seem to heavily be covering the mayoral race. would be a good org to try to get to put out a survey or promote the general one
Convinced these are excellent partners to approach next week as we begin to focus on getting surveys filled out and high profile partners
Lastly, partners/mentors/supporters….we need to be on their radar… https://aitogether.org/about-ait/vision-and-mission/
All In Together Campaign 
There’s this event at civic hall https://twitter.com/CivicHall/status/895698007408001024
After the primaries…I’m so curious what “tools” they are giving folks.
City Limits
In-depth reporting on New York City
Convinced these are excellent partners to approach next week as we begin to focus on getting surveys filled out and high profile partners
pol.is screenshots and instructions for website
I’ve put in (1) raw screenshots (2) image files with instructions (3) pdf for ‘make’ and ‘take’
why are you still up?!
Hosting a <https://twitter.com/NYCCouncil|@NYCCouncil> District 2 debate w/ democratic candidates <https://twitter.com/marysilvernyc|@marysilvernyc> <https://twitter.com/RonnieCho|@RonnieCho> <https://twitter.com/CarlinaRivera|@CarlinaRivera> <https://twitter.com/peopleforjasmin|@peopleforjasmin> & Jorge Vasquez <https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DG9IB3TV0AA_0PR.jpg>
this is soooo cool https://twitter.com/theyouthchannel
The latest Tweets from TheYouthChannel (@theyouthchannel). The Youth Channel is a production from MNN's Youth Media Center, we build community through socially conscious media. For more info: <https://t.co/5SDiOialeZ>. East Harlem, New York
2017-08-12
i will be tweeting them the site and making request to partner in t-minus 2 hours
alright 🙂
yo. which github branch are the markdown files in? tx tx
`hacking-in-content`
cool. finding
tx
also, where did you see the pol,is alaska use. i remember seeing it too but can’t remember where
twitter. colin
or in metapolis…#conversations
@darshana ^^
in slack 🙂
won’t send you to social media
i am working on tracking. have it setup. it works. however, our emails from talkto.nyc appear unverified by gmail. so i’m trying to fix that
phew. so unverified happens with or without tracking. i was afraid it was a tracking thing. so that makes me less worried about sending stuff with it today, but definitely must get fixed
getting support on svg issue with the server. hopefully don’t have to switch..but thankfully this issue does have a known solve.
i’m opening a support ticket for email
ooo a not for sale survey
tracking all set then? 🙂
Take a look at next email version and we are ready to go
the email is looong, bolding is not ideal but necessary in this case I think
looking
it is set, as it it tracks…but you’ll se…i will send you two emails. i wonder if you will notice the issue. you can be the test 🙂
i have opened a support issue for email too. it isn’t a blocker though
mkay. open your emails and let me know if you notice the issue
i like the email
i don’t think we need bold stuff
open which email
cool. no bols
bold
it’s really long though
people get scared off by long emails
if i take out anything, i’d take out the about on pol.is
that is all stuff that we could link to pages on the site…kinda make it more about we can help you get voices of the people represented
but i read it a few times and also wasn’t sure what to take out
i sent a similarly long email for conference sponsorship. went okay
got 25k from it
we can try other avenues
so i am going to do a few things i hate, namely push code to master branch to get backup hosting configured
@darshana oh one things we still need. we never picked icons for the make section
currently they are all the same. mind taking first stab on noun project?
will do
so many things with this site…next time, we will start as i usually like with content templates and more site architecture. it sorta blew up from mvp.
this is more like 1.0 alpha than mvp
feeling bit frazzled by all the little things that are arising from not addressing things in the beginning….my own fault. the things you see but think can beat
awesome https://www.binj-baltimore.org/
for future partners
hmmm the pull request feature is missing 🤔
yolo! merging everything into master 💁🏾
omg i wasn’t logged in geesh
2 min
for logos
logos?
waiting for dns to switch…
well, i have a 3rd option if this one doesn’t work for svgs
make a survey 🙂
get started on making your own survey - https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=make%20a%20survey&i=896186
this svg issue has me like 😭 😡 😩
effective messaging — https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=effective%20messaging&i=1155583
damn. this whole thing seems super arduous
something always goes awry during deployments/launches especially when you want them done. murphey’s law of deployment
issues that concern community — https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=community&i=1171183
😞 sorry you are having to deal with it alone
ai powered — pol.is logo?
yeah
i like that and these
i have MUC, thank goodness
more slacks to go 😡
i’ve had many rages today. i think it is a sign that i was supposed to just clean the house. my plan was, oh this will be done by early afternoon and i can clean
instead i’m on to plan 3 for icons. mmm wine
i’ll have some wine
Have some wine!!
