OP Posse
OrangePolitics was never just me, even though some people like to see it that way. When I started this site over 10 years ago I had help setting up the software, and many friends posted entries regularly including local activists, newspaper columnists, and elected officials. There were always a few people I could count on to write some great blog posts, or help monitor the site for spam. After years of sporadic support from a rotating cast of bloggers, Damon Seils encouraged me to formally create a proper editorial board for OrangePolitics in 2011.
We recruited stellar activists like Molly De Marco, Jason Baker, and Erin Crouse to join Damon and me in becoming The OP Posse. We recruited Jeff Miles while still a UNC student, lost Erin and Jason to grad school, and then were very fortunate to be joined by Travis Crayton.
Today I am very happy to announce that we have a new member joining
the OrangePolitics Posse (a.k.a. editorial board)! Travis Crayton has
been a regular poster & commenter here on OP for almost 2 years. Travis first became interested in local issues when he served as
treasurer and an active volunteer for Lee Storrow's 2011 campaign. Since
then, he's become particularly interested in transit, economic
development, town-university relations, and all things downtown. He
graduates this Sunday from UNC with a degree in political science and public policy.
I think he's going to make an excellent addition the the posse, and he's jumping in by helping to live tweet the Chapel Hill Town Council Worksession tonight on @OrangePolitics!
Please join us at our next editorial meeting on June 2nd to welcome him in person.
Join us for our monthly open editorial meeting. Standing agenda:
- Debrief the past month on the site
- Upcoming posts & meetings to tweet
- Editorial and technical issues
- Drupal upgrade project
- Recruiting new editors
- Upcoming OP events
Date:
Sunday, June 2, 2013 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Location:
Mellow Mushroom, West Franklin Street
Join us for our monthly open editorial meeting. Standing agenda:
- Debrief the past month on the site
- Upcoming posts & meetings to tweets
- Editorial and technical issues
- Drupal upgrade project
- Recruiting new editors
- Upcoming OP events
Date:
Sunday, March 24, 2013 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
During the Thanksgiving weekend of 2010, Ruby and I met over coffee in downtown Carrboro to discuss a new direction for OrangePolitics. By the turn of the new year, Ruby had recruited me, Erin, Jason, and Molly to act as a group of editors who would help solicit new content, expand OP's presence on Twitter (@orangepolitics) and other social media, moderate comments when necessary, and prosecute the war on spambots and other robot visitors.
Join us for our monthly open meeting to discuss what's happening on OrangePolitics and Orange County.
Standing agenda:
- Debrief the past month on the site.
- Upcoming posts
- Editorial and technical issues
- OP events
Date:
Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location:
Bread and Butter Bakery, 503 West Rosemary Street Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Come take in a Locally Grown movie with your OP friends. August 16th, Vertigo will be screened. Brush up on your Hitchcock trivia and you could win prizes.
From the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership:
Now in its fifth year, LOCALLY GROWN Music & Movie Series
offers the community FREE live concerts and movies every THURSDAY
evening on the Wallace Plaza, atop the Wallace Parking Deck at 150 E.
Rosemary Street in downtown Chapel Hill. This summer's lineup includes
three concerts of locally-grown music acts and five family-friendly and
classic films.
LOCALLY GROWN's
mission is to promote the downtown community by bringing people to shop
and eat at local businesses while enjoying local entertainment and
activities on summer evenings in Downtown Chapel Hill.
Check out the rest of the Locally Grown line-up.
Date:
Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Location:
Wallace Plaza (roof of the parking deck) 150 E. Rosemary Street, Chapel Hill
Standing agenda:
- Review of previous month's content
- Upcoming topics
- Policy issues
- Technical/operational issues
- Upcoming events
Date:
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
Caffe Driade, 1215 E Franklin Street, Chapel Hill
Sorry for the late notice. This will be our regular monthly meeting with standing agenda items (upcoming topics, debiref the last month, policy issues,events) as well as planning out upcoming online candidate forums. Please feel free to join us!
Date:
Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Location:
Bread and Butter, 503 W. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Agenda
I. Review of previous month’s content
II. Upcoming topics
III. Policy issues
IV. Technical issues
V. Upcoming events
Date:
Saturday, February 18, 2012 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location:
The Station, 201-C E Main Street, Carrboro
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