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Main lists
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publiclaboratory - the main Public Lab list; if in doubt, post here! (1200+ members as of 5/2/2013)
grassrootsmapping - balloon and kite-mapping specific list. Lots of healthy overlap with publiclaboratory (859 members as of 5/2/2013)
plots-spectrometry - spectrometry and spectral analysis discussion list. Lots of healthy overlap with publiclaboratory (579 members as of 5/2/2013)
plots-infrared - near-infrared and vegetation monitoring discussion list. Lots of healthy overlap with publiclaboratory (23 members as of 5/2/2013)
laboratoriopublico - la lista de correo en castellano -- inactivo por ahora
Local lists
Lists for announcing/coordinating local events and meetups, and asking for local help. These are shown as options upon registering at PublicLaboratory.org. Some consistency in spam handling, joining policy, and naming will be very helpful as the # of local lists grows.
Also we want to just be careful not to let research-related conversations fragment. Each list should have at least one moderator who's responsible for spam and/or willing to say "Wow! Please take this extremely interesting conversation to the main publiclaboratory list!"
- plots-amsterdam
- plots-baltimore-dc
- plots-boston (117 members as of 2/21)
- plots-butte - inactive?
- plots-gulfcoast (41 members as of 2/21)
- plots-norcal (94 members as of 5/31)
- plots-nyc (158 members as of 4/28)
- plots-philadelphia (new)
- plots-providence
- plots-skane (Sweden)
- plots-southeast
Topical Lists
Organizers list
- plots-organizers - leadership group of people interested in organizing and coordinating the Public Lab community (by nomination)
Working Groups (WGs)
- media@publiclaboratory.org - the media working group (by nomination)
- retail@publiclaboratory.org - the retail working group (by nomination)
- web@publiclaboratory.org - the web working group (by nomination)
Nonprofit arm lists
- staff@publiclaboratory.org - staff of the nonprofit arm
- board@publiclaboratory.org - board of directors of the nonprofit
Graphs
We are recording the growth of these lists over time on this spreadsheet and graphing the results here to track community growth:
Mailing List Guidelines (draft)
Please treat our mailing lists as a place of respectful conversation. Our lists have moderators to ensure civility. Moderators review the posts of all new members before approving them to post automatically. Some existing members may be placed into moderation if their posting pattern changes such that it violates our list guidelines (see below):
**When posting to Public Lab lists: **
- Stay on topic
- stay on topic to make long threads easier to follow
- if you diverge from the main thread/topic/subject, consider breaking off into a new thread/topic/subject to help others follow along
- avoid sending one-line spurious responses that effectively "spam" hundreds of people and lowers the overall content quality of a conversation
- Mind your tone
- Since we are in a conversation in email form, maintaining a tone of respect is essential. Any of the following can result in a member having their posts moderated before going out to the whole list: aggressive tone, disrespectful tone, mocking tone, off-color tone
- a note on humor: expressing ourselves online in text is different from expressing ourselves in person by talking.
Before you are placed into moderation, you will be notified on the pertinent list.
References:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Etiquette,
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Community_Code_of_Conduct_(Draft),
https://hackpad.com/HOT-Code-1X2acHIN2HX
What links here
Activity
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On Jun 18, The creator of [GrassrootsMapping.org](http://grassrootsmapping.org) and co-founder and Research Director for the Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science, Jeff designs mapping and civic science tools and professionally flies balloons and kites. Notable software he has created include [the vector-mapping framework Cartagen](http://cartagen.org) and [orthorectification tool MapKnitter](http://mapknitter.org), as well as open spectral database and toolkit [Spectral Workbench](http://spectralworkbench.org). He is a fellow at MIT's [Center for Civic Media](http://civic.mit.edu), on the advisory board of [Personal Democracy Media's WeGov](http://techpresident.com/topics/wegov) and an advocate of open source software, hardware, and data. He co-founded Vestal Design, a graphic/interaction design firm in 2004, and directed the Cut&Paste Labs project, a year-long series of workshops on opensource tools and web design in 2006-7 with Lima designer Diego Rotalde. Jeff holds an MS from MIT and a BA in Architecture from Yale University, and spent much of that time working with artist/technologist Natalie Jeremijenko, building robotic dogs and stuff. To find out more, visit Unterbahn.com. * https://github.com/jywarren * http://unterbahn.com * http://unterbahn.com/thesis/ updated Page: About Public Lab
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Adam-Griffith commented on Adam-Griffith's Note "Folly Beach, SC - a detailed look at a $3 million beach "restoration"" on Jun Tuesday
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Adam-Griffith commented on scaramel's Note "Video: Kitemappers" on Jun Tuesday
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On Jun 13, Caterina Scaramelli created a new Note: Video: Kitemappers
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On Jun 12, Stewart Long updated Map: Rotsoord. Utrecht, Netherlands.
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On Jun 12, Stewart Long updated Map: Rotsoord. Utrecht, Netherlands.
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On Jun 12, Stewart Long updated Map: Rotsoord. Utrecht, Netherlands.
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On Jun 12, Hagit Keysar updated Page: MapKnitter Help
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sonofaquark commented on sonofaquark's Note "Pascal's Wager" on Jun Wednesday
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On Jun 10, www.quiviracoalition.org created a new Note: Test 1
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On Jun 9, Shannon created a new Note: Public Lab community newsletter 6.9.13
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tomh4236 commented on nedhorning's Note "Canon A2200 NIR conversion" on Jun Wednesday
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On Jun 5, Adam D. Griffith is the Director of the Rivercane Restoration Project through the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS) at Western Carolina University. He received a BS degree in Biology from Roanoke College in 1999 (Omicron Delta Kappa) and was subsequently accepted to Teach for America. He taught 6th grade science in the Houston Independent School District in Texas for three years before becoming a kayak instructor taking him on numerous trips to the beaches of the United States, Panama, and Europe. He received his MS degree in Biology from Western Carolina University in 2008 studying the native bamboo Arundinaria gigantea. Since 2008, he has been a research scientist at PSDS where he launched coastalcare.org with the Santa Aguilla Foundation. He currently directs the communities and sea-level rise research. In 2011, he co-founded the Public Laboratory with 6 others by securing a $500,000 grant from the James S. and John L. Knight Foundation. As a result, his writings can be found on the PBS IdeaLab blog, publiclaboratory.org, and others. He has presented his research with the Public Laboratory across the United States, Mexico, and Europe. Selected Publications Tanner, B.R., Kinner, D.A., Griffith, A.D., Young, R.S. & Sorrell, L.M (2011). Presence of Arundinaria gigantea (river cane) on numerous non-wetland sites suggests improper ecological classification of the species. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 19(6): 521-532. Coburn, A.S., Griffith, A.D. & Young, R.S. (2010). Inventory of coastal engineering projects in coastal national parks. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/NRPC/GRD/NRTR???2010/373. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. Griffith, A.D., Kinner, D.A., Tanner, B.R., Moore, A., Mathews, K.G. & Young, R.S. (2009). Nutrient and physical soil characteristics of rivercane (Arundinaria gigantea) stands, western North Carolina. Castanea. 74(3): 224-235. updated Page: Classification
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dan.beavers commented on patcoyle's Note "Prototype juice bottle rig on R-10 UAir quad" on Jun Wednesday
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On Jun 4, Stewart Long updated Map: Montgomery Bell State Park. Burns, Tennessee
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On Jun 4, Stewart Long created a new Map: Montgomery Bell State Park
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On Jun 4, Stewart Long updated Map: Rotsoord. Utrecht, Netherlands.
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On Jun 4, Stewart Long created a new Map: Rotsoord. Utrecht, Netherlands.
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On Jun 4, Stewart Long updated Map: Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania.
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On Jun 4, Stewart Long created a new Map: Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania.

