Last Minute Tuesday E-Politics Lunch Discussion in DC with Steven Clift
From:
Steven Clift
Date:
Sep 15 04:56 UTC
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I'll be in DC for about 24 hours and discovered that I am now free for an early
lunch on Tuesday.
If you'd like to swap some current e-politics stories in the heat of the U.S.
Presidential campaign from 11:30 am - 1:15 pm near Dupont Circle (TBD), RSVP
at:
http://pages.e-democracy.org/DC_lunch
Cheers,
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.Org
Setting up a Local Issues Forum
From:
Dan Randow
Date:
Sep 10 01:51 UTC
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Hi Folks,
After setting up the Canterbury Online Public Issues Forum,
http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/canterburyissues
I wrote a guide to starting a local online public issues forum in Aotearoa New
Zealand. It documents some of what I learned in the process, and includes
various resources that we created along the way. It's available from this post
on our blog.
http://blog.onlinegroups.net/2008/09/10/start-a-local-online-public-issues-forum/
Please use, circulate and comment.
best to all,
Free Issues Forum Training, E-Democracy.Org UK Input Meeting in Oxford on Oct. 2
From:
Steven Clift
Date:
Sep 04 20:56 UTC
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Come on along even if you think you might want an Issues Forum in your
community or neighbourhood in the future! - Steven Clift
From: Steven Clift <<email obscured>>
Date: Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Subject: E-Democracy.Org UK Input Meeting in Oxford on Oct. 2 0 Invitation
Have you ever wondered what the heck "e-democracy.org" has to do with your
local community Issues Forum?
A few years ago, the UK Local E-Democracy National Project funded pilots in
Newham and Brighton and perhaps miraculously with no further funding, the
forums remain open and have spread to five neighbourhoods in Oxford and
Bristol with more likely next year. Because this is a citizen-based model
run by volunteers and some in-kind support from council staff in Oxford and
Bristol, keeping the network operating in "basic" mode is not too costly.
Basic isn't good enough. What might you, might we, do better with Issues
Forums and local e-democracy in your community? Are there good ways to
connect your efforts across the UK, leverage resources, promote community
empowerment and social inclusion with greater outreach, find central funding
sources, etc.? Who and how might we coordinate and over time expand UK
activities with either dedicated volunteers or UK staff in the near and
long-term?
These are some of the questions we will discuss in an input session at the
Oxford Town Hall on Thursday, October 2. I'll be coming through the UK from
a conference in Austria (I am based in Minnesota) and look forward to
meeting a number of you.
Join us!
Details and information on how to RSVP is on our wiki at:
http://pages.e-democracy.org/Oxford_meeting
Sincerely,
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.Org
P.S. We are in the process of forming an E-Democracy.Org UK Advisory
Committee. If you can't make it to Oxford, but want to help improve our
collective local e-democracy effort or make sure your local forum has
influence within E-Democracy.Org, mention the committee to me in a note:
<email obscured> or http://e-democracy.org/contact
Presentation Slides, New Rural MN forums
From:
Steven Clift
Date:
Aug 19 15:42 UTC
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E-Democracy.Org is opening at least three funded new Issues Forums in rural
Minnesota.
Last week we visited two interested communities. Bemidji is a Northern MN
college town with about 11,000 residents. Just down the road is the town of
Cass
Lake with under 1,000 people, but the forum will cover a broader area near Cass
Lake (the lake itself) and Leech Lake inclusive of those who live in the Leech
Lake Indian Reservation be they Native American, white, etc.. This is a native
majority region. It is home to three very large lakes, multiple counties, state
land and the federal Chippewa National Forest ... in short a jurisdictional
tossed salad.
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.Org
From:
http://blog.e-democracy.org/posts/166
August 18, 2008
Issues Forum Presentation Slides, Bemidji and Cass Lake Leech Lake Say Yes
Written by Steven Clift
Steve Kranz and I had a great time in Bemidji and Cass Lake last week. We had
about 15-20 people total across our two “Your Voice. Your Community”
presentations highlighting some citizen media trends and digging into online
civic engagement with Issues Forums.
Below are our slides, and here is a short video from Cass Lake just outside the
Leech Lake Tribal College.
