Tools for Participation:
Collaboration, Deliberation, and Decision Support

Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing Symposium
Conference on Online Deliberation
(DIAC-2008/OD2008)

Sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
and UC Berkeley School of Information

Partners: National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD)

University of California, Berkeley
June 26 - 29, 2008
http://www.publicsphereproject.org/events/diac08/

September 22 is One Web Day, celebrate the changes in our world and the positive dimensions of the Internet in our lives!

http://onewebday.org

Third time's the charm! The International Summit for Community Wireless Networks is a few days away. We look forward to seeing you there.

SEO and the NPO: Grassroots.org has launched a toolkit for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for non-profits - spread the word.

Civic Garden: The notion of the Civic Garden we've been promoting locally in Chicago (as an evolution of the Minneapolis' "Walled Garden") is being taken up in Minneapolis.

Friends,

Who among you has interest in ICANN issues? Are you following them currently? Which issues have your attention?

AFCN is following ICANN and the process of the formation of Regional At Large Organizations (RALOs) which serve as an aggregation of "At Large Structures" (ALSs) in each region (global).

The At Large process is intended as a vehicle for everyday users of the Internet to have a voice in Internet governance questions.

Whether the voice of everyday users will play a meaningful role in Internet governance and ICANN specific issues remains to be determined, but if you are active or have interest in becoming active in following these issues or in helping educate the public or providing a channel so their voice can be heard, please let us know.

1: Act 1 Scene 1

On the 28th of January 2006, I joined Ecademy, having come across it as part of my ongoing research and investigation into blogging, social networks, and 'web 2.0' in general. Within ten minutes, I knew that PowerNetworker status was the only sensible starting point, and I also recognised that Ecademy had something that an Israeli company I'd been working with needed - and vice versa. I wrote to, and had a response from, Thomas and Penny Power, the very next day.