Speak Up New York! meetup on July 26th

[mjumbewu]

Hey folks,

I learned about this during a discussion (http://bit.ly/axbiOB) on the
Web Tools For Participatory City Planning google group. Apparently up
in New York they're starting, in partnership with the Manhattan
Borough President's office, a monthly meetup to bring together
neighborhood groups, community boards, and civic technologists -- the
idea is to a) clarify some of the specific hurdles where better
information/tech can help and b) start in on solutions, which can be
really simple to start. They're talking about NY, but the issues
obviously transfer.

I'm heading up to NY for their next meeting on the 26th (http://
www.meetup.com/SpeakUpNY/). If anyone else is interested in going,
let me know. Btw, the notes from their first meeting (June 11) are
posted: http://bit.ly/9NUt1k

- Mjumbe