Volunteers from both Bemidji and Cass Lake have already followed up with strong
interest and their local steering committees and forums are now being
developed.
Steve Kranz will be helping coach their start-up efforts.
Sign up now to reserve your space in the Bemidji Area Issues Forum or the Cass
Lake Leech Lake Issues Forum. If you’d like to participate in the local
steering
committee for either forum, drop us a note. We even have paper sign-up forms
for
Bemidji and Cass Lake Leech Lake available to download and print for in-person
use. In addition to recruitment at key in-person events, planning for
“virtual
door knocking” will be required.
The slides to preview or download (see our about Issues Forum section for our
guidebook, etc.):
Issues Forums - Online Town Halls from E-Democracy
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1 Comments
1. Becky LaPlant says:
Hi Steve - thanks for this post about your presentations in Bemidji and
Cass Lake, and for including your slides.
You and Steve did a great job. Thank you!
Becky
August 18, 2008 @ 8:48 pm | Edit
Any Minneapolitans here?
From:
Sara Bergen
Date:
Aug 07 02:09 UTC
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Hi All--
Just wondering who all belongs to this forum---is this only Minneapolis folks
or are there people here from all over the globe?
Anyway, here in the Powderhorn neighborhood of Minneapolis I am hoping to
migrate our neighborhood yahoo group to e-democracy, but am finding some
resistence from the members...
So my new approach is to just go for it. We have a three member steering
committee (would like more members, but not willing to do the outreach work)
that will come up with the charter etc. Once everything is ready to go, I will
make the announcement on the neighborhood group (i am the owner and moderator).
Has anyone ever done this--migrated a neighborhood group from yahoo! or google
etc to the e-democracy format? Any suggestions for getting some buy-in from
the current group members?
You can check out our current group at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/powderhornneighbors/
Thanks!
Sara Bergen
Minneapolis (Powderhorn n'hood)
W3C eGovernment Activity
From:
Dan Jellinek
Date:
Jun 12 08:48 UTC
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Hi,
I don;t know much more than this yet, but we had heard about it and are
planning to do an interview and write a story about it in our next
E-Government Bulletin email newsletter, due out friday 20 or monday 23 june.
cheers,
Dan.
----- Original Message -----
From: "MJ Ray" <<email obscured>>
To: <<email obscured>>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:29 PM
Subject: [Liftoff] W3C eGovernment Activity
I just saw this in the W3C newsletter - anyone know more or want to
comment on it, please? -- Thanks, MJR
New eGovernment Activity to Help Improve Government through Better Use
of the Web
W3C launches today a new forum for governments, citizens,
researchers, and other stakeholders to investigate how best to use
Web technology for good governance and citizen participation. "Open
Standards, and in particular Semantic Web Standards, can help lower
the cost of government, make it easier for independent agencies to
work together, and increase flexibility in the face of change," said
Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. W3C invites participation in the new
eGovernment Interest Group, which is open to the public. The group
will identify best practices and guidelines in this area, document
where current technology does not adequately address stakeholder
needs, and suggest improvements via the standards process. Read the
W3C eGovernment FAQ and press release, and learn more about the W3C
eGovernment Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/faq
http://www.w3.org/2008/06/egov-pressrelease
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/
Source: http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20080609
--
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worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/
(Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237
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W3C eGovernment Activity
From:
MJ Ray
Date:
Jun 12 02:38 UTC
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I just saw this in the W3C newsletter - anyone know more or want to
comment on it, please? -- Thanks, MJR
New eGovernment Activity to Help Improve Government through Better Use
of the Web
W3C launches today a new forum for governments, citizens,
researchers, and other stakeholders to investigate how best to use
Web technology for good governance and citizen participation. "Open
Standards, and in particular Semantic Web Standards, can help lower
the cost of government, make it easier for independent agencies to
work together, and increase flexibility in the face of change," said
Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. W3C invites participation in the new
eGovernment Interest Group, which is open to the public. The group
will identify best practices and guidelines in this area, document
where current technology does not adequately address stakeholder
needs, and suggest improvements via the standards process. Read the
W3C eGovernment FAQ and press release, and learn more about the W3C
eGovernment Activity.
