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Monthly Archive October, 2006

What Bloggers are saying about the E-Debate

I was just taking a quick scan of the Blog-O-Sphere to see what is being said about the E-Democracy.Org - E-Debate.
At Designing For Civil Society David Wilcox had the following comments:
Political candidates once needed skills in dealing with hecklers … then reporters and TV cameras. Now it’s citizen’s media. Steven Clift, who has been promoting […]

Voter Voices - Election Images on Flickr and YouTube

As part of the E-Democracy.Org 2006 Gubernatorial E-Debate, we’re encouraging citizens to upload their own election related content to free web sites like Flickr (mnpolitics) and YouTube (mnpolitics). We’d love to see folks get creative in expressing their candidate or issues preferences/opinions, using these free services - while “tagging” their content “mn06,” “mnpolitics,” or “minnesota […]

MyBallot Goes National

I just got this message from E-Democracy.Org volunteer, David Stein:
MyBallot goes national !!!
I’ve wanted to say that for quite some time. As of right now, www.myballot.net covers the entire state of Florida for eight state wide offices (over 400 candidates). For four years, MyBallot has been a one state show – and now […]

Elected Officials and Issues Forums

One of the advantages of the Issues Forum model, that E-Democracy.Org is very proud of, is the fact that Issues Forums are designed to engage elected officials in open community discussions. Often, elected officials are engaged as “lurkers” who read the forum, seldom post, but often respond to participants in private (either answering questions or […]

St. Paul E-Democracy creates their first PODCAST

As part of their outreach efforts at the Rondo Community Outreach Library, St. Paul E-Democracy volunteers are trying to demonstrate the power of various digital media tools and how easy they are to use. Last week, three SPED volunteers (Kevin Marshall, Marc Trimble, and Tim Erickson) recorded and published the first SPED Report, a podcast […]

New Forum to Launch in Knowle West, Bristol (UK)

E-Democracy.Org is pleased to announce the launch of the Knowle West Neighbourhood Forum, this coming Wednesday October 11th, 2006. Local organizers in the Knowle West neighbourhood of Bristol, expect the forum to open with approximately 50 local participants, with a goal of reaching over 100 participants within the first few weeks of operation. The purpose […]

Clean Energy Discussion in Pioneer Valley, MA

E-Democracy.Org is hosting an online community discussion designed to gather input from the public and from key stakeholders in creating the Pioneer Valley’s Five Year Clean Energy Plan. The PVCE-Plan is being developed collaboratively by two regional government commissions: Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (representing Hampshire and Hampden counties) and the Franklin Regional Council of Governments. […]

Speaking in Denver & Birmingham (UK)

Just a quick note, to let folks know that E-Democracy.Org organizer, Tim Erickson [Email address: tim #AT# e-democracy.org - replace #AT# with @ ], has a couple of speaking engagements coming up in the next few weeks. He’ll be participating as part of the “eParticipation: Technology and the Future of Collaborative Decision-Making” panel at the […]

Who is on your ballot? MyBallot.Net 2006 launched by volunteers

What do Minnesota and Florida have in common? Their ballot and polling place data from their Secretary of State’s allow us to offer easy access to who in ony ballot and where do you vote. Thank you Minnesota and Florida.
Launched in 2002 by volunteer David Stein (thank you!), MyBallot.Net 2006 is now open with […]

St. Paul E-Democracy - Rondo Outreach

Members of St. Paul E-Democracy have launched an outreach program at the newly opened Rondo Community Outreach Library, in St. Paul. Every week, volunteers from St. Paul E-Democracy sit at a table answering questions about the internet and showing folks how they can use digital tools to voice their concerns.
In addition, they have scheduled […]