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<h1>Frequently Asked Questions</h1>
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<h3>Do I need to know how to code to participate?</h3>
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No, you do not need to know coding to participate.
There are many ways to contribute non-technical skills,
e.g. user research, design, blogging, social media, onboarding volunteers,
event organizing, fundraising, etc.
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<h3>Will Open Source San José teach me how to code?</h3>
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No, Open Source San José is not a place that teaches members how to code. We are here on our free time to make progress working together, guiding one another.
</p>
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Check out online
resources such as <a href="https://www.sjpl.org/blog/learn-how-code">San José Public Library</a>,
<a href="https://www.sjpl.org/treehouseaccount">Team Treehouse</a>, <a
href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/">FreeCodeCamp.org</a>, or
<a href="https://www.sjpl.org/eresource/lyndacom">Lynda</a> to learn new skills.
</p>
<h3>How do I submit a project idea to Open Source San José?</h3>
<p>Start by filling out our project proposal form here. <a href="https://forms.gle/ui7hCCaXCKXTVvN89"
target="_blank" rel="noref noopener">Submit Idea</a></p>
<p>After you submit a project proposal, our leadership team will review the project idea, discuss if the
project fits our mission and if we have capacity to take on the project. If we have any questions
about the project scope and proposal, we will reach out to you. If your project idea is approved, a
potential next step is speaking at a Civic Hack night to pitch the project and recruit
volunteers.</p>
<h3>How did Open Source San José begin?</h3>
<p>
In March 2014, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalengallagher">Kalen Gallagher</a> and <a
href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mthong">Michelle Thong</a> co-founded Code for San José, a
local Code for America brigade. In 2023, this group became Open Source San José as Code for America
disbanded its brigade network. We are a group of volunteers who are
passionate about using our skills to advance civic innovation in San José.
Our members represent a range of skill sets and interests, e.g. web development, design, marketing,
communication, event planning, researcher, community organizers, and more. We collaborate on
technical projects that better our community, including websites, civic apps, data visualizations,
and media projects.
</p>
<h3>What is Civic Hacking?</h3>
<p>
Civic hacking is when citizens see something in the public realm that they can make better,
and they take it upon themselves to create a solution.
</p>
<p>
A civic hacker can be anyone – technologist, public servant, designer, entrepreneur,
engineer – who is willing to collaborate with others to address local challenges and
make their cities better for everyone.
</p>
<p>
A hacker is someone who uses a minimum of resources and a maximum of brainpower and
ingenuity to create, enhance or fix something. Although in some circumstances the term
is used in a negative sense, the term is not inherently negative, nor does it even have
to be related to technology.
</p>
<h3>What is Open Data?</h3>
<p>
Open data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone. The U.S.
government
defines open data as publicly available data structured in a way that enables the data to be
fully
discoverable and usable by end users.
</p>
<p>
Governments around the US are opening their data, allowing civic hackers to build tools,
apps and
other solutions that benefit their communities.
</p>
<h3 id="openGov">What is Open Government?</h3>
<p>
Open government promotes greater citizen participation, collaboration, and transparency in
government. This includes promoting government accountability via improved citizen access to public
government information, decision-making, and representatives.
</p>
<p>
Many public agencies already abide by open government laws that were developed in the 1970s
prior
to the Internet. These laws tend to be focused on making sure meetings are held in public
and that
agencies respond to requests for information.
</p>
<p>
Today, open government increasingly overlaps with the idea that governments should
provide
citizens with open data on its actions, performance and decisions.
</p>
<h3>Open Data Sources</h3>
<h4>Local Data Sources</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/vta/GIS-Resources-Santa-Clara-County" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noref">GIS Resources in Santa
Clara County</a></li>
<li><a href="http://data.sanjoseca.gov/home/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref">City of San
José’s existing data catalog</a>
</li>
<li><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XQcEmeoR3JDb0xyg4iOnufAoE3X9VToupfXguZRyl9w/edit#gid=0"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noref">Open Source San José’s San José Data Inventory</a>
(this is a work-in-progress, please
add
to it!)
</li>
<li><a href="https://data.vta.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref">VTA Open Data Portal</a>
</li>
<li><a href="http://capvmt.us-west-2.elasticbeanstalk.com/data" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noref">Vehicle Miles Traveled Data Portal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mtc.ca.gov/tools-resources/data-tools/open-data-library" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noref">MTC Open Data Library</a></li>
</ul>
<p>
Looking for local government data but cannot find it? Post a data request
as a <a href="https://github.com/codeforsanjose/data-requests" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noref">Github issue</a> and Open Source
San José's municipal liaison, Michelle
Thong, will help you track it down, if it exists.
</p>
<h4>Other sources in the region</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://data.cityofpaloalto.org/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref">Palo Alto
Open Data Portal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://data-mountainview.opendata.arcgis.com/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noref">Mountain View Open GIS Data Portal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://data.smcgov.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref">San Mateo County Open
Data Portal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://datasf.org/opendata/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref">San Fransico Open
Data Portal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://data.oaklandnet.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref">Oakland Open Data
Portal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://egis-cofgis.opendata.arcgis.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref">Fremont
Open GIS Data Portal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://data.acgov.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref">Alameda County Open Data
Portal</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Federal Data Sources</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.data.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref">U.S. Government open data
portal</a></li>
<li>U.S. Census Data on <a href="https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noref">American Factfinder</a> or via
the <a href="https://www.census.gov/developers/">Census API</a></li>
<li>Third-party
sources of U.S Census Data such as
<a href="https://censusreporter.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref">Census Reporter</a>
and <a href="http://www.socialexplorer.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noref">Social
Explorer</a>
</li>
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