###Overview###
**Public Lab organizers** are community members who are leaders in the Public Lab community, and have an interest in the way our community collaborates and grows. Typically but not exclusively, 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. Organizers often [host events](/wiki/developing-and-running-public-lab-workshop) or [moderate discussion lists](/wiki/moderators), and help shepherd the Public Lab community in other ways. The organizers list is always expanding; anyone can be nominated or nominate themselves, [see below](#how+to+join) for how to join.
###Resources for organizers
The **Public Lab organizers group** serves to connect organizers with each other and enable collaboration on overarching initiatives and other topics related to broad Public Lab community development rather than simply research (which is discussed on the main Public Lab list). Organizers communicate on a google group and through open weekly calls to collaborate with each other and the non-profit. Organizers are able to add events to the /events calendar and access resources such as printed materials, event support and project support.
###How to join
* Fill out your publiclab.org profile page with a bio, ideally highlighting your interests and work in the Public Lab community
* Email your profile link to organizers@publiclab.org, including:
1) your request to be nominated,
2) a few words on how the Public Lab's methods and tools contributed to your work and explorations, and
3) links to one or more research notes you've created.
* You will either be contacted by an existing organizer to followup or you may simply receive a "Welcome to the organizers list" email.
###The Organizer's Handbook
The [Organizer's Handbook](http://publiclab.org/wiki/organizers-handbook) includes resources, benefits, and responsibilities of being a Public Lab organizer.
###Active Members
**Currently there are 67 organizers from 11 countries:**
* [Claudia Martinez Mansell](http://publiclab.org/profile/clauds) (LA & Bourj Al Shamali, Lebanon)
* [Pat Popple](http://publiclab.org/profile/Pat) (Chippewa Falls, WI)
* [Maria del Carmen Lamadrid](http://publiclab.org/profile/mlamadrid) (Los Angeles, CA)
* [Lauren Sullivan](http://publiclab.org/profile/laurenrae) (New Orleans, LA)
* [Victor Sinatra](http://publiclab.org/profile/Ecta64) (Salinas, CA)
* [Nick Shapiro](/profile/nshapiro) (Philadelphia, PA)
* [Justin Manley](/profile/justinmanley) (Chicago, IL)
* [Gretchen Gehrke](/profile/gretchengehrke) (Durham, NC)
* Will Macfarlane (Somerville, MA)
* [Michelle Schmitt](/profile/manetomapping) (Philadelphia, PA)
* [Ann Chen](http://publiclab.org/profile/ann) (Alberta, Canada)
* [VJ pixel](/profile/vjpixel) (Brazil)
* [Yagiz Sutcu](/profile/ygzstc) (Arlington, MA)
* [Benjamin Sugar](/profile/bsugar) (Chicago, IL)
* [Stevie Lewis](/profile/stevie) (New Orleans, LA)
* [Jack Summers](/profile/jsummers) (Cullowhee, NC)
* [Katie Gradowski](/profile/kgradow1) (Somerville, MA)
* [Catherine D'Ignazio](/profile/kanarinka) (Waltham, MA)
* [Sean McGinnis](/profile/SeanKMcGinnis) (New Jersey)
* [Bronwen Densmore](/profile/bronwen) (Brooklyn, NY)
* [Willie Shubert](/profile/willie) (Washington, DC)
* [Matt Pendergraft](/profile/Matt_P/) (New Orleans)
* [Nicholas Johnson](/profile/nicholas) (New York City)
* [Philip Silva](/profile/p_silva_82) (Ithaca, New York City)
* [Bryan Bonvallet](/profile/btbonval) (West Palm Beach, FL)
* [Karen Vale](/profile/karenv) (Plymouth, MA)
* [Will Ward](/profile/wward1400) (Boston area)
* [Stu Williams](/profile/straylight) (Australia)
* [Dana Bauer](/profile/geography76) (Philadelphia)
* [Natasia Sidarta](/profile/natasia) (New York City)
* [Becki Chall](/profile/becki) (Portland, OR)
* [Dan Beavers](/profile/danbeavers) (Mississippi)
* [Pablo Rey](/profile/pablo) (Bilbao, Spain)
* Eric Kugler (New Orleans)
* [Kalyn Rosenberg](/profile/KalynRosenberg) (Mexico City)
* Sylvia Broude (Boston)
* [Shai Efrati](/profile/shaief) (Tel Aviv)
* [Don Blair](/profile/donblair) (Amherst, MA)
* [Oscar Brett](/profile/oscarbrett) (New York, New Orleans)
* [Hagit Keysar](/profile/hagitkeysar) (Jerusalem)
* Mathew Xi (Oakland, CA)
* [Cindy Regalado](/profile/Cindy_ExCites) (London)
* [Ricardo Abad](/profile/ricabad) (Mato Grosso Brasil)
* [Juan Pablo Torrente](/profile/juan) (Asturias / León, Spain)
* [Ned Horning](/profile/nedhorning) (Vermont)
* [Scott Eustis](/profile/eustatic) (New Orleans)
* [Hunter Daniels](/profile/hunter) (New Orleans)
* [Chris Fastie](/profile/cfastie) (Middlebury, Vermont)
* Gabriel Jaime Vanegas (Bogota, Colombia)
* [Jessi Breen](/profile/jbreen) (Lexington, KY)
* [Pat Coyle](/profile/patcoyle) (Livermore, CA)
* [Gena Wirth](/profile/gwirth) (New York City)
* [Lela Prashad](/profile/lprashad) (New York City)
* [Ives Rocha](/profile/ives) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
* [Anita Chan](/profile/anita) (Lima, Peru and Champaign-Urbana, IL)
* [Jen Hudon](/profile/hudonnoodles) (Greater Boston area)
* [Shannon Dosemagen](/profile/shannon) (New Orleans)
* [Adam Griffith](/profile/adam-griffith) (Asheville, NC)
* [Sara Wylie](/profile/sara) (Boston)
* [Mathew Lippincott](/profile/mathew) (Portland, OR)
* [Stewart Long](/profile/gonzoearth) (Oakland)
* [Liz Barry](/profile/liz) (New York City)
* [Jeff Warren](/profile/warren) (Somerville, MA)
###Inactive Members
The organizers group recognizes that, at times, the responsibilities of being a Public Lab organizer fall behind other demands. Organizers can, at any point, define their status as active or inactive as their commitments and activity in the group changes.
* [Melissa Nunes](/profile/MelissaN) (Vancouver, Canada)
* [Alex Stoicof](/profile/astoicof) (New Orleans)
* [Michele Tobias](/profile/MicheleTobias) (Davis, CA)
###Past Nominations
To view old nominations in full, see http://publiclab.org/wiki/organizers-nominations
###Origins
Formative research note on this topic http://publiclab.org/notes/shannon/4-26-2012/list-plots-organizers