Weekend Update To-do's I still need to send an INTRODUCTIONS email this week to get us all acquainted with each other. Schedule a meeting for sometime in September. Determine whether to hold it at a location, or remotely, or a mix thereof. I have agreed to develop a few proposed narratives for the data from Octo DC, which Rick could use to develop for exhibit on the SimplerGov website. I have a few narratives drafted, but need to finalize that this week. New Items I signed MQ up for SlideShare.net, in order to share presentations, as we create them. Updates On Hold TED fellowship Grant Proposals for Knight Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Sloan Foundation, and Omidyar Barry Taugher's nomination for Board membership. Leslie Norinsky's for Board Membership. Visualizing Solano salary data from TheReporter Outstanding Items James Irvine Foundation nomination, expected response Sept 2010 Sunlight Foundation's consideration of the Wepublic.org proposal Ongoing Efforts IdeaScale has still not been used much. Reaching out to agencies I've received 1 response so far on my public outreach effort here. I haven't been able to devote as much time on it as I'd like to. I hope to pick this back up later in the week. Amazon Affiliate program Contract with e-Democracy (through 12/31/2010) Happy Monday,

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