wiki

This article may be useful to those interested in digital government. The article details an initiative in New Zealand to use a wiki to involve citizens in writing laws. Although there's a lot of creative brainstorming in non-profits about the use of wikis, this is the first time I've seen a clear link to a policy issue. It will be interesting to see how this progresses.

Lisa

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008642855  … Read more »

Cost Structures:

as email gets easiest, it becomes least effective way to influence someone.

Coordination+Provision Problems

http://www.pledgebank.com/Electric http://fundable.org/

Neighborhood Informatics:

ThinkNOLA.org Neighborhood Knowledge LA ineighbors.org daviswiki.org

txt-ing:

Sara's experience in Benin: new candidate entered presidential election late in the game. People started txting to get friends to register to vote, then organized buses with music and eye-catching behavior to get people to vote.