# Notes from Summit 2018 town hall

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**Created:** [June 1, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://discourse.codeforamerica.org/t/notes-from-summit-2018-town-hall/126 "2018-06-01T23:56:26Z")\
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[Originally posted in Slack by @tdooner](https://cfa.slack.com/archives/C5ER7B9MK/p1527897135000146)

## Things to improve for next year:

- Nick (btv): recordings of breakouts
- Sabrah: accessibility of venue
- Melinda (Pittsburgh): use a Google doc for documentation
- Barry (SF): challenging the distancing from shaping policy - move more into activism
- Harlan : get more lawmakers here
- Michelle (redwood City) : have breakouts for city planners and attorneys, get technologists on those panels around key issues
- get professional credits for attendance (Dave G from Open Data Delaware suggested that there were even such credits for … political aides or something… should check with him)
- Peter (ex government employee): government employees going back to their jobs and arm them with a toolkit to convince co-workers
- Derek (AZ): inclusion needs to continue after the event
- Natalie (Orlando): west coast conferences are harder to travel to for east coasters
- Melissa (Richmond): office hours of Civic design people in NYC is cool idea, perhaps adopt it as a chance to learn about UX disciplines
- July (Denver) : scholarships for students (esp. low income) to attend
- Jerry (San Diego) : military presentation was troubling

## Hopes for the future:

- @jhibbets (Raleigh): excited for fellowship
- a guy from canadian: attend a hypothetical future event that they host
- Seth (formerly Googler): wants to work on election integrity and see SoS
- Ashley (SF DS): public should demand better. NRA for civic tech 😋
- Ori (Menlo Park): teaching processes back at home - plug for reporting kit
- @elb (Maine) - smaller cities / rural areas
- Lou (mayor St Mary’s PA): connecting small cities
- Diana (Muskogee): rural collaboration on slack
- Rachel (salt lake): league of city and towns relationship? Digital government magazine?

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