danielhonker
commented
5 years ago If we could get other local community groups and tech industry to sign on as well (even if just symbolically), that would be huge. Not just a unilateral move from the city. Signals City priorities to partners, with them at the table.
Related initiatives to connect to
- Mayor Adler was a charter signatory on the Cities Open Internet Pledge
- Austin signed on to the Guidelines for IoT led by NYC (2016)
- US Ignite in Austin -- focusing on digital equity
- NSF Civic Collaboration Challenge, run by Smart Cities Lab
- Planning for vendor/industry engagement in 2019 -- opportunity to signal values
https://citiesfordigitalrights.org/
Vet the opportunity. Who inside and outside of COA aligns with this? Where is the City right now on each of these points? Where do we we want to go? What's our plan?