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Writing governance statements for e-participation projects From: Pete Thomson Date: 2007 Jun 15 10:57 UTC Short link
I think the fears are certainly exaggerated. This is unlikely to be a
problem in the early stages, and some forums run for years without
having a problem. On the other hand, those of us who've been around the
Internet for a long time will have seen the odd forum/mailing
list/newsgroup made useless by spam, flame wars and/or cliquishness - so
the fears aren't completely unfounded. Maybe many forums never actually
get to the scale of participation, and depth of engagement with serious
issues, where they matter enough for anyone to cause trouble?
Regards, Peter.
-- Peter Thomson Policy Officer (e-government), Office of the Chief Executive, Wolverhampton City Council, Civic Centre, Wolverhampton WV1 1SH, UK Tel: (+44) 1902 554048 Fax: (+44) 1902 554030 Web: http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: Shane McCracken [mailto:shane@gallomanor.com] > Sent: 15 June 2007 10:36 > To: <email obscured> > Subject: Re: [UKIE-EDem] Writing governance statements for > e-participation projects > > Have we reached ten yet? Carol's removed two posts, Geoff > one, Patricia is yet to reach those heady heights. There > must be more out there... > > I only ask because we did some research for ICELE last year > which involved talking to a few councils about e-democracy > and a fairly consistent reaction to the idea of discussion > boards was that a large amount of moderation would be > required and they were worried about "opening the floodgates" > and losing control. > > Is it possible that the fears are unfounded? ;-) > > Shane > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patricia Donald [mailto:Patricia@adviceni.net] > Sent: 15 June 2007 10:12 > To: <email obscured> > Subject: Re: [UKIE-EDem] Writing governance statements for > e-participation projects > > Hi Ella > > We at Advice NI have run 4 public e-consultations in the last > 2 years and haven't gone beyond the Forum rules and policies > that come as standard with the discussion forum package we > are using (web wiz forums). And now that I've reread it > realise that it quotes US law. > > http://www.adviceni.net/econsultation/registration_rules.asp?F > ID=0&SID=8 > 6a3a84457ae95ccbb53239a286ee34a > > > We haven't yet had to remove a message or ban a person. We > use the Welcome message to put up details of who is > moderating, why we are running the e-consultation and what we > intend doing with the outcome. > > We're hoping to run an e-consultation on the introduction of > water charges to Northern Ireland in the coming months. This > is a highly controversial issue as it affects everyone here > so I'm thinking that language; views expressed might be stronger... > > Regards > > Patricia > > -----Original Message----- > From: Smith, Ella [mailto:E.Smith@napier.ac.uk] > Sent: 13 June 2007 11:45 am > 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 > 10 Colinton Road > Edinburgh, EH10 5DT > > Telephone: +44 (0) 131 455 2392 Fax: +44 (0) 131 455 2282 > Email: <email obscured> > > http://itc.napier.ac.uk > > > > This message is intended for the addressee(s) only and should > not be read, copied or disclosed to anyone else outwith the > University without the permission of the sender. > It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any > attachments are scanned for viruses or other defects. 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