Minnesota Politics and Issues Forum Charter

MN-POLITICS, established in 1994, is a citizen-based online interactive public commons - a virtual citizen assembly. You can express your views and deliberate on important public issues in Minnesota. This agenda-setting online public space reaches directly into the heart of real Minnesota politics. You will gain insight on diverse perspectives and may share your knowledge and information via e-mail with hundreds of subscribers. In some cases you may reach thousands via informal message forwarding, the web archive, or media coverage. Who reads your message is as important as what you have to say.

Purpose and Goals

Purpose of the Minnesota Politics and Issues Forum is to support substantive discussion of Minnesota public policy issues and politics.

The Goals of Minnesota Politics and Issues Forum are:

• Encourage discussion from diverse political perspectives that is respectful in nature.
• This forum is more about the presentation of
• ideas and information than being right with one's ideology.

Typical Topics

Topics that you might find here to discuss include:

Participation Rules

By taking part in this forum, you accept the full rules of the forum. You can read these rules by clicking on the link below:

Full rules to the forum

Highlighted rules:

• Discussion participants come from a wide range of backgrounds and have diverse political perspectives and communication styles. By embracing the clash of ideas this forum strives for respectful issue-based discussions that avoid personal arguments and attacks. This is a radically different political experience than you get from other media because the value of the forum is completely in the hands of the participants.

Forum Manager

The Forum Manager in Minnesota Politics and Issues Forum is Todd Suomela.

The forum manager is responsible for the general health and well-being of the list. The forum manager shall:

• enforce forum rules
• respond to participant questions
• listen to complaints or concerns
• encourage active participation
• maintain respectful tone of discussion

If you have any questions or concerns about the Minnesota Politics and Issues Forum, please contact us at: E-Democracy.Org

Membership and Roles

Membership of Minnesota Politics and Issues Forum is open to [Membership Definition].

The Minnesota Politics and Issues Forum Home Page shows the parts of Minnesota Politics and Issues Forum that can be seen and contributed to by members and non-members.

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