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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Smith, Ella [mailto:E.Smith@napier.ac.uk]
> Sent: 13 June 2007 11:45
> To: <email obscured>
> Subject: [UKIE-EDem] Writing governance statements for
> e-participation projects
>
> Hi,
>
> By governance statements I mean things like "Conditions of
> Use" and "Privacy Policy" - guidelines to encourage good
> manners in the forum (or whatever), as well as rules to
> support moderation. Hmm I should add legal disclaimers as well.
>
> I'm making a kind of list of these kind of statements and
> would be glad if you could help me - by sending examples or URLs.
>
> I'm especially interested in how these came about. Who was
> involved in writing them? Do they change/grow over time? Has
> anyone managed to shrink them?
>
> (Ross Ferguson's comments about making it clear who moderated
> the Westminster Parliament's Forums are interesting here too.
> Was that on another list Ross?)
>
> ITC have always favoured short sweet here. E.g. from the
> Highland Youth Voice website:
> Conditions of Use
> Please take care of yourself by not putting any contact
> information in your comment - don't give anyone's email
> address, home address or phone number. Please take care of
> your readers by writing with respect and trying to make your
> point clearly and briefly. Comments should be less than 150
> words. We will remove comments if we think they contain
> offensive or abusive language or if they could be libellous.
> If you want to say something but you have a good reason to be
> afraid to put your name by your comment, you can fill in a
> special form, which will stop your name being attached to the
> comment. This will be checked by someone before it goes on to
> the site.
> Inclusion of any statement or comment in this site does not
> indicate that the Highland Wellbeing Alliance or the ITC
> endorse it or take any responsibility for it.
> http://www.highlandyouthvoice.org/YourVoice/conditions.asp
>
> (ok I am asking you to do my work, but I'm hoping we'll also
> build a useful resource this way too)
>
> Ella Smith
>
> International Teledemocracy Centre
> Napier University
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