Presentation: [link]
Presenter:
John Richardson is the founder and CEO of Ethelo, an online platform for group decision-making. Ethelo is powered by a powerful algorithm that has been described by the Canadian federal government as “a new benchmark of state of art that is clearly ahead of competitors.” Ethelo is also a social enterprise, with a mandate to advance new forms of digital democracy and public engagement.
Attendance: 73 hackers
Breakout groups:
| Project | Lead | Description | Needs |
| Civic Tech 101 | Alex | Come here if it’s your first time! | |
| Budgetpedia | Rod | Make the city’s budget more accessible and easier to understand | UI / Frontend / React |
| DemocracyKit | Scarlet | Online resource kit to facilitate government campaign runs | Team site / content |
| vKanata | Derek | Influence decision-making / consultations | Lots of people |
| TTC Tracker / Coaxis? | Raphael | Performance metrics, political will | Node / React |
| Guerilla Archiving | Matt | Preserving government datasets in peril | Tools / Technical things |
| Map Warbird | Erie | View map data / NYC Project offshoot | Ruby on Rails |
| Ethelo | John | Ethical decision-making platform | Project Ideas |
| Data 102 | Brianna & Cindy | Data analytics workshop / Titanic survivor dataset |
Thanks to Myplanet for hosting us!