Code for All Dispatch — November 2019 Edition
By: Lorin Camargo
Tags: Open Data, Newsletter, Civic Engagement, Code, Civictech

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Code for All Dispatch — November 2019 Edition

Our monthly newsletter is one of the ways we keep up with each other and share resources, funding opportunities and challenges. Now, we’re opening it up to our wider community. Lorin Camargo Follow Nov 5, 2019 · 7 min read

👋 Hello friends

Welcome to your November update from Code for All. It’s been a learning-intensive month, with Kelly working on strategy and grant reporting for the network as we move forward, and Lorin learning the communication ropes. We have some exciting news and reports to share, read on for details on each.

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A quick note about this newsletter: Most of our member newsletter is dedicated to facilitating sharing and growth within the network, and so some links and content will be modified here, in the community version. In the spirit of openness, we’ve tried to leave as much as possible to show how we work.

You’ll see [members only] to indicate where a link or document has been removed that is restricted to members only.

⏰ Sixty Minute Sprint

Where you’ll find the stuff that’s most pressing for the network, which won’t ever be more than an hour of your time, total.

We’re happy to announce we have a new role opening up at Code for All! We’re looking for a talented Facilitator to take on our upcoming Communities of Practice (CoP) sessions. Take a look at the position description [members only] and see if you might know someone this could be perfect for [10 mins]

We would love to get some new peer learning sessions on the calendar, and are currently looking for a handful of folks to host an upcoming series on Recruiting within Civic Tech (outside fellowships) . Reach out on slack or by email (@lorin / lorin@codeforall.org) if you’re interested or have someone in mind who you think might make a great host [5 mins]

. Reach out on slack or by email (@lorin / lorin@codeforall.org) if you’re interested or have someone in mind who you think might make a great host [5 mins] Kelly and Lorin have been excited to start getting to know members from the network, but are eager to meet some more! When you have a chance, schedule in time to meet with them both (contact @kelly (she) and @lorin on slack) [5 mins]

👪 Code for All Updates

On March 15th of this year, ePanstwo, Codeando México and SlashRoots sent a proposal to NED “Towards a CfAll Digital Citizen Engagement Focus Area”. Funding was granted and research has now been conducted by Codeando México and SlashRoots. Check out what we’ve learned so far [members only]

Kelly has done an amazing job wrapping up Q3 of our 2018–2019 NED grant in this summary report [members only]

Lorin attended Code for America’s 2019 Brigade Congress and gave a lightning talk on Civic Tech Around the Globe, highlighting three Code for All projects. A few Code for America volunteers expressed interest in volunteering on global projects during the event — to connect with remote volunteers or if you are a potential volunteer, be sure to join our new #global-volunteers slack channel

📰 Member Updates

🔭 Funding Opportunities

This is where we share opportunities we’ve stumbled upon lately.

💻 Job Opportunities

This is where we share current job opportunities we’ve found within the network.

🌍 Events around the world

This is where we share upcoming events within the civic tech world.

🐰 That’s all folks!

If you’re hungry for more, here’s how you can find out what Code for All is working on and get involved.

If you want to see what Code for All are working on, head over to Trello for our working notes or drop an idea for us here [members only]

Our weekly planning calls and monthly retros are open for any to dial in to observe and provide feedback. Click here to see what’s coming up [members only] for the month and add yourself to the invite.

Or read through and leave feedback on our latest ExCo minutes from October 7th [members only]. The current ExCo members are g0v, Codeando México and Open Up.

To get in touch with Code for All and tell us what your organization has been up to, hit reply to this email or find us on Slack (@kelly (she) and @lorin).

Lastly — if there’s someone from your organization who’s not getting these updates, but should be, you can subscribe them here.

Until next month — keep up the good work!

Team Code for All

(Kelly & Lorin)