Post in Introductions

Nov 15 00:49 UTC

Since there's a bit of activity on this email list, I thought I'd
respond to Steven's invitation and introduce myself.

I'm Anthony Zacharzewski, and I've worked in government at national
and local level in the UK for twelve years - ten years in national
government, and the last two for my home city of Brighton, on the
south coast. My work is general strategy and policy work, from a
generalist perspective. I've worked, among other things, on business
regulation, health policy, economic productivity and rural affairs. My
current job is leading strategic thinking and analysis in Brighton &
Hove City Council.

I've had an interest in democracy and participation for many years,
and am part of a small organisation called the Democratic Society,
whose aims are to support political participation and improve
democracy. Although time and funding constraints on the founders have
prevented us from doing much as yet, we have plans for bigger and
better things. The Society's website is at http://www.demsoc.org/ and
I write a regular blog at http://www.demsoc.org/blog.

Looking forward to the discussions here.