I will be starting soon myself
sent most of the civic hall emails
sweet. i’m really sorry about this website wrench :((
i feel like it was so close and then 💥
💣
😢 sorry. i’m going to keep at it. if it is done within the next hour (dear universe plssss) i can send the rest of the emails out. it’ll calm my soul a bit.
i feel like you should be with your friend 🙂
besides, copy pasta is really quite easy and trivial. hard work of writing the content and finding all the addresses is done thanks to youuuu!
no no. you take your time.
honestly, these will not be responded to until monday
or even read
don’t stress yourself out
most of the civic hall stuff has been sent and next week is getting booked
the rest. we are so so close
also, I am leaving the house to go drinking now 🙂
you should get a friday drink too!!
i am drinking outside the house
i’ll send updates as thing change. enjoy time with your friend. sorry we didn’t get to close everything as we hoped. it is close. so close. will topple soon.
later 👋🏾
also i have a glass of 🍷
lol. It will stay up
I can get back to this for a bit tomorrow so no worries
I don’t mind the wait!! We will make a great first impression
you charmed their 👖 off on wednesday
haven’t watched this yet but the language is interesting https://twitter.com/DarioTepoTec/status/896223100727156737
2017-08-13
Internet Archive
Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the 1980'sby Donna Haraway 1983This prescient essay, while not written from a specifically anarchist...
^^ so so so relevant to our work and so so ahead of its time
2017-08-14
I figured out how we can make those screen shots look better. Put them in a frame…phones and browser windows.
gonna work on that tomorrow.
In other news, have a fix for icons and they are up. I am fixing one of the colors then will send of the emails. I should spend a bit of time fixing some of the glaring glaring problems today.
Putting the site away for the weekend brought clarity.
Whoops.can’t send without survey urls. I am embedding all the pol.is surveys now. There’s a draft email in the talkto.nyc drafts folder. Can you generate drafts for all candidates? We could also use an email signature.
We can use markdown in the poli.is description field for formatting. Personally, I’m not a bit fan of the caps. It feels like we are yelling at folks. ex. https://pol.is/4ybxxjj8uf
2017-08-15
@darshana Survey’s are all live http://talkto.nyc/survey/district-13-candidate-forum/
talkto.nyc
NYC Campaign Finance Board is organizing nonpartisan forums in which candidates can address the issues that matter to community members. This survey is designed to inform candidates of NYC Council District 21 of the issues that matter to District 21 community members.
Fixed the descriptions for now. Adding a card to improve them.
I’m heading out to lunch / laundry. Will be working remotely for a bit.
I can make any layout/structure change. Feel free to make any copy changes. Everything is currently on `master` branch. this is only time in history of times i’ll say make edits there lol
@darshana i’m in the canddiate forum contact spreadsheet. league of women voters has two email addresses. one is the pres which i’m tempted to send to but the contact person listed seems to correspond to office.
send to office@ or president@?
we could do office for now…if not bites by tomorrow, president
let’s send to office
she explicitly says to contact her office
on her website
ah k!
ty
@darshana did you add the general survey to talk to account? I don’t see but want to make sure
okay. i need to fold my laundry. i’m standing by. text me though. closing computer.
General survey?
Each district has one
But did not make a general general one
Can do that
whoops i got confused.
i think housing is our general one and if we can make on about public transit it would be great.
those are such hot topics. you are right about not having a general one…we lack zip codes. though now we can action up that project
The housing is an issue based one. Which is how we described specific surveys
We'll make one on transportation
I thought maybe more of a template that people can plug and use as their district one. But that might get to complicated
Let's do the transportation one next
2017-08-16
hi hi
SWEET. Friend Sydette (@blackamazon on twitter) is joining us. She lives in Rockaway and is going to point us to some killer lunch spots. mmmm
Also she’s great. Met her at Eyeo but been following her for years.
2017-08-17
whoops
@darshana Evan is back tomorrow. We can get everything into Chinese
i’m going to add a story to translate the survey into spanish 🙂
yep! time to put him to work
i can do that over the wekend/ in half a day
oh yes 🙂 and he’s bored / sad / wants to do something
it’ll be great
Matt is in!!!
we have photographer for tuesday!!
our instagram is gonna look nice 🙂
@darshana re-reading/checking then your input/editor eye would be most appreciate for these emails
cool
send away
no luck on the phone calls sending emails
for the emails to the candidates, I am going to send 2. One with the pol.is, One asking for a soundbite
don’t want to combine in one since it will get lost
i think two is too much, no?
maybe the email can be about the soundbite and then also add a bit about polis? like…hey, we want to interview you about participatory xx
two feels spammy
one for those that opened and the one at the bottom is for those that did not open the email
i fucking love social media…someone from city limits news is engaging with our twitter account!!
yeah. maybe 2 is too much. In that case, let’s ask for sound bite and get to the rest when they bite
i think you can mention survey but have the focus be the sound bite
aHHHH
omg omg
i need to call you
now!!!
