CityCampSav ⛑ - Breakout Session ⚖️ Talks and Discussions

Breakout sessions intend to give participants more focused time to discuss issues and opportunities of most interest to them; they also provide a safe space for constructive feedback from fellow participants. A moderator will attend each breakout session to take notes and, as necessary, enforce proper decorum.

1. Submit your breakout talk idea using the official submission form no later than midnight Oct. 6, 2018.
2. If your topic adheres to the guidelines appropriately, it will be posted for the public to vote up beginning Oct. 9, 2018 and lasting through 5 p.m. Oct. 12, 2018

Highly Encouraged Topics 🎉

• A novel or innovative approach to city allocation of funds that provides an equal or higher level or quality of service delivery for the same or less cost.
• A novel or innovative potential revenue stream or reallocation of existing revenue streams that falls within the powers of a majority vote by City Council to enact.
• Topics that address strategies for improving the efficiency of municipal operations; i.e. modular procurement, innovation teams, open data policies, public feedback strategies,
• Topics that propose novel or innovative (ideally cost-saving) ways of enhancing quality of life for all Savannah residents, particularly residents most in need of assistance.
• Topics that apply the possibilities, principles, and practices of the digital era to deliver government services faster, better, or cheaper.
• You may submit a topic that more broadly addresses what you feel the City of Savannah’s values should be in the coming year, three years, or five years, particularly as those values fit within the City of Savannah’s Savannah Forward Strategic Plan.
• Topics that aim to spark a discussion about how to bridge intercultural divides or tribalistic tendencies of the region; i.e. “How might the City of Savannah and Chatham County better work together to maximize efficiency and interdependency, and how might we as residents make such cooperation happen?” OR “How might we create coalitions around shared issues of civic interest that transcend neighborhood boundaries?"
• Topics that address a specific priority area of Savannah Forward Strategic Plan or OpenSavannah’s primary advocacy areas.
• Topics that explore new or currently unexplored ways for residents and the city to work together (either through stronger civic participation or through more accessible governing practices); i.e., “How might we better translate the City Budget into simpler language for ordinary people to understand?
• Topics that advocate for a neighborhood project that would set the stage for broader community empowerment and engagement.
• Topics that address any of the following issue areas: mobility, safety and justice, municipal innovation, civic participation,
• Topics that address ways to empower residents to harness their unique gifts and talents to improve their communities from the inside out.
• Topics representing or from a middle- or high-school age student in Chatham County.