Policy Sprint

[Matt Cooperrider]

So what is a policy sprint anyway? It seems like we can mostly model
it after a coding sprint: we privilege a handful of featured projects,
but let any others that pop up run as they may.

But what does a particular collaborative policy project look like?
How would each group actually proceed? Are there any models for
this? This is not my area at all...

Also, how does May 9th work? It may be during exams, which would
limit student participation. I will be away the following weekend.
Perhaps we do a test drive May 9th, in order to do something even
bigger over the summer?

Matt

[Kael Goodman]

Matt, I'll take a first shot at answering some of your questions.

"So what is a policy sprint anyway?"

A policy sprint is a moderated meeting, maybe 1/2 day - 2 days long, where a group of people bringing experience and knowledge from complimentary domains, sit down to define a public policy issue, and together craft some language which describes the policy issue, what steps should be taken to address it, and what outcomes would need to happen to be successful.

"Are there any models for this?"

When OpenGovData.org set out to take a foundational step of defining some open government data principles, they organized a meeting of 30 experts with the goal of publishing their findings.

Also, within government circles there are many organizations that have these kinds of policy development meetings. Here are links to two inter-governmental examples focused on data sharing that have produced strong results: Justice and Environment.

- Kael

[Matt Cooperrider]

Hi All,

Thanks Kael. So, this appears complex. I'd love to meet up with
interested folks and work out a plan. I need to have an idea of how
the event will actually work in order to plan effectively. Here's a
poll we can use to find a mutually convenient time:

http://doodle.com/z2buip4ghii4th93

I'm thinking evenings on those days...

Matt

On Apr 9, 11:58 am, Kael Goodman <k...@blankslate.com> wrote:
> Matt, I'll take a first shot at answering some of your questions.
>
> "So what is a policy sprint anyway?"
> A policy sprint is a moderated meeting, maybe 1/2 day - 2 days long, where a
> group of people bringing experience and knowledge from complimentary
> domains, sit down to define a public policy issue, and together craft some
> language which describes the policy issue, what steps should be taken to
> address it, and what outcomes would need to happen to be successful.
>
> "Are there any models for this?"

> When OpenGovData.org <http://www.opengovdata.org/> set out to take a

> foundational step of defining some open government data principles, they
> organized a meeting of 30 experts with the goal of publishing their

> findings<http://wiki.opengovdata.org/index.php/OpenDataPrinciples>.

>
> Also, within government circles there are many organizations that have these
> kinds of policy development meetings. Here are links to two
> inter-governmental examples focused on data sharing that have produced
> strong results:

> Justice<http://it.ojp.gov/default.aspx?area=globalJustice&page=1021>and
> Environment <http://www.exchangenetwork.net/operations/index.htm>.
>
> - Kael
>
> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Matt Cooperrider <mattcooperri...@gmail.com