[Campaigns-l] More People, More Ideas

[Chad Maglaque]

A huge hat tip to Jimmy and others for jumpstarting this entire dialog.

It's incredibly exciting to see so much enthusiasm and all the comments 
today, especially how they mirror the work we've also been doing on 
www.moreperfect.org over the last several months as we've prepared to launch 
our site.

So many of these comments are in line with our own hands-on experience in 
the political arena and thinking in this area: from the notion of an online 
town hall to wiki-style voter guides, party platforms, involvement of party 
operatives, forums vs. wiki, blogs  vs. wiki, the list goes on!

There's no doubt in our mind that wiki is the next evolution in blogs and 
online forums. Whereas those technologies are great for expression of narrow 
and entrenched opinions as some have noted already, wiki technology is 
collaborative, motivating people with differing ideas to find ways to work 
together - this is the cornerstone of what we're talking about here!

Now, because we're beta, we'd definitely welcome any feedback that folks 
here have to offer about more perfect.

We've got a number of things covered that folks have been asking about: 
templates, how-to's, even how to deal with people who like only red 
lifesavers (more on that here... 
http://www.moreperfect.org/wiki/index.php?title=What%27s_A_Wiki%3F)

so be sure to check it out as and send us your comments!

tim and chad, managing editors @ moreperfect.org


**************************
more on more perfect:
more perfect was born out of our firsthand experience being directly  
involved in the formulation of local and state-wide legislation and public 
policy for more than a decade. Frustrated with the limitations of the 
traditional approach to policy development, we set out to  develop a model 
for collaboration that avoids a time consuming, costly and often ineffective 
public outreach process, and that would involve more people and 
re-invigorate the marketplace of ideas.  more...

http://www.moreperfect.org/wiki/index.php?title=About_More_Perfect