This document outlines an agenda for a meetup of the Hack Democracy SF group. It thanks presenters and attendees. It discusses the meaning of the term "hacker" and how hackers can work with public institutions to define the future of democracy. The agenda lists 5 presentations on projects using technology to increase transparency and civic participation, including Code for America, Circle Voting, ScraperWiki, VoteReports.org, and ShortStack. It notes the format will be 5-minute presentations plus Q&A and discusses plans to expand the group to other cities.

1. San Francisco
January 24, 2010

2. Special thanks
• @dkords, @sferik
• @jeremylv (logo)
• @Today’s presenters
• @you

3. What’s a hacker?

4. “A community of enthusiast computer programmers
and systems designers, ...”
(wikipedia)

5. Hackers
do great things

6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho8KVOe_y08

7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho8KVOe_y08

8. fun

9. but does it really make the
world move forward?

10. Meet Democracy...

12. http://mps-expenses.guardian.co.uk/

13. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/11/ff_311_new_york/all/1 via @eschnou

14. ... and change the world

17. A community

18. PEOPLE
in public institutions
and Hackers
defining together
the future of our
Democracies

20. We celebrate innovations for more democracy

21. Today’s presentations
1. @CodeForAmerica (by @pahlkadot)
2. @CircleVoting:
Building a Social Ballot, by @oliverjesse
3. ScraperWiki: (by @maxogden)
Scrapping public data in browser or how to turn government
websites into public APIs
4. VoteReports.org:
Open system of politician report cards
5. ShortStack: (by @danmelton)
CrunchBase for open sources projects used by govs

22. Format
5mn + 5mn
presentation Q &A

23. Today’s presentations
1. @CodeForAmerica (by @sferik)
2. @CircleVoting:
Building a Social Ballot, by @oliverjesse
3. ScraperWiki: (by @maxogden)
Scrapping public data in browser or how to turn government
websites into public APIs
4. VoteReports.org:
Open system of politician report cards
5. ShortStack: (by @danmelton)
CrunchBase for open sources projects used by govs

24. What’s next?
• Next meetup: next month
• Looking for presenters
• Opening new chapters
‣ Brussels (@HackDemocracyEU)
‣ San Francisco (@HackDemocracySF)
‣ Washington DC (@HackDemocracyDC)
‣ ...

25. Keep in touch
• Follow us on twitter:
http://twitter.com/HackDemocracySF
• Join the meetup group:
http://meetup.com/HackDemocracySF
• Contact me: @xdamman