From Knowledge Center

Civic Hub Brainstorming Page

Citizens contribute information and discuss "big ideas"

Lists of existing initiatives and volunteer opportunities

Top down and bottom up distribution of shared interest - Specific enough to excite people - e.g., CompHVN, but also categorizable within a larger agenda of geography, interest, availability, etc.

Break down resources into specific, measurable action items like "moments of service" by Alexandra Brodsky email concept

Meetup functionality with specific tags that can be subscribed to

Open Plans Livable Streets Network functionality - groups created on large-scale issues (e.g., transportation in Seattle) but combined with topic wikis, subscription discussion threads on smaller issues, etc.

Interlinking between data visualization and actionable items, local data intermediary to validate or consolidate data, common definitions (without shared, sustainable indicators, too many measures are used), and policy implications (common interpretation of data). Wikipedia is example of a "crowdsourced" intermediary with enough use to be reliable; NYU Furman Center, Community Research Partners Columbus, Urban Strategies Council, DataHaven and New Haven Independent are example of community- or university-based intermediaries or data providers

Bookmarking functionality for organizers, neighborhoods or citizens to use to highlight and prioritize specific issues they are concerned about - adds relevancy. If all groups can be contacted on subscribed topics, who would moderate?

Resource Documents

Principles of Open Data http://resource.org/8_principles.html

Community Organizing and Civic Hub examples

LocalWiki http://localwiki.org/

Ground Crew http://groundcrew.us/

GNH Community (New Haven) http://gnhcommunity.ning.com/

SeeClickFix (New Haven) http://www.seeclickfix.com/