[d@DCC] Workshop November 17th Citizen engagement in e-democracy: Reflections on recent projects.

[Russell McOrmond]

Forwarding announcement.

Fauteux Hall is at 57 Louis Pasteur, on the University of Ottawa campus.

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 Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> 
 Code is Law: how software code regulates the activities of citizens,
 and acts similar to law.  How do we ensure transparency/accountability?  
 http://www.flora.ca/russell/drafts/code-is-law.html

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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:36:19 -0500
From: Marina Pavlovic
Subject: Workshop November 17th

All students, professors and members of the public (especially developers,
community activists and those with an interest in digital democracy) are
invited to a public workshop and talk: Citizen engagement in e-democracy:
Reflections on recent projects.

Speakers: David Mason, co-developer of the Canadian versions of
publicwhip.ca and theyworkforyou.com (The original UK sites are
http://www.publicwhip.org.uk and http://www.theyworkforyou.com . The
versions under develpment are http://capublicwhip.zooid.org and
http://twfy.zooid.org .

David Mason will talk about his projects and the place of open source in
Canada. Liss Jeffrey, PhD, director McLuhan global research network,
University of Toronto, will address "Citizen engagement and e-democracy:
What's on the horizon?"

The workshop will be held Wednesday, November 17 from 11:30 AM to 1:00
PM in the Fauteux Building Room 102.
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