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/IG/faq
http://www.w3.org/2008/06/egov-pressrelease
http://www.w3.org/2007/eGov/
Source: http://www.w3.org/News/Public/pnews-20080609
Seeking input on a cross-community forum idea
From:
Julie Olague
Date:
May 27 21:50 UTC
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Steven,
A couple thoughts:
If I understand correctly, the current Forums would be doing some networking
and outreach work in nearby communities...sounds viable and worth pursuing...
I'd like to see as many Forums started as possible.
While keeping our Forum local and focused on our issues, we would be able
to connect and share with our sister Forums, when topics of mutual interest are
posted...Fabulous!
1. I would be interested in working on this project
2. With the leadership that we have already, I can foresee a strong membership.
3. The funding can be handled through grants or a possible status change to
501(c) non-profit as well as donations.
As for attracting new community leaders to begin Forums, again, I believe it's
all in the outreach and recruitment process just as we do locally, on a broader
scale.
Certainly worth looking into Steven,
Peace,
Julie Olague
Las Vegas, NM
<email obscured>
Steven Clift <<email obscured>> wrote:
This is a really rough idea ...
We've been interested in ways to connect people across our Issues Forum
communities. Our local networks are filled with active citizens working
to improve their local communities. While there are certainly
professionals on our forums who do "community development" or "planning" or are
a professional expert in something, these voices we hear most
tend to come from "just do it" kind of people.
How might we help people on our forums be more effective who don't have
access to professional support networks?
How might we connect "active citizens" from new communities such that
they would also be inspired to create local Issues Forums?
So my rough idea is to propose a simple
"<email obscured>" online group for local
exchange of citizen-based ideas, innovations, and practical experiences
on improving the quality of life in local places.
While professionals tend to sub-divide by practices, my preference is
for a silo breaking space that empowers local community builders with
ideas and suggestions from other people who like them who are making a
difference locally. So whether it is an exchange on traffic calming,
improving recycling, or the many many *similar* local issues that come
up independently on our various forums interested folks would have
access information on multiple topics.
What do folks think of this rough idea?
A few of the questions that I have are:
1. Is there an interested volunteer Forum Manager?
2. How many of our current 3,000+ members might join? 200 would be nice.
3. Is this a fundable idea? (Might demonstrating something help us seek
grants to expand participation and add cross-community knowledge
exchange features.)
4. Would this attract new participants not currently covered by an
Issues Forum an inspire them lead new forum start-ups (funded ones in
particular)? (One of our priorities is to spread awareness to more
places such that local community foundations, local governments, etc.
will fund assisted forum start-ups. Attracting the types of people who
would start local Issues Forums by providing a useful exchange now might
make this more likely.)
Again, I am looking for input on the idea to see if it is worth
proposing to our Board and others.
Cheers,
Steven Clift
Board Chair
Steven Clift
Ericsson, Minneapolis
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Seeking input on a cross-community forum idea
From:
Steven Clift
Date:
May 27 20:31 UTC
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This is a really rough idea ...
We've been interested in ways to connect people across our Issues Forum
communities. Our local networks are filled with active citizens working
to improve their local communities. While there are certainly
professionals on our forums who do "community development" or "planning"
or are a professional expert in something, these voices we hear most
tend to come from "just do it" kind of people.
How might we help people on our forums be more effective who don't have
access to professional support networks?
How might we connect "active citizens" from new communities such that
they would also be inspired to create local Issues Forums?
So my rough idea is to propose a simple
"<email obscured>" online group for local
exchange of citizen-based ideas, innovations, and practical experiences
on improving the quality of life in local places.
While professionals tend to sub-divide by practices, my preference is
for a silo breaking space that empowers local community builders with
ideas and suggestions from other people who like them who are making a
difference locally. So whether it is an exchange on traffic calming,
improving recycling, or the many many *similar* local issues that come
up independently on our various forums interested folks would have
access information on multiple topics.
What do folks think of this rough idea?
A few of the questions that I have are:
1. Is there an interested volunteer Forum Manager?
2. How many of our current 3,000+ members might join? 200 would be nice.
3. Is this a fundable idea? (Might demonstrating something help us seek
grants to expand participation and add cross-community knowledge
exchange features.)
