Hi all, OK, so here's our basic dilemma:
1. We know *exactly* what mySociety needs from this up front, namely candidate data, and local political issues data. 2. We don't want the wording on the site to mean we can't ask anything else of the people who sign up. They might come up with awesome ideas, and we didn't want to constrain ourselves. Those of you who are most concerned about the wording seeming to sign you up to unlimited, Sisyphean labours, could you please suggest some specific changes and correction? Also, on the journalists issue, whilst I can foresee that we might, for example, ask local volunteers to ask local newspapers to ask refusenik candidates why they won't fill in the election survey, that's definitely a task for some time in the future. First we need to know who the candidates are! Talking of which, if you have volunteered, you can start doing this research now, even in advance of there being a UI into which to plug it! thanks, Tom 2009/10/1 Alexander Hilton <[email protected]>: > Jonathan Bennett > I wasn't suggesting "scattershot" PR > Just that at a local level, we could build in a tool where people can hold > their politicians to account in local media as well as on websites > Alex Hilton > > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Jonathan Bennett > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Alexander Hilton wrote: >> > tom, >> > >> > how about..... >> > >> > 1. Collect a copy of each of your local papers >> > 2. enter in all the names of journalists, email addresses and phone >> > numbers that you can find. >> >> >> Please *don't* do this. I'm a journalist in an unrelated field, and have >> been on the receiving end of similar tactics throughout my career. >> Sending scatter-shot information to any and every journalist on a >> publication is a sure-fire way of getting ignored. One of the most >> common criticisms of PR agencies is using junior staff to work blindly >> through a directory of hacks irrespective of what their beat is. >> >> Finding the right reporter (by doing some research) on each publication >> and speaking to them directly will be far more productive, and probably >> won't take any more collective effort. >> >> Jonathan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list [email protected] >> Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: >> >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list [email protected] > Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
