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I am gathering ideas for a future DoWire "Notes" post on tools that connect the Internet directly to geography and have demonstrated a community/political impact. Ideas? E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Below is a short piece written for DoWire by the folks with http://www.meetup.com. Steven Clift Democracies Online ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: "William Finkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Meetup Article Date sent: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 11:23:13 -0500 History shows that significant social change happens when people gather. Nowadays, media and technology may be ubiquitous, and people may spend their time in front of screens and keyboards, but powerful activism still happens when people gather in real life. From Anti-WTO protests to Filipino citizens toppling their President in 2000 to drivers in the UK spontaneously self-organizing demonstrations... Nothing is as powerful as people mobilized around a cause. What's different is HOW they mobilize today: They USE the screens and keyboards TO MOBILIZE and effect change. Meetup fills this need for a variety of causes! From the 2004 U.S. presidential candidates, to political parties, to dialogues on the impending war in Iraq; Meetup allows for people around the world to meet with other likeminded individuals, locally. Meetup creates real-world group gatherings about anything anywhere. We've built a technology and a network of venues (cafes, bars, etc.) that can help any interest group easily organize local monthly meetups in over 540 cities across 31 countries. Recently, some of our most popular topics have involved politics. Some of these have included: http://dean2004.meetup.com http://edwards2004.meetup.com http://democrat.meetup.com http://republican.meetup.com http://green.meetup.com http://libertarian.meetup.com. We offer Meetups for all the 2004 U.S. presidential candidates, as well as for a number of Political Action topics. You can find a full listing of our Political Meetups at http://www.meetup.com/browse/polact . We're also open to your suggestions! If you don't find the topic that you're looking for, please submit your suggestion at http://www.meetup.com/suggest/topic . Given the nature of E-Democracy, I thought that our service might be an interesting way for your members to organize locally, while thinking globally. ______________________ William Finkel Meetup http://www.meetup.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
