Date: 9/27/2016
Start time: 6:00PM
Location: Microsoft 320 Westlake Office
In Attendance:
Joneil Sampana, Committee Co-Chair
Heather Lewis, Committee Co-Chair
Shelly Farham, citizen
Mathias Burton, citizen
Sarah Abramowitz, Committee Member
David Doyle, City of Seattle Staff
Dan Moulton, citizen
1) New Civic Tools Sharing
- Finding Affordable Housing for ESL
- Catholic Community Services – http://www.ccsww.org/site/PageServer?pagename=fc_randolphcarte
- Solid Ground – https://www.solid-ground.org/get-help/housing
- Tenants Union – http://www.tenantsunion.org/en/rights/section/housing-search (Somali, Vietnamese, Spanish)
- AptFinder – http://aptfinder.org/ (Google translation for languages)
- HousingSearchNW – http://housingsearchnw.org/ (multiple languages)
- Firesteel – http://firesteelwa.org/about
- Interim Housing Services – http://interimicda.org/whatwedo/housing-services/
2) David Doyle’s (City of Seattle Open Data Program Manager) update
- Provided a high level update on the future roadmap of the Open Data program
3) On-Going Business
- Social Media Calendar & Engagement – Follow and “Shout out” to our Twitter handle: @SeaTechBoard
- MetroLab Citizen Engagement Update
- TMF Grantee Update
- Capacity Building Update
4) Specific needs from the community?
- Affordable housing websites consideration: language options should be a required feature for future civic-tech applications
5) New Business Updates
6) Upcoming Community Events
- 10/3: WTIA FullConTech
- 10/6: Zoohackathon
- 10/11: CTAB October Meeting
- 10/14: Seattle GiveCamp 2016
- 10/25: SVP Fast Pitch Finals
- Additional Technology Events listed on CTAB Tech Events Calendar
7) Next eGov meeting
Note that the next eGov committee meeting will be held on October 18th @ 7pm – 8pm. This is a change from the usual schedule of having these meetings on the 4th Tuesday of each month. Agenda and location will be shared in advance.