(This is a preview of the dashboard for non members)--please add links
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/recordandremember/8371505867/" title="IMG_3971 by Shannon Dosemagen, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8503/8371505867_dd9bdda49f.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="IMG_3971"></a>

How you can participate: (only it should not be just a stupid list)

###Join the online community###

* Create a [[http://publiclaboratory.org/user/register|user profile]] so you can share with us.

* Join a mailing list (google group) around a topic or region.

* [[Instructions for creating local mailing lists]]

###Attend Regional Events###
PLOTS communities are mostly organized by regional “chapters” -- some of which are jump-started by staff members, and others of which developed organically in response to local issues or goals.

###Attend All Upcoming Events###
Yes you will!

###Share online through social media##

* Share images on flickr using tag [[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=public%20laboratory| 'public lab']]

* Like us on [[https://www.facebook.com/PublicLab?fref=ts|Facebook]]

* Follow us on [[https://twitter.com/PublicLab|Twitter]]

* Watch Instructional Videos on our YouTube Channel or Vimeo Channel (LINKS NEEDED)

###Attend our Annual Barn Raising Event###

Describe what the heck a barn raising is, why you do it , the outcomes and that it's open to the public. Seriously, I can't find this annywhere on the website.

###Read or Subscribe to Grassroots Mapping Forum###
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/14397636@N07/7939519450/" title="Grassroots Mapping Forum Spreads by mathew.lippincott, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8171/7939519450_b9848fba45.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="Grassroots Mapping Forum Spreads"></a>

* [[http://breadpig.com/products/grassroots-mapping-forum-subscription| Subscribe ]]
[[The Grassroots Mapping Forum]] is our quarterly printed community research journal/archive/zine/map, where we hope to share ideas, techniques, and stories from the Grassroots Mapping community. (For those of you who don't know, we are a community of activist cartographers who use DIY tools for civic science -- we take aerial photos using kites and balloons of things like the BP oil spill.)


###Participate in Research###

About: [[Research notes]] are the easiest and best way to share (i.e. open source) your work in a more permanent form. [[Post a research note]] about your work to solicit input, publish tests or prototypes, ask questions, or just to keep track of links and research documents.

Why bother?

(example of recent Research Notes. Visually laid out next to this section)

Link to post a research note.


###Use the Viral Licenses###





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