4. Would this attract new participants not currently covered by an
Issues Forum an inspire them lead new forum start-ups (funded ones in
particular)? (One of our priorities is to spread awareness to more
places such that local community foundations, local governments, etc.
will fund assisted forum start-ups. Attracting the types of people who
would start local Issues Forums by providing a useful exchange now might
make this more likely.)
Again, I am looking for input on the idea to see if it is worth
proposing to our Board and others.
Cheers,
Steven Clift
Board Chair
FYI - Personal Democracy Forum Conference Discount
From:
Steven Clift
Date:
May 21 02:21 UTC
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The folks at PDF wanted me to extend this discount to E-Democracy.Org
volunteers. If you plan or are interested in attending this important
conference in New York City, make sure you use the discount. The day after on
June 25 I am hoping to organize an E-Democracy specific input/outreach
gathering, so let me know if you will be around. - Steven Clift,
<email obscured>
From: Steven Clift <<email obscured>>
To: <email obscured>
Sent: 5/19/08, 4:20:42 PM
Subject: [DW] Conf - DoWire Discount for Personal Democracy Forum Early Birds -
23-24 June 2008 - New York City
If you are on the fence about attending the now two day Personal Democracy
Forum - http://www.personaldemocracy.com/conference - in New
York, perhaps the DoWire's member discount will entice you to join me at this
conference. See the full announcement below.
For those outside the U.S., this is one of the best e-democracy events worth
jumping over the pond. Their second day (where I will be speaking) includes a
major focus on governance and ties to my questions about "White House 2.0" and
local up democracy building online between elections. This is a huge shift in
U.S. interest in ways citizens can
engage each other and their governments online. We've been stuck on
e-campaigning for tool long.
In addition to the conference, I am planning a gathering either the evening of
June 24 or on June 25th. I'd like to update people on the work of
E-Democracy.Org, gather your input and have a mini-version of the dynamic
neighbors online discussion -
http://www.dowire.org/notes/?p=405 - I held in DC the other week. If you'd like
an invite, drop me a note: <email obscured>
Sincerely,
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.Org and DoWire.Org
Personal Democracy Forum 2008
*Agenda:* To learn how technology is changing the world of
government, not-for-profits, and civic engagement.
* Date:* June 23–24, 2008
*Place:* Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln
Center (60th and Broadway, NYC).
*Admission:* $595 for Early-Bird Special (minus an additional $150
for DoWire members by May 31st only!)
*Website:* http://www.personaldemocracy.com/conference
*
*Special Discount for DoWire.org Members!*
*Use discount code "*dowirepdf*" to receive $150 off the Early-Bird
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Instructions
*1. Log onto http://regonline.com/pdf2008
2. Click "early bird registration"
3. In the field that appears and reads "Promotion," type in discount
code* *"*dowirepdf*"
4. Continue with registration
*
Technology and the Internet are changing politics and democracy.*
*
_Why Attend_*
* Hear from the nation's top opinion makers, thought leaders, political
practitioners, technologists, and journalists
* Network, exchange ideas, and explore how technology and the Internet
can help you and your organization succeed in the new networked world.
* Learn about new online tools and how to use them to raise money, build
support, and change the world
* Meet new customers, partners, collaborators, and innovators
*
_Who Should Attend_*
* Political professionals
* Non-profit executives and staff
* Communication
* Bloggers
* Social entrepreneurs
* Advocacy organizations
* Technology companies
* Anyone excited about the future of democracy and advocacy.
*
_Thought Leader Speakers This Year Include:_
*
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* Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia
* Vint Cerf, Google
* Larry Lessig, Stanford University
* Craig Newmark, Craigslist.com
* Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo
* Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards '08
* Michael Arrington, TechCrunch
* Joe Trippi, John Edwards '08 & Dean '04
* Ben Smith, Politico.com
* Esther Dyson, EDventure.com
* Scott Heiferman, Meetup.com
* Robert Scoble, FastCompany.tv
* Jason Calacanis, Mahalo
* Chuck Defeo, Townhall.com
* Robin Chase, Zipcar
* Amy Holmes, CNN Political Analyst
* Beth Noveck, New York Law School
* Mike Turk, George Bush '04
* Patrick Ruffini, Republican Web strategist
* Douglas Rushkoff, Author
* Sarah Stirland, Wired
* Zephyr Teachout, Duke University
* Matt Stoller, OpenLeft.com
* Jose Antonio Vargas, Washington Post
* Ethan Zuckerman, Berkman Center
* Ellen Miller, Sunlight Foundation
* Cyrus Krohn, e-Campaign Director, RNC
* Mayhill Fowler, OffTheBus.net
* Steve Grove, YouTube
* Lee Brenner, MySpace.com
Plus many more!
