The Code For Milwaukee Team would like to use open source code to make a website for people to easily find, track, and see how alderpeople or committee members voted on ordinances, resolutions, or permits.
Group leaders
Andrew Yaspan and Mitch Henkie
Who we're looking for
People who are interested in hacking an open source project together for a local use case. People interested in making government more accessible and transparent
I reached out to Derek at Data made who said it was about a week away 2 weeks ago, but there haven't been any commits (on master at least) for 3 weeks or so...
About the group
The Code For Milwaukee Team would like to use open source code to make a website for people to easily find, track, and see how alderpeople or committee members voted on ordinances, resolutions, or permits.
Group leaders
Andrew Yaspan and Mitch Henkie
Who we're looking for
People who are interested in hacking an open source project together for a local use case. People interested in making government more accessible and transparent
Tools
Python, Django, Postgres
Relevant Links
Any relevant links, e.g. a github repo, a demo site https://github.com/datamade/django-councilmatic/tree/master/councilmatic_core
Where we meet
TBD
Code For Milwaukee slack channel
The CfM Slack is a great place to coordinate between hack nights. We encourage you to set one up and share it here!
As you start your group (whether learning or working) consider the scoping questions in this document