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Please forward this to those working with online consultations and
events in government and civic organizations.
Steven Clift
Democracies Online
P.S. This important peer to peer exchange is facilitated by Canadian
and Harvard Ph.D candidate Alexandra Samuel - thank you Alexandra.
Democracies Online
Forum on Online Consultations and Civic Events
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The Internet gives governments and civic organizations unprecedented
opportunities for engaging citizens in public decision-making.
Government and civil society leaders around the world are working
together to find the best ways of harnessing the Net as a tool for
greater civic engagement. As one of these leaders, you know the value
of e-mail as a way of exchanging ideas, information, and techniques
with other experts in the field of online consultation.
We (see Charter Members list below) are taking this a step further by
inviting you and fellow online leaders to join us on a simple and
informal e-mail group.
DO-Consult is a peer-to-peer forum for those involved with
government, parliamentary and civic online consultations and events.
Its purpose is to encourage professional information exchange among
practitioners and researchers on use the Internet in the public
policy consultation, public hearings, and rulemaking processes.
This includes online consultations and events sponsored by
governments (from local councils to parliamentary committees to
national departments) and those organized by civic (NGOs) and
academic organizations. This is the place to ask questions, share
lessons and insights, and distribute relevant announcements.
We encourage you to join us today in creating an important new
resource for all those seeking to harness the Internet as a new
channel for citizen engagement in policy-making. This forum will
open with introductions as soon as we have 75 members.
To subscribe, simply send an e-mail message to:
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Join us today and forward this message on to appropriate contacts
within your organization or with other colleagues working in the area
of online consultation.
Further Details
This forum is facilitated by Alexandra W. Samuel
<http://www.alexandrasamuel.com>, Ph.D. candidate, Harvard
University, with Ann Macintosh, International Teledemocracy Centre
<http://www.teledemocracy.org>. It is part of the Democracies Online
family of peer forums organized by Steven Clift
<http://www.publicus.net>. Those also interested in announcements and
news on democracy and Internet should join the moderated 2300 member
Democracies Online Newswire <http://www.e-democracy.org/do>.
Guidelines
This informal forum is completely independent from official
government and organizational channels. All participants participate
as individuals and do not officially represent their governments or
organizations.
Forum messages may NOT be forwarded without the permission of the
original author(s) and the participant list will only be available to
other forum members. Messages in multiple languages are appropriate
and participants are welcome to help create additional opportunities
for specialized information exchange. Please carefully review the
first messages you receive for they may contain additional
instructions or forum details.
Charter Members
Charter Members, currently involved with online consultation include
(affiliations listed for identification purposes only):
Anthony Barnett
Editor
www.opendemocracy.net
Tom Beierle, Fellow
Resources for the Future
Washington, DC
Tim Erickson
Politalk Moderator
St. Paul, Minnesota
Meegan Fitzharris
Assistant Manager, Government Online Policy and Review
The National Office for the Information Economy
Government of Australia
Dr. Karin Geiselhart
School of Business Information Technology
RMIT University Melbourne, Australia
Joe Goldman, MPA candidate
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Deborah Hamilton
Community Consultation Officer
Office of Multicultural and Community Affairs
ACT Chief Minister's Department
Government of Australia
Chip Hauss
Director, Policy and Research
Search for Common Ground USA
Dr. David R. Newman
Queen's University Belfast
Pauline Poland
Policy Advisor
Ministry for the Interior and Kingdom Relations
The Hague
Scott Reents
E-the-people
Elisabeth Richard
Director, Branch Strategies and Initiatives
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Niels Jørgen Thøgersen
Director of Communications
European Commission
Lars Torres and Carolyn Lukensmeyer
AmericaSpeaks
Paul Waller
Deputy Director
Office of the e-Envoy
Cabinet Office, U.K.
Marc Weiss
President
Web Lab/ Digital Innovations Group
Nancy White
Full Circle Associates
Griff Wigley
Northfield Citizens Online
Michael Williamson
Learning Communities Advisor
Learning and Literacy Directorate
Human Resources Development Canada
Again, join us now by simply send an e-mail message to:
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