*
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Building Neighborhoods Online - Possible DC gathering May 7
From:
Steven Clift
Date:
Apr 14 16:48 UTC
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I am considering putting together a small session for ~15 to discuss ways to
strengthen neighborhoods using the Internet when I am in Washington DC on
Wednesday, May 7.
In addition to sharing the story about the exciting launch of the Neighborhood
Issues Forum where I live - http://e-democracy.org/se - I'd like to discuss
Vermont's Front Porch Forum, iNeighbors (academic project), the Facebook
Neighborhoods application, Outside.In and Topix's approach to zipcode based
forums, Everyblock.Com, and DC's exceptionally vibrant neighborhood e-mail list
network. I am also interested in gathering ideas on block-level tools to
support more secure networking among neighbors and how to extend the summer
idea of National Night Out to a winter Local Night Online.
If you would like an invite - drop me a note:
<email obscured>
Put "Neighborhoods Online Discussion" in the subject.
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.Org
P.S. We have a small grant to establish two neighborhood forums in high
immigrant areas in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Work is getting underway. See:
http://e-democracy.org/nf
I am interested in learning about any other examples where such an effort has
attempted to build a geographically bounded space that is fully reflective an
actual and highly diverse local community (v. white middle class active
citizens who are the easiest to recruit).
Anyone here from these U.S. communities?
From:
Scott Aikens
Date:
Apr 04 13:34 UTC
Short link
I'm from Detroit!
And, by the way, check out this recent feature in Crain's Business Detroit:
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080324/SUB/203236654
Scott Aikens
Steven Clift <<email obscured>> wrote:
We are potentially preparing a grant request to the Knight Foundation that
would likely promise to help start X Issues Forums in so-called "Knight
Communities." Key to our model is leveraging local volunteer interest and to
not colonize from the outside. Therefore, if we know of people in our sphere
already based in these specific communities it bumps them up in terms of
potential outreach.
This is all very tentative, but it since this list is quite large you never
know where people are today.
Steve
Julie Olague wrote:
> Hi Steven,
>
> I'm from Long Beach, California! Just curious...why the interest in these
communities?
>
> Thanks,
> Julie
>
> Steven Clift wrote:
> See map:
> http://www.knightfoundation.org/programs/communities/
>
> Aberdeen
> Akron
> Biloxi
> Boulder
> Bradenton
> Charlotte
> Columbia
> Columbus
> Detroit
> Duluth
> Fort Wayne
> Gary
> Grand Forks
> Lexington
> Long Beach
> Macon Bibb County, Ga.
> Miami Miami-Dade and Broward counties, Florida
> Milledgeville Baldwin County, Ga.
> Myrtle Beach Horry County, S.C.
> Palm Beach Palm Beach County, Fla.
> Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. and Camden, N.J.
> San Jose Santa Clara, southern Alameda and southern San Mateo counties in
California
> St. Paul Ramsey County, Minn.
> State College Centre County, Pa.
> Tallahassee Leon County, Fla.
> Wichita Sedgwick County, Kansas
>
>
> E-Democracy.Org is preparing an approach to the Knight Foundation.
>
> Steven Clift
>
>
> Steven Clift
> Ericsson, Hennepin
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Anyone in NYC on Thursday?
From:
Steven Clift
Date:
Apr 02 18:34 UTC
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Tim Erickson is there as a parent helping with his son's class trip. If
you want to connect on Issues Forum over coffee, give him a ring on his
mobile:
612-246-5045.
State of the City - St. Paul 2
From:
Tim Erickson
Date:
Mar 28 15:06 UTC
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Whoops - I forget the link:
http://pages.e-democracy.org/SOC_2008
I'll post more details later, but would like to draw peoples attention
to a project that St. Paul E-Democracy has been working on with the
Mayor's office in St. Paul in conjunction with his State of the City
address.
