[Air-l] E-democracy Best Practices Research

Steven Clift slc at publicus.net
Tue Dec 7 16:37:23 PST 2004


How would you like to convert some of your research on e-democracy
practices into a "Brief" format as part of the global E-democracy Best
Practices effort?

I've seen a number of web content surveys of government (local
government is our main focus) web sites and whether they have X or Y
democratic feature.  Our goal is to describe many of the things you
might evaluate, suggest the benefits of such features, offer a few tips
on how to best apply them along with links to best known implementations
around the world from any level of government.

Sound like something you'd like to do during your December and January
academic lulls (if you have one or for others you know)?  I have some
small honorariums - 50 GBP for accepted Briefs (about $90 US via PayPal
only) and a larger amounts for full project-oriented case studies (more
soon).

The full details and links:

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To:             	do-wire at lists.umn.edu
Subject:        	BP - Join the E-democracy Best Practices Team
Date sent:      	Tue, 07 Dec 2004 18:23:58 -0600


My vacation is over.  The time to collaboratively generate the best
collection of practical e-democracy advice for governments and local
communities to date begins now.

If you would like to participate in this UK government-funded effort,
simply fill out submission form "6. Join the E-democracy Best
Practices Leadership Team" from:

     http://dowire.org/submit

Our first step will be to generate a set of "Briefs" on e-democracy
features - technologies, techniques, online features, etc.  This will
be a descriptive laundry list of the top items - - from e-mail notices
to webcasting public meetings - a government can or should do online
to fulfill their democratic responsibilities. 

As part of the team you can help draft a "Brief" or simply comment or
contribute to the creation of these short documents.  (Think future
one page, two column PDF files with a list of links to real
implementation and top sources for further information.)  

Those drafting accepted quality briefs or future project-oriented case
studies will also receive honorariums for their service.  You will
also know that you will be contributing to a collection of useful
materials that will be read around the world for years to come.

For more information on the International E-democracy Best Practice
effort, see:

    http://dowire.org/bp


Please forward far and wide.

Thanks,
Steven Clift
Democracies Online Newswire
http://dowire.org




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