[Chapter-delegates] New York Tech Meetup kicks off public policy initiative #NYTMvote

[Joly MacFie]

This is a laudable, and hopefully effective, local initiative to engage the
local tech community in policy dvelopment, something I think any Chapter
could possibly adapt and adopt. Involves 1)  a crowd-moderated forum, in
this case ideascale <http://ideascale.com>, but google
moderater<http://www.google.com/moderator/>- as utilized by ISOC
Chennai earlier today for their Vint Cerf event - can
work equally well; 2) an initial set of goals to get the ball rolling, and
 3) a hashtag, to get the word out.

We'll see how it progresses.

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    [image: New York Tech Meetup] <http://nytm.org>

The New York Tech Meetup <http://www.nytm.org/> has today launched
NYTM Vote<http://nytm.org/blog/entry/13-24-2013/help-us-make-nyc-the-best-city-for-tech-in-the-world>
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a new public policy development initiative to improve NYC's tech
environment. The program includes a
forum<http://nytechmeetup.ideascale.com>where members can suggest,
comment, or vote on policies. The hashtag is
#NYTMvote <https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23nytmvote>. Initial
policy suggestions (you *know* that ISOC-NY likes #1!) are:

   - Tech Policy Goal
#1<http://nytechmeetup.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Tech-Policy-Goal-1/375866-22310>:
   Make New York City the most wired city on earth by providing every New
   Yorker and every New York business regardless of location access to the
   fastest broadband networks at the lowest cost.
   - Tech Policy Goal
#2<http://nytechmeetup.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Tech-Policy-Goal-2/375867-22310>:
   Reinvent the education system to allow every child, young adult, and all
   New Yorkers to develop the skills necessary to thrive in a 21st century
   economy.
   - Tech Policy Goal
#3<http://nytechmeetup.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Tech-Policy-Goal-3/375868-22310>:
   Make New York City the clear choice for entrepreneurs, software engineers,
   and other technically skilled professionals to start a business and build a
   career by making it easy to find partners, financing, office space and
   housing, employees, and access to markets.
   - Tech Policy Goal
#4<http://nytechmeetup.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Tech-Policy-Goal-4/375869-22310>:
   Support the appointment of a Deputy Mayor for Technology Innovation with an
   appropriate budget charged with the responsibility of reinventing New York
   City government with a 21st century framework.
   - Tech Policy Goal
#4<http://nytechmeetup.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Tech-Policy-Goal-5/375870-22310>:
   Make New York City’s system for civic participation the most open,
   transparent, accountable, participatory, and innovative in the world.
   - Tech Policy Goal
#6<http://nytechmeetup.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Tech-Policy-Goal-6/375871-22310>:
   Make New York City the most citizen-connected community on earth, where its
   people connect with each other to unleash a powerful 21st century economy:
   selling to each other, renting to each other, funding each other, sharing
   with each other, coworking with each other, meeting up with each other, and
   hiring each other.
   - Tech Policy Goal
#7<http://nytechmeetup.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Tech-Policy-Goal-7/376045-22310>:
   Support public policies that would ensure that technology and the
   opportunities available to the tech community can reach all New York’s
   citizens, and help solve issues related to healthcare, human rights and
   justice, gender equality, transportation, the environment, and other issues
   of fundamental importance to all New Yorkers.

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