Post in tax payer cost of this forum. is it worth it?

2006 Oct 22 11:41 UTC

On Oct 21, 2006, at 10:29 PM, roger hess jr wrote:
> this coming monday night the roseville city council will be taking
> a vote to spend $6000 of our taxpayer dollars to continue this e-
> democracy/roseville issues website. do you think this is worth
> $6000 to the citizens of roseville? can you think of something else
> that might be more worthwhile to spend $6000 of our tax dollars on
> or do you think this is a wise expenditure?

This is a great example of the promise of local Issues Forums. Its
very powerful for someone to be able to identify a current issue,
bring it to the attention of others in their community (through a
forum like this one), and hopefully take action based upon the
information that comes out of a very timely discussion. I wish I saw
even more examples like this in the forum.

There is something ironic (yet very appropriate), about using the
Issues Forum to discuss whether or not to support the Issues Forum.
If it weren't for the Issues Forum, where would this discussion take
place?

   :-)

I understand that this is an oversimplification - but, I couldn't
resist.

While usually, we discourage discussion about the forum itself in the
forum - now feels like a good time to get some feedback on this
experiment. In a separate email, I'll do my best to describe in more
detail what the $6000 is for and the history behind this initiative,
in case anyone has forgotten or recently joined the forum.

So, is the forum worth it?
Has the forum been a useful resource to you, so far....?
How would you like to see the forum improve?

Best wishes,

Tim Erickson
E-Democracy.Org