Post in BBC local online plans and e-democracy

Feb 18 18:06 UTC

Dear Stephen,

  Just to inform you that myverdict.net already has a worldwide, local to
international, e-democracy site, covering over 25,000 administrative divisions
in every inhabited country. The UK site, for example has Democracy, Article,
News and Forum sections, covering the UK, the four Home Countries, Counties and
Local Authority Districts or Unitary Authorities.

  A formal request has been put to Sefton Council to enable the site to be used
as a tool to enhance consultation with the community, by informing the
residents of Sefton of it's existence and potential for the democratic process.

  You might wish to inform the student body of it's existence.

  Best Regards

  Roy Daine
  myverdict.net

Stephen Coleman <<email obscured>> wrote:
  The BBC is dropping/has dropped the Action Network. It plans to do a number
of other exciting things along these lines in the coming months. The Action
network (previously iCan) was always meant to be an experiment. The BBC is
right to learn from experiments and change course if that's what seems right.
Stephen

Stephen Coleman
Professor of Political Communication and Co-Director, Centre for Digital
Citizenship,
Institute for Communications Studies,
University of Leeds