How would you like to convert some of your research on e-democracy practices into a "Brief" format as part of the global E-democracy Best Practices effort? I've seen a number of web content surveys of government (local government is our main focus) web sites and whether they have X or Y democratic feature. Our goal is to describe many of the things you might evaluate, suggest the benefits of such features, offer a few tips on how to best apply them along with links to best known implementations around the world from any level of government. Sound like something you'd like to do during your December and January academic lulls (if you have one or for others you know)? I have some small honorariums - 50 GBP for accepted Briefs (about $90 US via PayPal only) and a larger amounts for full project-oriented case studies (more soon). The full details and links: ------- Forwarded message follows ------- To: do-wire@lists.umn.edu Subject: BP - Join the E-democracy Best Practices Team Date sent: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 18:23:58 -0600 My vacation is over. The time to collaboratively generate the best collection of practical e-democracy advice for governments and local communities to date begins now. If you would like to participate in this UK government-funded effort, simply fill out submission form "6. Join the E-democracy Best Practices Leadership Team" from: http://dowire.org/submit Our first step will be to generate a set of "Briefs" on e-democracy features - technologies, techniques, online features, etc. This will be a descriptive laundry list of the top items - - from e-mail notices to webcasting public meetings - a government can or should do online to fulfill their democratic responsibilities. As part of the team you can help draft a "Brief" or simply comment or contribute to the creation of these short documents. (Think future one page, two column PDF files with a list of links to real implementation and top sources for further information.) Those drafting accepted quality briefs or future project-oriented case studies will also receive honorariums for their service. You will also know that you will be contributing to a collection of useful materials that will be read around the world for years to come. For more information on the International E-democracy Best Practice effort, see: http://dowire.org/bp Please forward far and wide. Thanks, Steven Clift Democracies Online Newswire http://dowire.org Steven Clift - http://publicus.net - Reply to: clift@publicus.net Join DoWire: http://dowire.org E-Democracy: http://e-democracy.org