@darshana AHHHHHHH!!!!! OMG!!!!
Screenhero asap!!
call call!!
found my earphones
we should the survey from dist2 embedded on the site
YAY!!!!
how exciting!!!!
yay yay yay
so exciting!!!!
twitter!!!!
let me know when you have the dist 2 surveys up
more twitter. more twitter.
on that!
also, I’ll send you the twitter handles for all the dist 2 candidates
i think i have them
From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, get the full story with all the live commentary.
that is the list i put together….if i’m missing, let me know
that is def something can who you to do though 🙂
but send away! i’m deep in twitter now getting very jazzed
perrrfect!!
twitter is the way to go for all the candidates
also, the spreadsheet has all the twitter ids for the orgs hosting candidate forums
man, i wish we had videos of us speaking about this stuff
yup i have those already
I know!!
😞
From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, get the full story with all the live commentary.
you should ask amy lee for the video
they recorded it
and we had pink lipstick on!!!
also, let’s send our housing survey to Laborers Local 79
the people organizing the anti-displacement march
yup! add them to the list
let me know when you are done reviewing and i will email those folks
i say we tweet the candidates first? then email?
candidates for upcoming candidate forums.
yes!!
really need to get to MMN. they are hosting debates for all 10 districts in manhattan!
The pol.is stuff especially
I think we can send messages asking for soundbites
yeah! that works well
tweet for polis. email for soundbites. sweet!
done!
we solved it woot woot
🙂
😄
heating up
you know…we should just show up at MMN next week
doing the dist 5 pol.is now so we can KILL it
yep. we should show up EVERYWHERE
pink lipstick
lol
hell yes!
👄
this car will take us everywhere 😄
sealed with a kiss hehe
noice
also, saw the amy lee message? you think we can ask for the video they took?
this cutie does freelance ethonography research!
Ethonography hangouts slack!
she’s going to chat with us!!!
SVA has a class
user research is the angle
she said that academic vs field is very different
sooooo user research…this can be channel/stream $$$ esp with your background
let’s join that channel. This cutie, Christine, got started by apprenticing
ooooo nice!!
The latest Tweets from Christina Xu (@xuhulk). Freelance ethnographer thinking about how we socialize with/through technology & digital subcultures. Teaches @svaixd, works out of @orbitalnyc. The Internets
damn. fell in our laps
dist 5 survey ready
link in pad — https://pad.riseup.net/p/survey-links
where did she apprentice?
with a woman that does this
everyone is in that slack group
great. i am adding district 2 to site
and will add 5
let’s join the slack group!!
yes. now. asap.
streams of work!!!
cool cool
also! holy shit go orbital!
she says so or you say so?? 🙂
yes!! go orbital
gary introduced us!
they teach a class
i think we should teach
SVA…somewhere
we should indeed
yup
this is exciting. things are cooking
SVA is a cool place from what I know
things are indeed
oooo. Onida mayers just opened our email!!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
new survey’s are up!!
5, affordable housing, and district 2
@darshana can i send out the emails?
which emails?
did you send me a draft and I missed it???
shoot
just found it
looking
just noticed it is at food bank and they didn’t open the email…anywho…tweeted at them.
realizing that we can spruce up the pages so that we promo each of the candiate forums. i’ll work on that this weekend.
I like!!
they had a form so we can’t tell
very exciting. suddenly i just wanna go HAM on this stuff.
let’s send them one along the ‘not opened lines’
just thought about branded pages etc 🙂
ah this project has legs. we need money
hahahaha. such a BEAST
yep!! monies would be good
i think we can get this funded…it would be really rad to keep this going.
so email, good? i will send
then must go tend to the pup
email good!!
for sure
and expand and expand and expand
sending this to Lena from united neighborhood housing..
We met at the District 2 forum, we are the ladies who were conducting the online survey to crowdsource key issues from citizens (the one you tried out on the ipad). We’ve expanded our initiatives and it’s been working very well — interest from multiple council candidates and civic tech organizations. It would be great to get the survey to more citizens. Would love to meet with your organization to collaborate and cast a wider net to reach people. We really appreciate the work you are doing would really like to aid your efforts by enabling direct and mass participation from citizen 🙂
Below is more information on us, the media platform we set up for spreading this work and details of the surveying tool you saw.