This is the kind of community organizing that can take place around an
Issues Forum. This is the kind of thing that E-Democracy.Org is
promoting in the communities where we work.
Thanks,
Tim Erickson
State of the City - St. Paul
From:
Tim Erickson
Date:
Mar 28 15:05 UTC
Short link
I'll post more details later, but would like to draw peoples attention
to a project that St. Paul E-Democracy has been working on with the
Mayor's office in St. Paul in conjunction with his State of the City
address.
This is the kind of community organizing that can take place around an
Issues Forum. This is the kind of thing that E-Democracy.Org is
promoting in the communities where we work.
Thanks,
Tim Erickson
Anyone here from these U.S. communities?
From:
Steven Clift
Date:
Mar 27 20:12 UTC
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We are potentially preparing a grant request to the Knight Foundation that
would likely promise to help start X Issues Forums in so-called "Knight
Communities." Key to our model is leveraging local volunteer interest and to
not colonize from the outside. Therefore, if we know of people in our sphere
already based in these specific communities it bumps them up in terms of
potential outreach.
This is all very tentative, but it since this list is quite large you never
know where people are today.
Steve
Julie Olague wrote:
> Hi Steven,
>
> I'm from Long Beach, California! Just curious...why the interest in these
communities?
>
> Thanks,
> Julie
>
> Steven Clift <<email obscured>> wrote:
> See map:
> http://www.knightfoundation.org/programs/communities/
>
> Aberdeen
> Akron
> Biloxi
> Boulder
> Bradenton
> Charlotte
> Columbia
> Columbus
> Detroit
> Duluth
> Fort Wayne
> Gary
> Grand Forks
> Lexington
> Long Beach
> Macon Bibb County, Ga.
> Miami Miami-Dade and Broward counties, Florida
> Milledgeville Baldwin County, Ga.
> Myrtle Beach Horry County, S.C.
> Palm Beach Palm Beach County, Fla.
> Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. and Camden, N.J.
> San Jose Santa Clara, southern Alameda and southern San Mateo counties in
California
> St. Paul Ramsey County, Minn.
> State College Centre County, Pa.
> Tallahassee Leon County, Fla.
> Wichita Sedgwick County, Kansas
>
>
> E-Democracy.Org is preparing an approach to the Knight Foundation.
>
> Steven Clift
>
>
> Steven Clift
> Ericsson, Hennepin
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Anyone here from these U.S. communities?
From:
Julie Olague
Date:
Mar 27 19:18 UTC
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Hi Steven,
I'm from Long Beach, California! Just curious...why the interest in these
communities?
Thanks,
Julie
Steven Clift <<email obscured>> wrote:
See map:
http://www.knightfoundation.org/programs/communities/
Aberdeen
Akron
Biloxi
Boulder
Bradenton
Charlotte
Columbia
Columbus
Detroit
Duluth
Fort Wayne
Gary
Grand Forks
Lexington
Long Beach
Macon Bibb County, Ga.
Miami Miami-Dade and Broward counties, Florida
Milledgeville Baldwin County, Ga.
Myrtle Beach Horry County, S.C.
Palm Beach Palm Beach County, Fla.
Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. and Camden, N.J.
San Jose Santa Clara, southern Alameda and southern San Mateo counties in
California
St. Paul Ramsey County, Minn.
State College Centre County, Pa.
Tallahassee Leon County, Fla.
Wichita Sedgwick County, Kansas
E-Democracy.Org is preparing an approach to the Knight Foundation.
Steven Clift
Steven Clift
Ericsson, Hennepin
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Anyone here from these U.S. communities?
From:
Steven Clift
Date:
Mar 26 20:56 UTC
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See map:
http://www.knightfoundation.org/programs/communities/
Aberdeen
Akron
Biloxi
Boulder
Bradenton
Charlotte
Columbia
Columbus
Detroit
Duluth
Fort Wayne
Gary
Grand Forks
Lexington
Long Beach
Macon Bibb County, Ga.
Miami Miami-Dade and Broward counties, Florida
Milledgeville Baldwin County, Ga.
Myrtle Beach Horry County, S.C.
Palm Beach Palm Beach County, Fla.
Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. and Camden, N.J.
San Jose Santa Clara, southern Alameda and southern San Mateo counties in
California
St. Paul Ramsey County, Minn.
