Transparency and Participation

Do you want explore ideas in your local community that promote government transparency, citizen participation, local public media, and community problem-solving?

Are you ready to use online tools and social media to help make that happen?

Whether you are an everyday neighbor, an elected official, a city staffer, an open government advocate, a blogger, a software developer, a citizen reporter or professional journalist, this Meetup is about connecting local people who see greater transparency and public engagement leading to a stronger and more vibrant local communities.

This Meetup is being launched by E-Democracy.org as part of its new Participation 3.0 initiative. See: http://e-democracy.org/p3 In 2010 we will be identifying and fund the top ten next generation online civic engagement ideas that should be universal for all local communities. Through your local Transparency and Participation Meetup you will be provided ideas to discuss, add to, and prioritize for your local community which will be fed into the broader effort.

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Contact us - team@e-democracy.org - if you would like to co-sponsor this Meetup. E-Democracy.org will have special organized material for one or two Meetups in the Second Quarter of 2010. With partners we can make this a local source of innovation and energy that we can all support.

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This will be the first Transparency and Participation Meetup gathering. It will be used to plan the big next generation online civic engagement input Meetup in April.

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"Hello to all.. I am very interested in holding public officials accountable and fighting corruption.. this is right up my alley.. I am looking forward to discussing and moving on this.."
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