Below is more information on us, the media platform we set up for spreading this work and details of the surveying tool you saw.
excellent!!
i really like our tracking system in trello ++
look at our analytics!!!
about page is most popular after home
mobile and desktop neck and neck
aHHHHH so much to do
omg omg omg
analytics.google.com anytime you wanna see the stuff
how very exciting!!
more views than I expected
🙂 🙂 🙂
not bad for launching last week. let’s keep it growing!
hmmm i have thought of something very sneaky
a birthday gift from my tech friends: hanging out with me and working on some of our tech requests hehehe
hahahaha. birthday brat. I like!!
we can provide them with <ahem> juice
user retention — seeing if the same people came multiple times??
week to week?
yeah you can track it i believe
it captures uniques vs repeat visits 🙂
we can go through
i am a leo 😛
i gotta go let mitra out
poor pup
just need to email jaime
and the new candidate from district 5
whoops
damn did not send a subject for one. eeek
oh well.
yeah. figured that was it but surprised that there are no repeats given that atleast me 😉 goes on multiple times. also, not the best way to represent the data
lots of email opens!!!
whoops. I don’t really like the title I used for dist 2 candidates.
oh well
mayor 8/23!!
2017-08-19
thecreativeindependent.com
This Will Take Time founders Tara Shi and Benjamin Lotan describe how they built their non-profit as an evolution of their art and design practices, how they use spreadsheets in all the wrong ways, and why collaborating is the best way to bring new ideas and communities to life.
thevillager.com 
I am working on tweet to NYCCFB, The Villager, Gotham Gazette
enable direct and mass participation from citizens
Gotham Gazette
Gotham Gazette is an online publication covering New York policy and politics as well as news on public safety, transportation, education, finance and more.
Opinion: Open Data Promises New Era of Transparent Government, When Will It Arrive? by <https://twitter.com/cdilavore|@cdilavore> of <https://twitter.com/ReclaimNewYork|@ReclaimNewYork> <http://www.gothamgazette.com/opinion/130-opinion/7137-open-data-promises-new-era-of-transparent-government-when-will-it-arrive>
vamosmudar.org.br
Coloque a mão na massa por um futuro melhor para o país. Dê sua opinião, contribua!
dope!
so similar to talkto.nyc!!
getting setup recs from my film friends!
also calendar + address book are setup! nextcloud is dope. they have a fully google suite style including conferencing. woo privacy and security first. we can pretty much retire google drive which is great
2017-08-20
if we happen to be online at the same, let’s screenhero to get you all setup. you can pipe the cal through your gmail account 🙂
pinged colin. Thanking him for articles etc.
- ❤️1
address book…strange sync issues. the fix is to use the mac address book interface…which is fine. we can easily save from email over.
going to go for a walk and try out importing just so i understand the quirks
catch you soon
Medium
This year my partner and I are making a living by hosting workshops in East Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The workshop is called…
Audio piece at the end: https://medium.com/enspiral-tales/getting-ready-to-remake-our-world-together-c9070ddd1ca1
(and see audio update below)
2017-08-22
hola @darshana. i am just unpacking the gear from boxes and putting it in the bag so it is less bulky
heading over to orbital here soon
The Daily Progress
After shouting down councilors, a banner reading "Blood on your hands" was held over the City Council dais and the council's live audio and video feeds were cut.
how quickly the mayor and elected officials say they “have no power” and the people should take it up with the state
2017-08-23
trying to get nmass to look at the housing survey
i think if we can produce a small piece on the debate we can send it out with the survey link
maybe we need to call it a poll for them 🤔
we can say it’s a way for people who can’t make it to the forum or their events to partcipate
just break it down for them
?
yeah i like that angle
Knight Foundation
Victoria Rogers – Who doesn’t like to experiment and have the opportunity to engage in binge watching? Would you do it around opera?
Chris Barr and Victoria Rogers – Today we are announcing $1.87 million in support to 12 art museums to explore new ways technology can connect people to art.These days, technology and digital communications permeate almost every...
knight foundation is our friend
civicandgovtechshowcase.com
3rd Annual Civic & Gov Tech Showcase Presented by Innovate Your State with the City of San Jose & Microsoft
they are supporting that ^^
we should meet some microsoft people
leaving!!
email to taiwan — https://pad.riseup.net/p/thanking-Taiwan
sounds like museums a lot of major museums pushing innovation
the san jose conference sounds cool. shame that it is at the same time as Taipei one
also… we should conduct VR interviews!!
will be cool to experiment
i’d love to. i don’t know much about VR. in time for taiwan, it feels like a stretch.
but after, would be super fun!
especially for the podcast
mnn.org
"Represent NYC" is a weekly program produced by Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) that gives local elected officials and candidates the chance to update voters about the issues shaping the future of the city, and how they'll deliver on campaign promises.
MNN feels like a natural partner for the project…an extension of thei rwork
Interestingly, one cannot find the archives of the debates
Or at least I cannot. And the Twitter links go to a live feed
Attended to some of the emails. Need to decide about Pedro Carilllo. That’s really early rise for you for an interview. I don’t mind doing it but it would best together. Monday next week?
