Somewhere out there is a story waiting to be told about a local government that is using the Internet to better connect with citizens and make better decisions. Somewhere out there is a local government that didn't know what hit them as citizens in their community used Internet tools and e-activism to change the direction of their community.
If you know of great online features every government should have online to better accommodate the will of the people or have information you can submit on the range to topics below, please do so today. Feel free to forward this others as well. Thanks, Steven Clift E-democracy Best Practices - Submit, Draft, Discuss: http://www.dowire.org/bp On this new project site you can: 1. Recommend an E-democracy Project or Strategy (Best before 31 DEC 2004) 2. Commend an Online Feature or E-democracy Practice (Best before 24 DEC 2004) 3. Nominate "Most E-democracy Enabled Governments" 4. Nominate "Most Wired Politicians" 5. Share a Local E-Activism Story 6. Join the E-democracy Best Practices Leadership Team 7. Help draft or comment on Briefs and Case Studies (Honorariums available for accepted topics) 8. Get a preview of the new DoWire blog and wiki system In particular, we are looking for "undiscovered" e-democracy projects outside the UK with relevant lessons for the UK local authorities. In the past, I've discovered most leading e-democracy practices <http://publicus.net/articles.html> in-person! This is because those closest to innovation often don't realize they are ahead or in fact innovators. Help us uncover the stories and case studies to be told. Submit suggestions please: http://dowire.org/submit For updates on this UK Local E-democracy National Project-funded exploration of global e-democracy best practices, join the 2800+ member Democracies Online Newswire e-mail announcement list and new blog: http://dowire.org Additional UK-supported projects that I am involved with: Enhanced Webcasting - http://www.dowire.org/webcasting -- New online community for public sector webcasters and multimedia folks Civic Weblogging - http://readmyday.co.uk/blogs/ -- Local government bloggers in the UK Local Issues Forums - http://e-democracy.org/uk -- Many-to-many citizen forums that matter For more information on the UK Local E-democracy National Project, watch these sites <http://www.e-democracy.gov.uk> and <http://www.e-dem.info>. Please forward this message to others or mention key points in e-newsletters, blogs, etc. Thanks, Steven Clift Democracies Online http://dowire.org _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
