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18 July
2004
Starting an Online Public Commons
On Sunday 11 July, Steven Clift addressed a small gathering of Christchurch citizens interested in starting an Online Public Commons initiative.
Steven is an inspiring advocate of online citizens forums. He is a founder and long time supporter of the world class examples of these in Minneapolis and St Paul, Minnesota.
We met at the inspiring Beckenham Service Centre where we were treated to a tour of the South Christchurch Library and Learning Centre.
A small group of people have agreed to further explore the possibilities for this kind of initiative in Christchurch.
23 July
2004
Open Source Newspaper
All content in Northwest Voice, a small free Californian print and web newspaper, is submitted and edited by volunteers.
26 October
2004
Starting an Online Public Commons
Steven Clift has updated his resource on how to Start an Issues Forum.
The Technology section now mentions: "A new, soon to be released open source tool, GroupServer combines the best aspects of e-mail lists and web forums. "
It's true!
28 October
2004
Online Consultation
Liz Rykert of Meta Strategies has pointed to these "Tools and Experiences" on online consultation collected by the Public Works and Government Services Canada Innovatec program.
Meta Strategies are strategists and consultants in the technical and social aspects of online media with a focus on community development.
With Maureen James, Liz wrote "FROM WORKPLACE TO WORKSPACE - Using Email Lists to Work Together". I read this in 1998. It's a useful resource and has a free online version.
04 July
2005
The Deliberative Democracy Handbook
I am back from the USA with much to blog and much to delight and intrigue of a day to day nature. As my molecules are reassemble, I will post here on one or two matters - in the order in which they occur to me.
I saw a few copies of the Deliberative Democracy Handbook: Strategies for Effective Civic Engagement in the Twenty-First Century, while I was in the US. I'd recommend this for a comprehensive and in-depth introduction to deliberative democracy in the US today, whether online or in traditional settings.
06 July
2005
Photos from Deepening Online Deliberation
The prize for Most Prolific Photographer goes to Griff Wigley. Griff's pictures capture the mood of this firts day nicely.
The others of us are tagging our ODDC pics at flickr. And my shots from our post conference retreat in the woods are skeetermocracy.
