*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** Building Interactive Online Public Spaces in Local Communities ============================================================== Tues, Dec. 5, 12:30 p.m. - Brown Bag Lunch @ Benton Foundation Are you interested in creating online spaces for discussion of local public issues in the cities and neighborhoods across the Washington DC Metropolitan area? Do you want those discussions to matter in real-world community affairs? Join Steven Clift, Rick Birmingham and other E-Democracy volunteers as they share the history and lessons from one of America's most recognized political and community-oriented online volunteer initiatives - Minnesota E-Democracy <http://www.e-democracy.org>. Help us plant the seeds of powerful and useful online citizen participation in local communities across the United States. Below are some suggested articles that provide background on the strategic e-mail approach. Come ready to share your stories and ideas. Details - Time, Date, Place, RSVP --------------------------------- Tuesday, December 5, 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ** Brown Bag Lunch - Bring Your Lunch and Drink ** Benton Foundation - Conference Room 950 18th Street, N.W. Washington DC 20006 ** To RSVP, join our temporary e-mail announcement list by sending an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] We will do a round of short virtual introductions before the meeting. Those who cannot make it in-person are encouraged to join. Depending upon the interest, we will explore telephone participation options. Special thanks to the Benton Foundation <http://www.benton.org> for hosting this brown bag lunch event. Contact David Weiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with questions about the venue and Steven Clift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> if you have specific questions about the event. Suggested Reading: ------------------ Start an Online Commons (Shortest) http://www.e-democracy.org/do/commons.html E-Democracy Thrives in Winona Minnesota (Shorter) http://onlinedemocracy.winona.org/startup.html A Wired Agora: Minneapolis, Citizen Participation, the Internet and Squirrels (Less than Short, Or is that Shorter than Long?) http://www.publicus.net/present/agora.html E-Democracy E-Book: 7 - Building Civic Life Online (Short Part of Something Way Too Long) http://www.publicus.net/ebook/edemebook.html#civic ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
