Jon Gorder asks, of the forum: > Does just any old bleat or rant with some connection to city affairs qualify or are there some guidelines?
What qualifies as a bleat and rant is the subject of some debate, but generally the answer is yes, with a couple of exceptions. We ask that the issues be local (unique to Minneapolis or else with a greater effect here than almost anywhere else) and that debate be civil and respectful (no name-calling, inflamed language, personal attacks, etc.). Jon, many of your questions can be answered at http://www.e-democracy.org/mpls. That's our home page and mission statement. Also, did you miss the List Manager email I sent out a couple of hours ago? I tried to answer some of the questions there, too. You write: > Has there been a concious effort to get certain voices involved or is > everything open to whomever signs on? Both? We did a lot of recruiting when the forum was set up in June 1998. After that, we've sort of let things take their natural course. Steve Clift, who heads up E-Democracy, wants to start another recruiting effort - he sent out an email to this effect yesterday, and I'll ask him to send it to you directly. Anyway, we do encourage the "grapevine" effect - members passing the word to others in the community. This forum is open to all, as long as they abide by the rules spelled out on the web page above. > Should there be an effort to gain > certain voices and if so, how is it established which ones and who should try > and fetch them? As I said, Steve is heading up a recruitment drive. Other than that, we really rely on members to fill any gaps they see in who shows up here. David Brauer List manager _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
