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UKGovOSS.org last week welcomed our 100th member.  See our full list of members here.

For us this is a real milestone in the growth in the community - and pretty remarkable given the network launched less than a month ago.  Thanks to everyone for their support so far.

That said, we know we have a great, great deal more work to do to reach out across the public sector and further afield. 

One of our current priorities is building links with (and between) open source communities of interest, organisations and individual pockets of activity.  We’ve had several encouraging developments here which we’ll give you a full update on shortly.  Advice and suggestions on building the community are always welcome.

PS: If you’re already a member of UKGovOSS.org, why not invite a friend?

UKGovOSS.org wouldn’t be here without the support of Jack Pickard of The Pickards Information Services, who helped to build, develop and customise the site.

Well-known to those in the local government web arena, Jack is an experienced and accomplished web developer with a real passion for social media, accessibility and standards compliance.

And having worked closely with Jack on this and several other projects, we can attest to his skills and recommend him to others.  In fact just before UKGovOSS went live , he rectified - with lightning speed - an issue caused by an browser update which would have prevented us from launching the site.

Thanks again Jack for all your help!

Visit his website (his blog is also a great read) and follow him on Twitter at @thepickards.

Jack’s profile on UKGovOSS.org