A couple nice opportunities await you in this weeks Public Lab community
newsletter-- be one of the first subscribers to the Grassroots Mapping
Forum, check out the UMass open hardware workshop next week or think about
submitting an article proposal to Citizen Science Quarterly:

1.* Get your subscription to the Grassroots Mapping Forum! *We're beginning
a subscription drive for the Grassroots Mapping Forum, to ship at the end
of the month.  It can now be purchased in the Breadpig
Store<http://breadpig.com/products/grassroots-mapping-forum-subscription-1>.
 All Kickstarter balloon kit level backers (and above) will receive the
first issue for free.
2.* New tagging feature in MapKnitter. *If you are logged in, you can now add
tags to any MapKnitter
map<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/warren/7-2-2012/tagging-and-user-ac...>to
allow grouping/search of, for instance, pollution
maps <http://mapknitter.org/tag/pollution>. Please help out by jumping in
and tagging maps that are already in MapKnitter (check out this
example<http://mapknitter.org/map/view/bayou-st--denis>,
but you must be logged in to tag).* *3.* Tyvek and bamboo kite workshop a
success! *Although research notes are still being compiled, check out images
from the workshop<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/elainechoi89/7-5-2012/tyvekbamboo-k...>,
held this past weekend in Brooklyn.
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*4.* Citizen Science Quarterly accepting submissions.* Take a look at the call
for submissions to issue three
<http://citizensciencequarterly.com/writers/>--the theme is education
and the proposal is due August 15. Send an email to
the list if you're interested in finding collaborators for writing an
article on this topic, it would be great to see Public Lab research
discussed.
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*5.* UMass Open Hardware Workshop.* Don Blair posted to the list earlier
today to let people know about the UMass
workshop<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/publiclaboratory/u...>coming
up on July 14th. That's a week from now, so if you're interested act
fast!

6. *Upcoming workshops with the Environmental Justice League of RI.* Next
week Public Lab begins a series of workshops with the Environmental Justice
League of Rhode Island <http://ejlri.wordpress.com/>. The workshops will
focus on balloon mapping sites of environmental health concern in
Providence, and testing the thermal flashlights in their winterization
program.
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7. And last, but not least, *research notes *from the past week:
*Timer battery disappoints<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/cfastie/7-3-2012/timer-battery-disa...>(posted
by cfastie)
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*NASA kite modler<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/safidy/7-3-2012/nasa-kite-modeler>(posted
by safidy)
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Spectral workbench experimental matching
feature<http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/warren/7-2-2012/matching-olive-oil-...>(posted
by warren)
The showerKAP <http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/cfastie/7-3-2012/showerkap>(posted
by cfastie)

If we missed anything, as always, please send your news out to the list,
post a research note, or email it to shan...@publiclaboratory.org for
inclusion in the newsletter next week. Have a great weekend! Shannon

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Shannon Dosemagen
Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science
publiclaboratory.org
@PublicLab