On March 16 the online project IF joined about this time last year, USATalk, convened more than a dozen organizations and advisors at Zoom’s headquarters in San Jose, California.

Zoom graciously put their state of the art video chat facility at our disposal and provided expert technical backup.  During the two-hour meeting, attendees shared their visions and provided feedback on how best to advance USATalk’s ongoing effort to create a comprehensive and integrated civic platform supported by a network of civic organizations. 

Photo by MDGovpics 

The meeting gave participants an opportunity to exchange experiences and insights, in turn solidifying a number of established relationships and initiating a number of new ones.  As a result, the San Jose meeting was an energetic and energizing gathering–one that promises to propel the next stage in the development and realization of the civic network concept.