That still gives time before the debate at LES Girls center
I would like to spend a little time today going over the sprint and aligning goals for next weeks before Taiwan. Feel we need to make some decisions based on the data/feedback we are getting from our initial attempts.
do we have a lunch spot planned?
Hey. I responded before I saw this. Let’s just do 9:15. I think she can only do early times anyway.
I emailed Danielle asking about spot
Yeah! Let’s align and plan soon after lunch
I like the email you sent MNN
hopefully they bite
Also, let’s get premiere today and start playing around with videos
we an both DL it. free trial for a month
ah. perfect
will do
getting some cybernetics reading done for an hour or so
cool. i am taking erica some things she remembered were here and then heading up to flatiron
where are we having lunch?
not for Taiwan
that would be a rush
huh?
but after!
oops. was talking about the VR interviews
meeting at Maui Onion for lunch
ah. 🙂 cool beans both fronts. see you at lunch
ellen replied. Look for her email in archive and my reply in sent
2017-08-26
nice example of project write up that the non profit backers seem to ++ https://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/storytelling-offline-networks.php
Columbia Journalism Review 
NYC participatory budgeting platform http://ideas.pbnyc.org/page/about
2017-08-27
2017-08-28
wrote to naomi and zishun. the email is in sent folder
will you reply to the 2 emails in the inbox — patrick and Jamie?
the rest is taken care off
what do you want to do about Patrick? Spreading out to dist 5 seems like a divergence given our project focus but maybe too rude to refuse now?
I’ll leave it up to you to make this call
let’s meet Jamie!!
NYCCFB does have detailed candidate financial info
^^ the orgs that have given Carolina money
hey. I started a spreadsheet so we can write details for the clips and comments
will make it much easier to parse through later
can have a separate sheet for each interview
great idea! ty
in terms of video format it looks like the best for editing is quicktime (the Mac equivalent of AVI, MOV) and the best for uploading onto youtube etc. is h.264
crookedpathfilms.com 
so let’s export and save the clips in the quicktime format (uncompressed) and then after all the editing is done, convert to h.264 and upload
looks like quicktime is the default for premiere on a Mac so no need to change anything
just check to make sure when you are exporting and saving the clips
also, in my experience, don’t do all of the clips and then export a giant batch.
do it in small batches of 3-5 depending on the size
premiere media encoder sometimes crashes when the list is too long and everything is lost
maybe that will not happen on the latest version and a better computer but best to be safe
also, will you rename the main videos as you go through them
e.g. CR-int-072517-part1
I’ve been using short forms for the names. Otherwise name gets too long and you can’t get a sense of clip description
thanks for all this info. i have been tied up on Nema’s project, but I will aim to have clips done for tomorrow.
cool
🙂
> Not a problem. Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court and Citizens United, anyone can start a super PAC. And the best part: It doesn’t cost a dime.
@darshana wow. easier to start a pac than a company https://www.thoughtco.com/start-a-super-pac-3367487
ThoughtCo
Learn how to start a super PAC. See how to begin raising money to influence elections. Find out how to run your own super PAC.
Once we get back from Taiwan we should take a week to make it happen. Document the process 🙂
lol. super pac, here we come
i can’t believe it is so easy
excellent!! 🙂
hahahaha.
so easy
we should speak to the man who raise 200 mil for his pac
ah so only thing is we cannot associate with a candidate
wait…hmm…the gray area is confusing.
Participatory Pac
2017-08-29
amazon + wholefoods…it happened
so scary
What do you mean it can’t be associated with the candidate?
ignore for now. i need to read more. the thoughco piece was a bit confusing.
awww gary put us in the orbital news letter!!
our housing survey is out!
thanks for posting to slack 🙂
how can we leverage the orbital community for our project…
I’m pretty sure it can be associated with a candidate
So very sweet of Gary!!
we should send out the housing survey to orbital
also, gary can help us with super pac 🙂
??
it is already out to orbital 🙂
check darshana@compositescollective
@darshana this okay for jamie…
```Talk to NYC (talkto.nyc) is a multi-technology media platform that introduces tools and techniques to forge a stronger connection between NYC citizens and city decision makers. We're building the platform as part of a larger four-year initiative to bring more participatory techniques and candidates to NYC. Our focus is the district level—city council, community boards, citizens.
We believe that many of the tools and processes can be adopted within community boards to make them more efficient conduits for citizen feedback. We'd love to chat with you about your experience as Chair and a member of your local community board. We can also show you some of the tools we are considering and get your feedback on how you think they would/wouldn't benefit the community board.