State College Centre County, Pa.
Tallahassee Leon County, Fla.
Wichita Sedgwick County, Kansas
E-Democracy.Org is preparing an approach to the Knight Foundation.
Steven Clift
Webcast: Online Consultation and Public Policy Making
From:
Tim Erickson
Date:
Mar 13 22:02 UTC
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Hello friends:
Just wanted to pass along the word that there will be a live webcast of the
entire "Online Consultation and Public Policy Making: Democracy, Identity, and
New Media" symposia taking place tomorrow at the Moritz College of Law,
Columbus, Ohio.
My interest in this webcast, is that I'm on the agenda as the lunch time
speaker, which may also mean that my presentation will be webcast as well (as
if I needed the extra pressure of millions of online viewers tuning in to the
symposia).
:-)
For more info about the symposia and how to join the webcast:
http://www.is-journal.org/symposia.php
I'll be talking about "Building Democracy Through Local Issues Forums."
- - - - - - - - - - -
Online Consultation and Public Policy Making: Democracy, Identity, and New
Media
March 14, 2008 | 8:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Barrister's Club| Moritz College of
Law
E-Goverance: The Internet now offers the world an unprecedented capacity to
foster the sharing of information and to facilitate sustained, many-to-many
communication. The networking of citizens with their governments, with each
other, and with the organs of civil society has created unprecedented
opportunities for popular engagement in the public sphere. To attend any part
of this conference, please reserve your seat by contacting Adrienne Montalvo,
Executive Editor, at <email obscured> by March 12, 2008. Please indicate whether you
would like to reserve a lunch.
The Symposim will feature researchers from Australia, England, France, Israel,
Italy, Korea and Slovenia, as well as the United States, addressing a variety
of e-democracy issues from a diverse interdisciplinary background and both
theoretical and applied research.
This is an active workshop for members of the International Working Group on
Online Consultation and Public Policy Making, some presenting and others
discussing the principal papers. Audience members, including students, are
welcome to attend, but reservations must be made in advance.
Principal presenters include:
* Steven J. Balla, Associate Professor of Political Science, Public Policy
and Public Administration, Elliott School of International Affairs, George
Washington University
* Patrizia Bertini, Independent Practitioner and Researcher, European
Internet Accessibility Observatory
* Andrew Chadwick, Head, Department of Politics and International Relations,
and Founding Director, New Political Communication Unit, University of London
* Sungsoo Hwang, Ph.D. candidate in Public Affairs, Graduate School of Public
and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
* Laurence Monnoyer-Smith, Associate Professor of Communication Sciences,
University of Technology at Compiègne, France
* Kerrie Oakes, Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration, Griffi th
University, and former Policy Offi cer, Queensland eDemocracy Policy Team in
Australia
* Oren Perez, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University,
Ramat Gan, Israel
* Alicia Schatteman, Ph.D. candidate, School of Public Affairs and
Administration, Rutgers University.
Best wishes,
Tim Erickson
E-Democracy.Org
SV: Some example start-up posts
From:
lars heyerdahl
Date:
Mar 04 18:14 UTC
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Hi Steven,
Is this something i may, can, should or ougt to join here from Norway?
Sounds very much like a very local, your own, neighborhood thing.
Went to http://e-democracy.org/se - and still - expecting a Swedish site,
got no wiser.
Pls advice.
Thnks.
Lars
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Fra: Steven Clift [mailto:<email obscured>]
Sendt: 3. mars 2008 21:18
Til: Liftoff - Issues Forums Builders
Emne: [Liftoff] Some example start-up posts
I wanted to share an update on the launch of the new forum for my
neighborhood in Minneapolis.
I've added the 125 paper sign-up based members. We are now at 150 members
and I'd like get the forum to 200 registered participants before officially
opening to post.
Steps completed:
1. Bcc: opt-out from paper sign-up - I caught at least 20 e-mail addresses
that were mistyped or hard to read before uploading to the server.
2. Upload paper sign-ups.
3. Sent Welcome how to change password post:
http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/post/4NXlQibCkGg0xEg7kN1IWQ
4. Sent "invite your neighbors" post for forwarding:
Something amazing is happening. Over 150 neighbors across the Standish and
Ericsson neighborhoods are coming together online to build a stronger
community in the "real world".
