Post in ESF Conference - E-democracy research requires all-inclusive approach, ESF conference told

Feb 15 00:25 UTC

Steven Clift wrote:
> ... Anyone doing anything on the "e-movements" side they mention?
> What about knowledge exchange among civil society actors and media
> not just government?

I have one that sits outside of government.  I guess it belongs in the
e-movements category.  It purpose is to build grassroots support for
political candidates, items of policy and legislation.

We were discussing it in the sister forum (consult, Building consensus
online).  Based on that discussion, I carried it over to a more
general forum, and asked for critique there:

  http://www.rabble.ca/babble/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=007088

It seems to have grassroots appeal.  The quality of dialogue is higher
than usual for a general, political forum.  At the same time, there is
enthusiasm for the underlying idea - despite the conceptual hurdles of
a new (and politically radical) technology.

If anyone is interested, the project is open to research
collaborators.  It is independent - open source, non-commercial,
unaffiliated - and mostly a one-man project at this stage.

  http://zelea.com/project/votorola/home.xht