Let me know if you have an hour to meet in the upcoming weeks. We are available until Sept 8th. ```
We believe that many of the tools and processes can be adopted within community boards to make them more efficient conduits for citizen feedback. We'd love to chat with you about your experience as Chair and a member of your local community board. We can also show you some of the tools we are considering and get your feedback on how you think they would/wouldn't benefit the community board.
Let me know if you have an hour to meet in the upcoming weeks. We are available until Sept 8th. ```
i’m asking him to meet. figure it would be good for us to approach it as a user research session with someone that’s been a citizen in community boards to now charing one
Let’s remove the candidates part, play those cards close — We’re building the platform as part of a larger four-year initiative to bring more participatory techniques to NYC.
the rest looks great!
Yes! We should meet him
will be good to have a community board in the mix
I’ve been looking at compositescollective email
lots of correspondence from Civic Tech people
i don’t have anything from them…
just see your last reply to meet thursday 🙂
thanks for feedback re email. sending
the one advantage to interviewing patrick is that he’s in district 5, ben kallos district
the civic tech folks keep mentioning him as a potential partner
the disadvantage is that it is one more thing on our todo list
other advantage is it gives us a district that includes part of harlem (plus for something like laundromat project)
since it’s not tied to the election, we could interview him after Taiwan
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would that work?
oops. Not Civic Tech. Civic Fest
people going to taiwan
where where are these responses…just saw ttcat
funny how we were thinking the same thing
in my compositescollective email
should be in yours
so odd…i will check in roundcube
```Thank you so much for your enthusiasm in our project. Due to lack of commitment from other candidates, we've shifted focus to solely District 1 and 2 up through the 12 Sept primary. We plan on expanding back out to other districts throughout the remainder of the election and year. Can we plan on chatting with you if you secure the district nomination? We're sorry we won't get to talk before. We wish you and your campaign the best in these final weeks of campaigning. ```
that’s for patrick
reason to visit Daniil https://twitter.com/saintheron/status/902214207810265088
I would LOVE to visit him!!!
also, get tickets tonight? We will need it for the visa
I am not 100% certain you need an e-visa, will look into that tonight
but easier to get just to be sure
i don’t need one
> f you wish to enter Taiwan as a tourist or short-term visitor (less than 90 days), you do not need a visa.
yes i will get them tonight
The GovLab
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I’ll check properly to see that conferences are covered in this. As all consulate websites there’s is terrible. Worse because the english is so bad
I definitely need one though
also very cool….https://www.omidyar.com/
omidyar.com
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> we are structured to support the notion that philanthropy is more than a type of funding. In its truest sense, philanthropy is about improving the lives of others, independent of the mechanism. Consequently, we work across the social and business sectors, operating both a Limited Liability Company (LLC) and a 501(c)(3) foundation.
they fund LLC and 501c3
Inflection Point, a study on independent digital media in Latin America, reveals that these organizations are increasingly influential in covering issues that promote better governance and fight abuses of power, but face escalating attacks that could force them to self-censor or terminate operations.
wow
we should definitely apply and attend this —
NEXUS
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also, let’s start a separate conferences/grants channel? Then we have a repository for all that info
and don’t have to dig around
the nexus annual summit is in New York every summer
yeah, good idea. can we also agree to each add things to the cal? We could rename the candidate forum one and use it to chart conferences and grant deadlines
love the idea of a channel though ++
email from civicist folks
yes on both fronts!! conferences and grant deadlines are good
looking at the article they sent
meet them wednesday afternoon?
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The official website of the City of New York
Mayor de Blasio Brings NYC's First Neighborhood Innovation Lab for Smart City Technologies to BrownsMayor de Blasio Brings NYC's First Neighborhood Innovation Lab for Smart City Technologies to Brownsville
works for me!
i will read his article today too 🙂
so we have our talking points
YAY!!! https://t.co/jl8T7vyCD2
a new follwer!! New America group that Greta is a part off…eeeeeee
following @talktonyc
how can we serve our talktonyc resources on offline networks…that’s something to include in our 4 year vision.
yes! was thinking the exact same thing
also, what advantages does district level bring
also having an army of youth hack at this
let’s have 2 channels — grants/conferences and articles
i’m down! it will keep this channel more about day to day stuff
yep
cleaner that way
Neighborhood Innovation Labs looks interesting
nice find!
i can internetzzz loll
i found it searching for eyeo contact. woot. killing birds!
heading back to orbital
cool. change names/messages if you like
we should invite Danielle to the slack group
which slack group?
this group?
we can point her to it, definitely
this group
also, Christopher Marte’s info?
you have it?
also also, let’s not bother with tripod
i have it at home
i will post
now that I look at the debate, the one angle is boring
yup
will you send?