Join me on the forum as it opens in the coming days. Once there are 200 of
us, we will average one household per block. At 400, we will have 10 percent
of the households in regular contact.
This online forum encourages e-mail or web-based (your choice) sharing of
announcements and discussion of specifically local topics. From schools and
parks to crime and local environment, we can now communicate across our
neighborhoods in minutes.
Unlike most online forms, the host E-Democracy.Org requires civility and the
use of real names. Participation is worth your time, on your own time.
Because we live near one another, conversations will flow back and forth,
offline and back online. Each of us is a connecting point to dozens of
people on our block, on a walk, or at the park.
Where do I join? Visit:
http://e-democracy.org/se
Select "register and join" to sign-up. As a default, all members receive
individual posts by e-mail and may publish text, photos, etc. by simply
posting to "<email obscured>". A daily digest version simply listing topics
with links read posts via website is available as well.
Two important rules keep message volume reasonable - no one may post more
than twice in 24 hours and announcements must be either about events within
the geographic boundaries of the neighborhoods or be made by direct
participants in area community activities (e.g. an invitation to a Hiawatha
Lions pancake breakfast hosted in East Nokomis can only be made by a Lions
member who lives or works in Standish or Ericsson for example). The forum
has two volunteer co-hosts, Victoria Ford (Standish) and Steven Clift
(Ericsson) and they can privately answer any questions you might have -
<email obscured>
Please spread the word by passing this message on your to neighbors.
P.S. Additional background on neighborhood forums across the Twin Cities is
available - http://e-democracy.org/nf -. Also, while this forum is not
officially sponsored by the Standish Ericsson Neighborhood Association, they
are participating in its promotion. E-Democracy.Org, is experienced in
supporting volunteers who host similar dynamic forums in over ten
communities across three countries.
5. Challenged participants to recruit local "who's who" ... we need to open
a forum with those in the halls of power/with access to community resources
to ensure that the forum is heard:
Subject: Who should we invite to join us? Who can help us solve problems,
move resources?
Please forward the invitation I just sent to others you know who live or
work in the neighborhood. Dig out your neighbors e-mail addresses, perhaps
invite them over for coffee as well as to join you on the forum.
:-) My goal is to have 200 registered members by the time (voluntary)
introductions conclude.
More specifically, who do you personally know who should join us on this
forum?
We want people on the forum who can help us interface with the numerous
public institutions that serve us. Not only can they help share
announcements, they can also help answer questions. Better yet, if we get
this on our loop, they can listen and learn from our discussions be they
about development proposals, crime incidents, etc.
It is best that someone on the forum with a personal connection volunteer to
invite others.
Please volunteer to invite a specific person(s) - staneric-fm@e-democracyorg
- in this role:
1. City council member(s) and aides
2. Police officers who often serve our neighborhood 3. Community policing,
National Night Out contacts 3. Principals and interested teachers at the
schools where many of our children attend, school board members 4. Park
facility staff and board members in general area 5. County and state
legislature elected officials 6. Local librarians 7. Light rail/transit
staff knowledgeable about our area 8. Someone from the local fire station 9.
Local clergy/places of worship (announcements about special public events
such as visiting choirs, etc. are welcome) 10. Local service club
representatives (YMCA, Lions, etc.) 11. Locally owned businesses 12. People
highly active in our neighborhood association, NRP staff, other city/county
staff who serve/live in our neighborhood 13. Who are we missing on our map
of "public life" in our neighborhood?
Again, please volunteer privately - staneric-fm@e-democracyorg - to take
five minutes and invite someone you know filling any of these roles.
You can just e-mail them right now and cc: <email obscured> so we know who
has been invited. If they say yes, we can just add them manually to make it
easy.
Assuming they say yes, you can also ask them to forward the public
invitation via their own locally relevant e-mail lists to join.
Your Neighbor,
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.Org
6. Next up will be a follow-up note asking people to be sure to help us
invite others.
7. Moderated Introductions week ... starting later this week ... I hope to
get at least 1/3 of members to say hello as I cruise through sections of the
neighborhood (I think) rotating north and south.
Cheers,
Steve
Steven Clift
Ericsson, Hennepin
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