How about a Democracy Online Day every October 17th?

Share your celebration plans here:

www.dowire.org/wiki/Democracy_Online_Day

Take the pledge via PledgeBank and invite others:

www.pledgebank.com/democracyonline

Back in 1998, when working for the Markle Foundation’s Web White & Blue effort we had a simple concept. Declare a day to celebrate and promotion election content on the Internet. It generated extensive media coverage and gave folks in the trenches of e-democracy/e-politics a chance to celebrate their efforts.

Let’s broaden that concept to all democracy-related content providers from governments to candidates to bloggers and media. While it may seem like most people in your circles use the Internet for democratic/political purposes, the potential (and reality) is not that well known among the general public. Just like like TV Turn Off Week (I am thinking about proposed a No E-mail Day ), after a few years this could really catch on as a day to announce new initiatives, features, and create an excuse to pat yourself on the back for your hard work online.

Steven Clift
dowire.org

P.S. Anyone handy with graphics, why not prepare a few logos we can share?

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