From: Antonio Rossin
<rossin(at)tin.it>
To:
worldcit(at)googlegroups.com
Cc:
wddm@world-wide-democracy.net
Sent: Monday, 26 October, 2009
7:53:53
Subject: [WDDM] Re:
GlobalDemo.org now ready...
Hi James,
everything
helps.
Anyway, I was thinking about the democratic necessity of
having
an overall DD website to collect, co-ordinate and
show ALL our DD activities,
proposals, etc., and supposed
the WDDM website already performed this DD
function.
Regards,
antonio
James Sadri ha
scritto:
> Hi Antonio,
>
> There are direct democracy
advocates who are not into global/transnational democracy and vice-versa, so to
me they're not the same thing. Anyway, if you think we're replicating something,
let's find a way to work together.
>
> Just for clarification,
*GlobalDemo.org is not a direct democracy website*, it's not somewhere we vote
and make decisions. It somewhere to find out more, discuss opinions, network and
find out how to take action.
>
> We have had this discussion many
times along the way and we decided there were many places where people come
together to vote but that this neutral platform wasn't going to be one of
them.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> J
>
> On
Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Antonio Rossin <
rossin(at)tin.it> wrote:
>
>
> Hi
>
> it looks like all DD
lovers volunteers and activists are
> going to set-up a DD
web site and a DD Charter each
> (myself excluded
)
>
> antonio
>
>
>
>
>
>
> James Sadri ha
scritto:
> > Hello friends,
>
>
> > After much work (all voluntary) from many people
we have finally
> > arrived at a website that we think
serves as a platform for the
> > various people/groups who
make up the global
> > democracy/mundialist/world citizen
movement.
> >
> > There will
undoubtedly be problems with the site - which is why
> we
are
> > launching it to this list first - but please use
the 'feedback'
> tab on
> > the right
hand side to help us improve it with your bug reports and
>
> suggestions. There is a little users guide that we're drawing up
for
> > the site, but for the moment let's try and test
how
> > intuitive/confusing it is.
>
>
> > Almost everything in the site is editable by the
community (that
> means
> > you!) so if
you're not happy with a particular section - change it!
>
> Just click on the 'edit' tab at the top of the post. Don't
worry
> > though, previous revisions are automatically
stored so you can't
> > delete things by
mistake..
> >
> > We're thinking of
hiring some professional designers to add the
> >
finishing touches to the site, but for now it would be great to
get
> > some feedback on how it works and what features
you like or not.
> >
> > Check it
out: GlobalDemo.org <
http://GlobalDemo.org>
>
>
> > _About the site_
>
>
> > *Local/Global*
>
>
> > The site has been structured to encourage
local/national activity
> > while also being global at the
same time. This is because we believe
> > that although
we're dealing with global issues, local/national
>
action
> > is critical to getting things
done.
> >
> > So on your 'country
page', for example, there is a forum which shows
> > posts
from all over the world which you can add to. You can however
>
> limit it to posts from your country only.
>
>
> > Similarly, on country pages there is a sidebar
with information
> about
> > local
groups, politicians, etc and their positions regarding global
>
> democracy.
> >
> >
*Events*
> >
> > You can view events
from your country or elsewhere on your country
> > page,
where you can also add you own events.
> >
>
> *Organisations*
> >
> >
However, there is also an 'organisations' page which lists global
>
> organisations and initiatives. You can identify yourself as
a
> > supporter of a particular initiative or organisation
and the popular
> > ones are listed on the
right.
> >
> >
*Library*
> >
> > The 'library' is
somewhere where you can read/watch articles and
>
films
> > about global democracy and discuss them in the
comments. You can
> also
> > recommend
library items and again popular items will be shown on the
>
> right. The library can be restricted by language too.
>
>
> > *Member profiles*
>
>
> > As a result of feedback, we made member profiles
quite sophisticated
> > so we can learn more about each
other. Each user has a listing of
> > recommended books
and organisations they support as well as a
> > 'real-life
network' where they can show which people on the site
>
they
> > have actually met.
>
>
> > *Languages*
>
>
> > We have setup the site to be fully translatable,
with the official
> > source language being English. We've
got a way to go with
> translation
> >
- so far German is the only language with near complete. We need
>
your
> > help. If you could help translating the
site (the text on
> buttons etc)
> >
into other languages please get in touch at
> > <
translations(at)globaldemo.org>
.
> > Translators have a little web interface so they can
translate
> the site
> > while they
surf.
> >
> > *Who are
we?*
> >
> > The GlobalDemo.org
webteam is a group of volunteers. Details are
>
here
> >
http://globaldemo.org/en/about . We'd love anyone and everyone
to
> > join, so get in touch if you'd like to help
out.
> >
> >
*Finally...*
> >
> > Thank you to
everyone who has helped out along the way (so far).
> >
Everyone is always busy with other projects so I think we should
>
> celebrate the fact that we managed to come together and achieve
this
> > neutral platform for the movement.
>
>
> > Thanks to: Alan, Bruce, Chris, Didier,
Filip, Fred, Josep, Ken,
> > Mikael, Rob, Rasmus, Ryan,
Rufo, Shimri, Tabs and everyone else who
> > has
contributed at one time or another..
> >
>
> Cheers,
> >
> >
GlobalDemo.org Webgroup
> >
> >
>