FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2005
CONTACT: Minnesota E-Democracy (http://www.e-democracy.org/) Tim Erickson: 651-643-0722 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Steve Clift: 612-822-8667 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
United Kingdom Imports Minnesota E-Democracy
On Saturday, Jan. 8, Minnesota E-Democracy Chair Steve Clift and St. Paul Issues Forum List Manager Tim Erickson will head to the United Kingdom to launch an international effort to expand the use online civic discussion. In a partnership involving organizations from three different countries, online discussions styled after the Minneapolis and St. Paul Issues Forums will be piloted in four cities across the United Kingdom.
The partnership includes Minnesota E-Democracy, two New Zealand companies -- GroupSense and IOPEN -- contracted to develop software specifically to enable the online discussions and the United Kingdom Local E-Democracy National Project, which has provided funding and local organization to launch the effort in the UK. Minnesota E-Democracy will be providing expertise and management needed to duplicate its model of online civic dialogue that has successfully operated in Minnesota since 1994.
Minnesota E-Democracy contacts and citizen participants will gather at the Baja Riverside Grill (insert details) to kick off the event and will be available for media interviews.
Minnesota E-Democracy contacts and citizen participants will gather at the Baja Riverside Grill this Friday, Jan. 7 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., located at 1501 Sixth St. S. in Minneapolis, to kick off the event and will be available for media interviews.
Minnesota E-Democracy, best known for its civic discussion forums in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Winona, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, citizen-based project, whose mission is to improve participation in democracy through the use of information networks. It began in 1994 as the Internet's first election-oriented website and expanded to include civic dialogue, online candidate debates and information designed to help citizens increase their civic participation. More information is available at http://www.e-democracy.org/uk/.
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