Dear Steve, I haven't seen it but do not moderate the list and am not sure if anyone does after the departure of James Burke, I copy the list, and put our tech coordinator javier in cc to see what happens,
Michel On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 6:51 PM, Steve Ediger <[email protected]> wrote: > Michel, > > I sent the forwarded email to the p2p-foundation list last week, but have > not seen it. Was it rejected by the moderator(s)? > > Steve Ediger > 773-920-7350 (google voice) > 505-426-7088 (mobile) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Steve Ediger <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 1:33 AM > Subject: Participatory Government > To: P2P Foundation mailing list <[email protected]> > > > Hello, > > I've been appointed to serve on my county's Strategic Planning Committee > for Public Infrastructure via my connection to the Civic Tech. I would > like some feedback on points that I'm (and my civic tech community) making. > > We started off by asking the county to implement a public, fiber optic, > Internet backbone with a gateway to the Internet. > > That lead to discussions about the public infrastructure, (transportation, > land/buildings, health services, economic development, information > technology, etc.) In these conversations, I stressed that we need to > redefine government. Great opening, huh? > > I would appreciate your experience and feedback on how the following > points will play, and how to make them play better: > > 1. Yes, we need full transparency. Reporting out must be full and > curated for any specific audience from casual browser to full participant. > 2. Plus, we need feedback mechanisms that actually work. This means > collecting feedback at every stage from idea through to evaluation and > having that feedback inform decisions at every stage and level. > 3. In addition, we need multi-lateral conversations > government/citizens (I use that word advisedly)/business. This means that > in addition to reporting, informing decisions based on feedback, the > governement needs to facilitate communications about government issues that > take place between citizens and businesses. > 4. The whole process looks more like a conversation about ideas and > their implementation than a set of regulations and services. > 5. I've also pushed for and received general agreement that we need to > accommodate people who don't have access to technology, by creating clear > multi-lateral communications at government buildings and throughout all > agencies. > > So what are your thoughts? Is this a good tactic for bringing this to the > county's attention in a manner that might result in some forward movement? > > Steve Ediger > > > > -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/
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