[Air-l] Event - Open Source Software for Local Communities and Democracy - 15 Sep 2005 - Amsterdam

[Steven Clift]

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Subject:        	Event - Open Source Software for Local
Communities and Democracy - 15 Sep 2005 - Amsterdam 


Join us in Amsterdam next month.  

If you can't make it, check out the links (including webcasts) below
for more information.

Steven Clift
http://dowire.org


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From:           	Steven Lenos (IPP) <s.lenos at publiek-politiek.nl>
Subject:        	14 september: Steven Clift @ Amsterdam, on Open
source Software for Local Communities and Democracy Date sent:     
 Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:51:02 +0200


Opportunity for people who are interested in using open source 
Internet technology to strengthen local communities and revitalise
democray.

Only 30 people can attend the meeting, so don't hesitate to reply if
you want to come! Steven Lenos,  s.lenos at publiek-politiek.nl



Steven Clift 
on
Open Source E-Democracy and Local Issues Forums 

Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Time: 09:30 - 11.30 
Place: Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek (IPP), Prinsengracht
911-915, 1017KD Amsterdam (http://www.publiek-politiek.nl/39)
RSVP to: s.lenos at publiek-politiek.nl

Steven Clift, Board Chair of E-Democracy.Org and international expert
on the use of the Internet in democracy, will present on Local Issues
Forums and GroupServer. 

GroupServer is a new open source online group tool that combines e-
mail lists and web forums. By hosting the new UK-based local Issues
Forums in Brighton & Hove and Newham, E-Democracy.Org is opening a new
path toward open source collaboration among e-democracy initiatives
around the world. Issues Forum evolved from the world's first
election-oriented website in 1994, Minnesota E-Democracy. Today
E-Democracy.Org hosts citizen- based local forums in Minnesota and
England. They are effectively designed to have an agenda- setting
impact on local communities.  

Those attending this free session are asked to download and review the
Issues Forum Guidebook <http://e-democracy.org/uk/guide.pdf> before
the session. More documents and multimedia are available
<http://e-democracy.org/uk>.  

Whether you want to create an Issues Forum in your local community or
are interested in applying lessons related to online facilitation of
political discussions to your own projects, this session will have
value to you. If you are mostly interested in the open source aspects,
details on GroupServer should also be reviewed before the session
<http://e-democracy.org/groupserver>.  

This two hour session will include an overview of Issues Forum, a tour
of GroupServer, and a discussion of the potential for open source
collaboration in e-democracy projects around the world. This
presentation builds on a similar event in London from June (audio
webcast available): http://www.dowire.org/wiki/Issues_forum_event  



Steven Lenos
Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek (IPP)
kantoor 020-5217643
mobiel 06-55337370
www.publiek-politiek.nl
Ook van het IPP: www.stemwijzer.nl en www.jeugdparticipatie.info




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