http://www.opendemocracy.net/networking-democracy Comments for "Networking Democracy - the OK Debate, " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/networking-democracy <p> <a href="/networking-democracy"><img src="/files/networking_democracy.gif" alt="Networking Democracy" width="173" height="17" /></a> </p> <p> This is the archive of the Networking Democracy online discussion group, initiated by <a href="/ourkingdom/"><em>OurKingdom</em></a>, which ran between February and March of 2008. </p> <p> The group had the following sections: </p> <p> ---------------------------------- </p> <p> <strong>Opening Statements</strong> </p> <p> <strong><a href="/networking-democracy/michael-wills-anthony-barnett-exchange">The rationale</a> - </strong>an email exchange between Michael Wills MP (Ministry of Justice) and Anthony Barnett (openDemocracy), setting out the aims of the discussion group. </p> <p> We asked four people to provide short statements opening the debate on the basis of this rationale: </p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="/networking-democracy/national-conversation-conversation">The &quot;National Conversation&quot; Conversation</a> - Tony Curzon Price</strong></li> <li><strong><a href="/networking-democracy/values-and-virtual-debates">Values and Virtual Debates</a> - Bill Thompson</strong></li> <li><strong><a href="/networking-democracy/online-engagement-in-a-national-debate">Online Engagement in a National Debate</a> - Steve Clift</strong></li> <li><strong><a href="/networking-democracy/building-online-participation-into-a-national-citizens-summit">Building Online Participation into a National Citizens Summit</a> - Suw Charman </strong></li> </ul> <p> ---------------------------------- </p> <p> <strong>Discussion threads</strong> </p> <p> The discussion was then divided into the following threads: </p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="/networking-democracy/networking-democracy">Networking Democracy </a>(43 responses) </strong></li> <li><a href="/networking-democracy/ensuring-security"><strong>Ensuring Security </strong></a><strong>(5 responses)</strong><a href="/networking-democracy/ensuring-security"><strong><br /> </strong></a></li> <li><a href="/networking-democracy/asking-difficult-questions"><strong>Asking Difficult Questions </strong></a><strong>(3 responses)</strong></li> <li><strong><a href="/networking-democracy/online-offline-interact">How do online and offline interact?</a> (3 responses)<br /> </strong></li> <li><strong><a href="/networking-democracy/building-participation">Building Participation</a> (7 responses)<br /> </strong></li> <li><strong><a href="/networking-democracy/final-thoughts">Final thoughts</a> (7 responses)</strong></li> </ul> <p> --------------------------------- </p> <div> Networking Democracy is an online discussion run by the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://ourkingdom.opendemocracy.net/">OurKingdom</a> team, part of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://opendemocracy.net/">openDemocracy</a>. All questions and comments should be directed to Jon Bright at <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:jon.bright@opendemocracy.net">jon.bright@opendemocracy.net</a>. </div> <div> </div> <div> <u>Participants:</u> </div> <div> </div> <ul> <li>Bill Thompson, BBC freelancer</li> <li>David Newman, Queens University Belfast</li> <li>Michele Smyth, Queens University Belfast </li> <li>David Wilcox, <a href="http://www.designingforcivilsociety.org/">designingforcivilsociety.org</a></li> <li>Ella Taylor-Smith, ITC, Napier</li> <li>Georgina Henry, CIF, the Guardian</li> <li>Helen Margetts, Oxford Internet Institute</li> <li>Alice Casey, involve, <a href="http://cased.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://cased.wordpress.com/</a><br /> </li> <li>Ross Ferguson, Dog Digital</li> <li>Solana Larsen, Global  Voices</li> <li>Steve Clift, E-Democracy.org</li> <li>Tom Steinberg, mysociety</li> <li>Andrew Williamson, Hansard Society</li> <li>Paul Hilder, Avaaz </li> <li>Tony Curzon Price, openDemocracy</li> <li>Jonathan Zittrain , Oxford Internet Institute (observer)</li> <li>Suw Charman, ORG</li> <li>Anthony Barnett, openDemocracy</li> <li>Jon Bright, openDemocracy (moderator)</li> <li>Elspeth Rainbow, Justice</li> <li>Michael Wills, Justice</li> </ul> http://www.opendemocracy.net/networking-democracy#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:39:59 +0000 jon.bright 36024 at http://www.opendemocracy.net