i don’t find the camera that heavy
i’m not at home yet 😉
check email…got a return from daisha ;(
you will find the emails I sent Daisha and Aaron in the gmail account
sure, i will send
I have Naomi’s number
also…so sad…their site configuration requires you use `www` 😞
ugh
will text her
ask them if their email is working!!
no bueno
why do all the good ones lack resources 😞
oops
her spelling was wrong
my mistake
it’s dashia
ah. phew
sending
but in any case, I have a phone number
Marte’s email is on his site
we should plan a retro before taiwan
good to get back on weekly schedule. think the big take aways are not to let retro and standup slide when we get busy
also, are we switching to stand-down this week?
can you email christopher?
just posted his email for you above
@darshana ^^
I’ll email him
yep. Let’s switch to stand down
what time for Civicist meeting? Wed 4, 4:30, 5?
Up for an earlier time? 4PM? Would be nice to catch some jazz at grants tomb from 7-8:30. It’s the last day.
Micah replied with 4PM
all set
I’ll put on calendar
@darshana meet with Greta this week or post Taiwan? I vote for post.
Gives us time to put together a draft of project plan
she’s out of town next week, sadly
Yeah. Definitely post
going to get equipment and head to mary’s
intersting model https://ourrevolution.com/about
Our Revolution
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edited the vNYC update…
thanks for taking over 🙂
np! thank you for editing
talkto.nyc
What are your priorities for improving services for and protecting seniors in your community? Tell us what you feel. Vote and comment on Talk to NYC. Survey created by Mary Silver.
@darshana feedback on this email
```Hi Mary,
This afternoon was inspiring. Thank you so very much for talking with us, both on and off the record. We had a wonderful time and are looking forward to collaborating and more discussions soon.
Here's the link to your survey http://talkto.nyc/survey/protecting-nyc-senior-citizens/. If you want to write up a few paragraphs on the issue or include external resources, we can add any additional copy on the page.
If you want to embed the survey directly on your site, just copy and paste the following embed code:
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<script async='true' src='https://pol.is/embed.js'></script>
Let us know when you'd like to create more Polis discussions! We'll happily come by your office.
Warmest Regards,
CS and Darshana
```
This afternoon was inspiring. Thank you so very much for talking with us, both on and off the record. We had a wonderful time and are looking forward to collaborating and more discussions soon.
Here's the link to your survey http://talkto.nyc/survey/protecting-nyc-senior-citizens/. If you want to write up a few paragraphs on the issue or include external resources, we can add any additional copy on the page.
If you want to embed the survey directly on your site, just copy and paste the following embed code:
<div class='polis' data-conversation_id='2dnhr3mbyb'></div>
<script async='true' src='https://pol.is/embed.js'></script>
Let us know when you'd like to create more Polis discussions! We'll happily come by your office.
Warmest Regards,
CS and Darshana
```
also should we include survey created by line?
yes. I think we should include a survey created by line
created or seeded by?
mary’s survey is up
created by
cool!!!
what email did we use to sign up for youtube?
got it
the gmail one
you should be able to join with hi@talktonyc
gmail is for gmail
just sign in under `accounts.google.com` then navigate to youtube
we should remember to take some photos so we can tweet out a thank you with a picture of the candidate
The latest Tweets from We Rebel (@WeRebelPodcast). Together We Rebel
checkout ronnie
that would be nice
also, youtube video, private or public?
public
> We had a fantastic afternoon interviewing @marysilvernyc about her @NYCCouncil campaign, education, seniors, and innovating local government
that okay?
yes!!
chatting with instead of interviewing?
afternoon discussion??
ours is not so much an interview as a chat or discussion
whoops sent
i had chatting first…damn
no problem!!
2017-08-30
i just noticed that premiere has a new beta option called team project! could be just what we need for joint editing
@darshana videos from city hall look good!! i will take time this weekend to learn the camera and set up presets so we can manual focus. some good stuff. it is uploading to spider oak
Excellent!! They also have a lot of preset options for upload etc. The new version is pretty neat!
Yeah. Will be good to figure out the camera
I'll keep clipping. My aim is to have videos done by the end of the weekend. Then we can get moving on the Taiwan stuff.
Let’s sync up tomorrow on videos. Think it would be good to sync on filming and editing styles.
sounds good
Will you take a look at the vNYC update edits I made and the material for Michelle (both links in trello cards)
then we send out
also, I’m going to bug marte and aaron for Friday interview times
would be great to wrap up this week
had a lot of fun chatting with your mum 🙂
she is so sharp
lol. peer pressure worked like a charm on Marte. He wants to meet on Friday. 2 down.. Aaron left.
lol
I’d like to make a request that we limit the number of events next week and overall try to keep a couple days a week that are meeting free.
some weeks will be inevitably full of meetings but the more we can stack a day full, the better.
