Prevalence of website above e-mail
From DoWire Wiki
29 dec 2004
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What is the use of public-private e-mails?
Jill doesn't see a lot of point in "public-private" emails. Better to have a good, well-used and popular website where everything can be shared, especially where we are talking about open democracy. Jill's experience shows her that email newsletters tend to turn into pdfs which are frequently inexpertly prepared.
Jill meant our internal e-list?
At the moment most people are much more comfortable with e-mail lists for interaction. So our internal e-list is to get into people's daily lives and the wiki is to create value and discussion from the value. Over time we really hope to bring more of the interactivity to the web and will be using GroupServer as well to cross the e-list/web forum divide.
E-newsletter for cheap and quick access to interested people
In terms the e-newsletters brief, they should never be PDFs if you want them to be effective. They are Cliff's number one recommendation when it comes to any group hoping to build e-democracy activities. You need cheap and quick access to interested people or most of what you do on the web will be known by only a few repeat visitors.
Information brought or collected?
Jill supposes a lively web-community, that is interested in everything that is going on ("a good, well-used and popular website"). Cliff sees passive citizens, to whom the government has to bring his messages ("only a few repeat visitors"). I (Alle van Meeteren 00:31, 30 Dec 2004 (PST)) think Cliff's vision is the reality of the moment, and Jill pictures a possible future. We have to find the path between this reality and that future. Of course, this path will lead over the exploration of the interactive possibilities of internet. That includes a change in mentality of both government and citizen. A remark of a citizen must not become lost in an ocean of burocracy. But, also a citizen has to realize himself that his remark is only a drop in an ocean of possibilities.