Thanks Steve for picking this up and forwarding.
I think a few members will find this interesting.
The Liberal Democrats hold their Spring Conference in Manchester
this weekend.
Best wishes
Phil
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While I understand that a number of political parties in the
Nordic
countries have hosted online discussions for sometime, as does
the
Democratic National Committee <http://freedem.com> in the U.S.,
this
may be as the Liberal Democrats <http://www.makeitpolicy.org.uk/>
suggest "one of the first national policy consultations conducted
by
a political party over the internet anywhere in the world."
Are others aware of other examples or research on the use of
online
consultation/information exchange/discussion by political parties
in
the development of party policy? I am also interested in
examples
where parties have used online discussion tools internally for
party
efforts and policy development.
Steven Clift
Democracies Online Newswire
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Subject: NEWS RELEASE - ICT Policy Consultation
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:13:27 -0000
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NEWS RELEASE
March 6, 2002
Release: Immediate
LIB DEMS LAUNCH FIRST PUBLIC ONLINE POLICY CONSULTATION
The Liberal Democrats are launching the first public online
policy
consultation by a UK political party at their Spring Conference
in
Manchester on Friday 8th March.
The party’s Information and Communication Technology Consultation
paper will
be made available online with facilities for visitors to the site
to
make
comments and engage in topical discussions. The online
consultation
will
form part of the ongoing development of policy by the Liberal
Democrats.
Richard Allan MP, the party’s ICT spokesman, commented on the
launch:
“The Liberal Democrats have a strong track record of interest in
the
development of information and communication technology. We are
demonstrating our commitment to this agenda both by developing
new
policy
and by using the technology itself to assist in this process.”
Martin Tod, Chair of Liberal Democrats Online, the party's
internet
campaign
group which was responsible for setting up the site to support
the
consultation, commented:
"As far as we know, this is one of the first national policy
consultations
conducted by a political party over the internet anywhere in the
world. Our
goal is to strengthen our policy with ideas from party members,
the
general
public and the IT community. If this consultation is successful,
we
want to
build on it and use it for all our future policy consultations. "
The website address for the site is www.makeITpolicy.org.uk
<http://www.makeitpolicy.org.uk/> and it will be live from
Thursday
March
7th.
ENDS
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Fax : 020 7219 0971 e-mail :
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