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04 August 2003   

 

The Bloggers Platform in California, translated to UK

Joichi Ito wrote something in Feb 2003, and I saw this in my aggregator from aKlogApart that sounded like my thoughts over here in the UK.

I asked Dave Winer if he wanted to run for California Governor and he asked me what's the bloggers' platform?
There's an old Jewish principle of elevating simple things and behaviors through attention. Make washing your hands before meals a spiritual cleansing by holding certain ideas in your mind, focused by a briefly uttered prayer. When weblogs are our voices, the blogosphere can be our vox populi.
The blogger platform: Elevate blogging from narrative to activism, from lifestyle to politics, from netizen to citizen.
Platform points:

  1. A weblog for every elected official before the 2004 election.
    • Improve transparency
    • Conversation with constituencies more than lobbyists
    • Improve the collective memory of our term-limited legislators
  2. A weblog for every student and teacher by 2005. 
    • Investing in our future workforce
    • Assumes access in every classroom
    • Better parental involvement 
  3. A weblog for every Californian by 2006.
    • Shorten the time to create jobs and find work
  4. Economic development in a knowledge, service, and collaboration economy 
  5. Censor-free Internet access in every public library.
    • Democracy needs freedom to read  
  6. Enterprise blognets for state and local government.
    • Government services turbocharged by collaboration and communication
    • Government workers in more intimate communication with their customers
In short, participatory democracy between elections. The anti-recall alternative.
I'm thinking small. What message would you like the Secretary of State to deliver to 20 million households?

The two most important points for me are the weblog for every citizen subject, and enterprise blognets, not just for government, but also for business clusters.

 Source: a klog apart; 4/08/03; 9:50:43 am.
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