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I wish there were something like this akin to the National Guard. If I could serve a weekend a month (or maybe even more, if it were something closer to my civi
by joshdotsmith 12y ago
I wish there were something like this akin to the National Guard. If I could serve a weekend a month (or maybe even more, if it were something closer to my civilian skill set), I probably would have opted for this over joining the Army.
Hell, if they did that, I'd probably serve after my time in the Guard is up.
- catherinedevlin 12y agoWell, there is Code for America. That's a volunteer organization not actually within the government, so it's not a terribly close analogy, but it's still one means of digital civic service that stops short of full-time.
- Terr_ 12y agoContrary to all evidence of my puny physique, I'd still be afraid of getting dragooned/stop-lossed into overseas adventurism.
- diafygi 12y agoYou're in luck! In most cities, there are Code for America "Brigades" that are meetup groups where people can work on digital public service projects. http://www.codeforamerica.org/brigade/ http://www.codeforamerica.org/brigade/ For example, I'm in the SF brigade and work on the BallotAPI project. https://github.com/sfbrigade/ballotapi https://github.com/sfbrigade/ballotapi