@darshana could we possibly meet with marte tomorrow morning before our meeting with ellen?
or rebook ellen for next week?
Yeah. Next week should be totally free. We need to get everything together for the conference
Rebooking Ellen is fine with me. Let's do marte on Friday though. Having to travel around all the time is killing too much time for me. I would rather do all the interviews in one day.
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email to Mary looks great
yeah, i hear you on traveling for interviews. my feedback for next round is to have set days a week were we hold them and allow people to sign up. that way we don’t have to run around every day of the week.
@darshana i’m getting flights. thankfully the price has remained the same.
do we want to attend the event on the 10th?
the chinese open government one?
it’s the state of g0v project. in chinese with english translation of key parts
erm…this one `Taiwan Open Gov.Observation Report Release`
i’m say yes
yeah. That’s the one I meant
yes!
wow i love this site! so much less variability
we can return on 24th 🙂
without a price shift!!
would allow us to be back for the class
oh cool!!
I emailed the class instructor though
buy tickets
let’s attend class if we can
call?
yea
2017-08-31
hey. in korean place now
back online
had an excellent chat with friend
she is super interested in our stuff
a friend from princeton and pymetrics
data scientist
is working at http://applecart.co/
works with super pacs and creates candidate ideology models for them based on candidates poll and voting history
ooooooooOOOOOooooo
noice. sounds like a great chat!
It was! I’ll meet her after taiwan and show her all our stuff
she wants to find ways to help
sending the michelle email now
is the vNYC update all set as well?
I see it in the done column but no edits
I did send it out
@thebestsophist has joined the channel
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@darshana i read through your suggestions and was ++. Just adjusted formatting when I made the post 🙂
where did you post? don’t see
also, we cannot return on 24th 😞 There is a price shift. Unless we go the Bejing route. We can both be in the country for 24hrs “change over visa”
@darshana #vnyc room
I’d rather just go the United Airlines route as tempting as it is to see Bejing.
let’s just return the earliest date after
I think pushing for this class now might be a stretch
yeah i think so too
25th
cool
we get back in the evening. gives us a full weekend too.
🙂
videos are almost almost uploaded
whew
nice
I just saw the update
lol. I had left the vNYC channel
don’t know how that happened
😂
back on now
🗽
poor Liz. She sent the message about proghack night and my response was to leave channel
😱
lmao
hi @thebestsophist 🙂
❤️ hiya frends
@thebestsophist hello hello hello
its a partay
@thebestsophist how were your travels?
SRCCON was ✨fantastic✨ as usual
@darshana it is happening!!! waiting to receive confirmation. i hope this site works out…here’s what i booked
We can rest, enjoy a lazy morning and head to the g0v recap event 😄
@thebestsophist The conference looks sooo good
we will have to join you the next time!!
@itsmisscs it’s happening!!!!!! 😱😱😱
Thanks for getting tickets 🙂
np 😄 weeeeeeeeee!!!
talk to NYC team calendar should have the conference @thebestsophist went to, on there!!
super up our alley
yes! it looks sooo good
Let’s put it on the candidate forum (rename to grants/confs)
omg that trip is so exciting!
it’s the bee’s knees!!
so excited!!!
@itsmisscs I added some content into the survey markdown files for Sanchez and Mary Surveys
so they have some description on the landing page
cool. you cool if i setup your computer after our chat so you can also deploy?
it should not take more than 30 minutes to get it up and running and have you make your first deployment 🙂
if urgent, i will deploy now
not urgent
It would be nice to be able to deploy!!
excellent. i agree. spread all power
@darshana i’m heading out. text you when i get off the F
you’ll get there super early
what time?
I can leave too
then we can write a few notes for the meeting, which is what I am doing now
it’s cool. i will head to coffee shop or just work out of civic hall for a bit.
rather just be there/in the area. plus trains….
find you there/in the area
take your time
hey
did you tweet at Aaron from District 1
?
hey. I left my phone at home but up for quick standup at 11
ah no worries
yup
i had texted to ask if we could spend a little time during standup to make sure all the tasks we want to accomplish pre taiwan are in sprint column
standup 🙌🏾
@darshana we probably want to figure out another standup option since slack only let’s us do 1:1
really annoying that slack only lets you have channel call for paid accounts. in this way, discourse is much better
I don’t know interesting it will be for people to step in for our stand-up as it goes now. Its so nuts and bolts planning.
we should start holding those office hours that might be a good place for people who are not directly involved in the everyday to stop by
in-person or video
I think it is important to move to a place where folks can join in on standup
Part of being open and expanding the team
but yes, office hours ++
I’m totally open to people coming by for stand-up, we should just let them know in advance that it will be all trees and very little forrest
🌳