-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'd agree - I can immediately see a lot of uses for this within organizations like student's unions and socities at SUs where there's a lot of discussion aimed at creating consensus amongst members and boards, but where having the whole world peering in is either not desirable by the SU or actually legally difficult (discussing budgets and related issues, for example). Either having a 'private' container of some form that you can then put other stuff in, and define security permissions on (so anyone can read a copy of a constitution and comment on it, but the comments about budgetary spending related to the constitution can be hidden to anyone except a specific group of people, for example). Obviously there's loads of potential for this as an open system, but adding wholly optional systems for securing documents amongst groups certainly wouldn't help drive adoption.
It's a very neat thing technically though. I'd suggest that having some form of (optional?) numbering for headings/subheadings etc would be helpful - most legislation and legal documents and constitutions and such tends to be organized into sections with lists of points below. If you're looking to expand into the field of drafting legislation this would be a great place to start expanding into that. Cheers, James Harrison On 03/03/2011 18:11, Caroline Flyn wrote: > Yes, re: public access, that's exactly what I was going to say. > Would suit a lot of activist groups who work using a 'horizontal > structure' - something that works in person but hard over the > internet. But they are, understandably, rather secretive. A > private version could be very popular > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Tom Kaneko > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Dear Everyone, You may remember me mentioning ConsensusWiki last > year. I have since changed the name to YourConsensus.org, and been > tweaking it a lot. It is a platform for building consensus on any > given issue. Think of it as a hybrid between a wiki and message > board software. It is easier to show you what it does than > describe it: http://yourconsensus.org/consensus/sandbox > > I have a few announcements: > > *Ready for public involvement* It is now at a stage at where I am > happy for people to start using it for their own benefit. Please > do have a look at what it does and pass the word on to anyone that > you think could benefit. > > I believe that any organisation that is currently using a wiki to > draft policy proposals and decisions could benefit from using this > tool instead. If you are member of such an organisation, please do > get in touch, or even better, just have a go. You can import > existing wikitext directly into YourConsensus. > > I will be on hand to listen to any requests for help you may have. > * * * * *The vision* My vision for YourConsensus is quite big. > Please don't laugh, but it can potentially be: - The platform of > choice for drafting legislation - The platform of choice for > organising actions where hierarchy breaks down (eg. filling > power-vacuums, natural disaster relief coordination) - A respected > democratic institution that keeps governments around the world in > check. - A platform for direct negotiations between ordinary people > in resolving conflict (eg dare I say it, Israel-Palestine) > > More than a few things have to happen before then, but I actually > think it is doable. Blame my youthful optimism. > > > *Government Bills to be published in this format* I know that a lot > of activist groups spend a lot of time scrutinizing government > bills, and it can be an arduous process. Using YourConsensus to > scrutinize Bills would allow people to share notes effectively. > > I have been working with Mark Wrangham to publish all UK government > bills in this format, so that they can be scrutinized by the > public. This feature will be added soon, I promise. > > > *I yearn for your feedback* > > Thanks, Tom Kaneko, > > > *Tom Kaneko* *email*: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> *mobile*: 07762 656493 > > > _______________________________________________ developers-public > mailing list [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/caroline.flyn%40gmail.com > > > > > > - -- > Cal Flyn 07786 230144 > > > _______________________________________________ developers-public > mailing list [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > > Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/james%40talkunafraid.co.uk -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk1wZMIACgkQmJV2s0zjsDhWdwCbBjjgGB1B4I2y0Sg6Y0V9datW 2fcAoI3qzBXmHf8vJ66Gj8fgBjE5E6o0 =Bsfw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
