Progressive Coders Network: Maps for Change Kickoff

Original inspiration

Enable personal connection

A new passion

Empower progressive change

With huge forces

Unify progressive efforts

ProgCode opportunity

Build the network of support

A starting point

Drive local impact, globally

With some challenges

Sustain and scale with partners

A new approach for timeless challenges

Maps for Change: Unifying the grassroots to support issues and organizations through an integrated, open-source platform

OBJECTIVE

Create sustainable open source map platform to support progressive issues, organizations and events

STRATEGY

Develop single sign-on, user controlled data and modular applications, integrating with dedicated, individual efforts

GOAL

Maps for Change is persistent integration point for ProgCode application partners and network organizations

Primary focus �areas

Modular app integrations

Common grassroots functionality available, linked to the source for a more complete experience

Democratized data

Integrated data sources, with access and control owned by the creator, not business and government

Partner priorities

Customizable, white label experience to support various priorities through a single lens

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Integration �strategy

So, a hyper extensible mappy thing, got it! ☺

Adiron Corichi @unsio

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Initial focus

timeline

April –

Platform established for activism

May –

‘Next steps’ destination

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June –

Applications, SSO integrated

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Want to get involved?

Baseline platform

Join ongoing efforts designing and creating the initial platform, inform the roadmap

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#maps-for-change

#app-rebranding

Aggregated data

Aggregate existing event data and develop single sign-on with Python and Ruby on Rails

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#single-signon

#data-democratization

Partner evangelism

Join the partner engagement team, help engage with potential partners

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#network-relations

#operations

Thanks!!

Any questions?

You can find me at @joepbreslin