Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO INCREASE THE ABILITY OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO IDENTIFY, REDRESS, REMEDIATE, AND CREATE AWARENESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.
THE PUBLIC LABORATORY FOR OPEN TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE (PLOTS) IS A COMMUNITY WHICH DEVELOPS AND APPLIES OPEN-SOURCE TOOLS TO ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION AND INVESTIGATION. BY DEMOCRATIZING INEXPENSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE 'DO-IT-YOURSELF' TECHNIQUES, PUBLIC LABORATORY CREATES A COLLABORATIVE NETWORK OF PRACTITIONERS WHO ACTIVELY RE-IMAGINE THE HUMAN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.
RESEARCH SUPPLIES AND FIELD KITS: PUBLIC LAB CONCENTRATES ON DEVELOPING ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING TOOLS INCLUDING: AERIAL MAPPING RIG, NEAR-INFRARED CAMERA, SPECTROMETER, INDOOR AIR QUALITY MONITOR, HYDROGEN SULFIDE SENSING PHOTOSTRIP TEST, THERMAL FLASHLIGHT, WATER MONITORING TESTS AND DUST SENSING. FOR THIS PROGRAM THERE ARE ASSOCIATED COSTS FROM DEVELOPING WEB INFRASTRUCTURE AND ONLINE, OPENSOURCE SOFTWARE THAT CAN BE USED WITH THE TOOLS (MAPKNITTER.ORG, INFRAGRAM.ORG, WHEREWEBREATHE.ORG, MAPMILL.ORG, AND SPECTRALWORKBENCH.ORG) AND ONLINE ARCHIVAL SYSTEMS FOR STORING MAPS AND OTHER DATA. FIELDKITS ARE KITS THAT ARE HANDED OUT TO OTHER NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS FOR THEIR USE IN WORK. ADDITIONALLY, PUBLIC LAB DESIGNS AND PRODUCES PRINT MAPS, AERIAL MAPPING KITS, NEAR-INFRARED, SENSING UNITS, THERMAL SENSING UNITS, AND SPECTROMETERS WHICH WE FREELY DISTRIBUTE AND ALSO HAVE AVAILABLE TO GROUPS THAT WANT TO PURCHASE THEM.
FIELDWORK AND CONFERENCES: PUBLIC LAB STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO TRAVEL TO DO FIELDWORK AND TOOL TESTING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL. WE HOST ANNUAL EVENTS CALLED BARN RAISINGS WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER POEPLE WORKING ON OPEN HARDWARE TOOLS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. PUBLIC LAB ALSO HOSTS MONTHLY MEET-UPS IN THE REGIONS OUR PARTNERS WORK IN.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Shannon Dosemagen | PRESIDENT | 40 | $81,463 |
| Christina Xu | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Shelby Ward | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Gwen Ottinger | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Rajul Pandya | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Micah Sifry | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Janet Haven | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Mike Ma | BOARD CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Elaine Garvy Cpa | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Catherine Bracy | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
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