What is a civic hacknight?
This is a weekly project night is for technologists, designers, developers, data scientists, map makers, and activists who are working on "civic technology" projects. Consider this to be a study hall or office hours to improve the city.
This night is for those who want to:
* get work done on civic projects
*start a new project, or find one to join
*get feedback from technical, government, or community experts
*learn about tools for local empowerment, open data, smart and open government
Bring your laptop, ideas, projects, maps, data, and questions. Collectively, we will try to answer them.
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Hacknight resources:
For first timers trying to get the most out of the night, you should bring your laptop, watchCivic Hacking 101,Civic Hacking 102, and review ourprojects page.
*Tools:data resources,maps, &tools.
*Discussions:Developers List,#BetaNYC on twitter.
*Community projects.
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Projects:
After the introduction, Well keep the formal part of the evening down to a minimum: announcements, meet your neighbor, etc. After the introduction, we will have a number of people represent subject areas, specific projects, and have some skills share / education.
Community Projects:
* What are YOU working on? Plug it into this event's comments section!
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Event Partner - Coalition for Queens
Coalition for Queens (C4Q) fosters the Queens tech ecosystem to increase economic opportunity and transform the worlds most diverse community into a leading hub for innovation and entrepreneurship.
We collaborate with Queens-based tech startups, entrepreneurs from across New York City, and local community groups. We organize Queens Tech Meetup, events such as Startup Advisory Day, Open Tech Conference, and education workshops. Our flagship program, Access Code, teaches adults from low-income and minority communities to code, become mobile developers, and launch careers in the tech sector.
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BetaNYC's Sponsors:
TheCode for America Brigade program is an international network of people committed to using their voices and hands, in collaboration with local governments, to make their cities better.
Microsoft Civic aims to collaboratively address the most pressing community challenges through the hyper-local creation, deployment, and evangelism of civic technology.
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Note about the venue:
You should RSVP with the name that appears on a photo ID. In order to give building security an RSVP list, RSVPs will close at 4:00 PM the day of the event. If you miss this deadline, most of the time security is nice and will let you in.
BetaNYC is committed to hosting safe and open events for all. By attending this event you are committing yourself toBetaNYC's Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment Policy.
