Getting started?
From:
Tim Erickson
Date:
2005 Nov 25 06:01 UTC
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MJ Ray:
As Steve mentioned, the two biggest hurdles in launching an Issues
Forum on our site are:
1) Organizing a steering committee of 5-10 folks
2) Recruiting the first 100 participants (for the forum)
There are other details, which we can discuss later.
If you are ready to begin the process, just let us know and we'll set
up a space for you like this:
http://forums.e-democracy.org/melksham
We won't officially open the forum until the steering committee is in
place and the initial participants are recruited. BUT, you can use
the TEAM forum for planning purposes and allow folks to start
subscribing (joining) the forum, right away.
Why don't you tell me more about your plans and I'll give you a
better idea of what I can do to help.
Tim Erickson
E-Democracy.Org
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At 9:56 PM -0600 11/24/05, Steven Clift wrote:
>Good point. Setting up a forum is something we do together on the
>technical side. It is easiest part of the process really.
>
>One thing we could do quite quickly is create a cityname-team@ online
>group for the initial formation of a steering committee. Do you have
>5 to 10 fellow citizens (or an interest in recruiting them) to help
>get started? Then once a charter is drafted, we can create a
>cityname-issues@ group and turn over the web-based interface keys to
>a forum manager.
>
>Tim Erickson is the one to help with the details. Tim, what do you
>suggest for a next step?
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