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Writing governance statements for e-participation projects From: Shane McCracken Date: 2007 Jun 15 09:36 UTC Short link
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?FID=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. Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this email or any attachment, or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Email entering the University's system is subject to routine monitoring and filtering by the University. Member profile for Ella: http://groups.dowire.org/main/contacts/smithella ----------------------------------------- Group home for UK and Ireland E-Democracy Exchange: http://groups.dowire.org/main/groups/ukie Replies go to members of UK and Ireland E-Democracy Exchange with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/ For digest version or to leave UK and Ireland E-Democracy Exchange, email <email obscured> with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. UK and Ireland E-Democracy Exchange is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org. Member profile for Patricia: http://groups.dowire.org/main/contacts/patricia ----------------------------------------- Group home for UK and Ireland E-Democracy Exchange: http://groups.dowire.org/main/groups/ukie Replies go to members of UK and Ireland E-Democracy Exchange with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/ For digest version or to leave UK and Ireland E-Democracy Exchange, email <email obscured> with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. UK and Ireland E-Democracy Exchange is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
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