By: Ron Pringle

Ron Pringle
Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:42:00 +0000

Thanks for your assessment of the conference Karl! It's always great to see a fresh perspective from someone outside of NAGW. I'm not sure why, but I'm always amazed by the level of passion and commitment that people at the conference have for their jobs. They truly want to serve the public in the best way they can.

Open sourcing and sharing code and applications is definitely one way we can accomplish that.  That discussion you referenced during Jeremy's talk was like a lightning bolt. So many of us are coding similar services that it just makes sense to start collaborating on these projects.

I'm very excited about the possibilities of Civic Commons and am looking forward to its upcoming launch.

Thanks to you, Michelle and Jeremy for attending the conference and speaking. Your sessions were the highlight of the conference for me.