Open Model for Citizen Engagement

Defining and implementing a new paradigm of communication for citizens and their elected officials.

I think this will be a sound method because it allows many people to add ideas and to comment on those ideas. There certainly is a tremendous amount of information.

I modified the structure a bit for the sake of people who will be seeing it for the first time.

On the home page, some people’s profile pictures are different sizes than others. Is that intentional?

Hi Scott, NewGov.us is aiming to do something exactly like that– creating precinct-based civic discussion groups– with Drupal open source software. I’m assisting Britt Blaser who is the creator of the project, and if this is something that interests you or anyone else on this list, please feel free to get in touch with me [...]

It seems reasonable to assume that advocacy groups would want their members’ voices to be heard louder. Politicians are more likely to listen to constituents with verified ID, so there is surely value for advocacy groups in having their members verified. That means they should be willing to pay, right-o? That’s one revenue stream. Maybe [...]

In today’s world of Twitter-sized attention spans…. wait, what was I writing about? In today’s world of Twitter-sized attention spans, perhaps a two-page document would be sufficient. This document could be hyperlinked to certain pages on OM4CE.org where interested readers could read about certain topics in-depth. We should usually have a specific purpose in mind [...]