###Overview###

**Public Lab organizers** are community members that have been nominated to hold a position of leadership in Public Lab. Typically, these are people who are both key organizers in their local communities as well as key contributors to the broader Public Lab community through work on things such as the website and communications. PUblic Lab organizers can add events to the calendar viewable at <a href="http://publiclaboratory.org/events">/events</a>. The organizers list is always expanding; anyone can be nominated or nominate themselves, see below for process.

The **Public Lab organizers list** is an email list for this group. It serves to connect organizers with each other and work on overarching initiatives such as <a href="http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/spectral-challenge">#SpectralChallenge</a> and <a href="http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/barnstars">barnstars</a>. Typical emails are about upcoming events (sometimes there are speaking/travel opportunities),organizing local chapters, and other topics related to broad Public Lab community development rather than simply research. 

The **Public Lab organizers call** is weekly on Thursdays. The time alternates between 9:20PST/11:20CST/12:20EST and 4:00PST/6:00CST/7:00EST. The calls last about 35 minutes. If you are an organizer, to join, please add Public.Lab on Skype and add your Skype name to the Google Doc. 

###Criteria (open to revision):###

* a nomination (person nominating provides statement about why they are nominating) and 2 supporting nominations (i.e. an existing member nominates someone and 2 others would say “i second that” and “i third that”)
* self-nomination (a short statement about your work and the mission statement) + 2 supporting nominations
* other ideas?

###Current Nominations###

_Please list your name if you are nominating and if you are providing a supporting nomination, list your name as well:_

* Natasia Sidarta (nominated by Liz)
  * Natasia has served as the Gowanus Canal Conservancy's GLAM (Gowanus Low Altitude Mapping) project manager since October 2012. She holds undergraduate degrees in conservation biology and ecology. Her interest in mapping / GIS grew out of field research experience in Borneo, where she worked on orangutan conservation through mapping seasonal variations in their feeding ranges. Broadly, she is interested in using maps as a platform for education, raising awareness, and working toward environmental justice. She has roots in Philadelphia. 

* Example nominee name (second,third here)
  * Nomination text here

(To view old nominations, see http://publiclaboratory.org/wiki/organizers-nominations)

###Origins###
Formative research note on this topic: http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/shannon/4-26-2012/list-plots-organizers