{"id":451,"date":"2011-06-06T14:19:25","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T18:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hibbets.net\/blog\/?p=451"},"modified":"2011-06-06T14:19:40","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T18:19:40","slug":"open-source-letter-to-raleigh-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hibbets.net\/blog\/2011\/06\/06\/open-source-letter-to-raleigh-city-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Open source letter to Raleigh City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over on <a title=\"citycampral.org\" href=\"http:\/\/citycampral.org\" target=\"_blank\">citycampral.org<\/a>, I recently added a post asking to <a title=\"Support Raleigh's Open Source Directive\" href=\"http:\/\/citycampral.org\/2011\/06\/support-raleighs-open-source-directive\/\" target=\"_blank\">support Raleigh&#8217;s Open Source Directive<\/a>. Here is the letter I sent to City Council today. By posting it here, I&#8217;ve essentially open sourced it. Feel free to cut\/paste, re-use, re-purpose, or whatever. (Don&#8217;t forget to add your name.)<\/p>\n<p>To: <a title=\"citycouncilors@raleighnc.gov\" href=\"mailto:citycouncilors@raleighnc.gov\" target=\"_blank\">citycouncilors@raleighnc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Subject: <strong>Please support the proposed open source resolution<!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Council members,<\/p>\n<p>Vote yes tomorrow for the resolution which supports the use of open source technology and provides direction to have a more open government in Raleigh. The option of choosing open source allows for lower implementation costs, better access to public data, more collaboration between city staff, citizens, and developers.<\/p>\n<p>Without *real* open data, events like CityCamp Raleigh (<a title=\"citycampral.org\" href=\"http:\/\/citycampral.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/citycampral.org\/<\/a>) that happened this past weekend would not be possible and would not have had attracted over 220 people.<\/p>\n<p>Please vote yes for open source options.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<br \/>\nJason Hibbets<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over on citycampral.org, I recently added a post asking to support Raleigh&#8217;s Open Source Directive. Here is the letter I sent to City Council today. By posting it here, I&#8217;ve essentially open sourced it. Feel free to cut\/paste, re-use, re-purpose, or whatever. (Don&#8217;t forget to add your name.) 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