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Re: Invitation Feb. 5, 5 - 7 PM, from New Democracy Workshop

Posted by Hugh McGuire on Feb 02, 2007; 4:11pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Invitation-Feb-5-5-7-PM-from-New-Democracy-Workshop-tp811p812.html

hi jeffrey, what city is the event in? (Toronto, I infer from one of  
the URLs... is that correct?)


On Feb 2, 2007, at 9:52 AM, liss jeffrey wrote:

>  Feb. 1, 2007
> Hi Everyone:
>
> 1. You are all welcome at our next New Democracy Workshop event. We  
> are looking at Ontario's Citizens' Assembly and invite all to come,  
> participate, and pass this invitation on to your circles!
> =============================================================
> New Democracy Workshop The next meeting will be our monthly  
> colloquium where we reflect on topics developed in the workshop.  
> Monday, February 5, 5 - 7PM PM at 144 College (north west corner of  
> College and University). http://www.greatspaces.utoronto.ca/ 
> projects/pharmacy.htm The Lesley Dan Faculty of Pharmacy Building  
> in Faculty Council Room (Room 1210) on the east side of the building.
> Professor Peter Pennefather ( Pharmacy), NDW co-animator, will  
> chair this session on the topic of the Citizens' Assembly: What it  
> does and does not mean for democratic life... ( http://www.tvo.org/ 
> cfmx/tvoorg/citizensassembly/).
> Kick off short talks based on workshop discussions and public  
> presentations to the assembly by Dr Liss Jeffrey
> ( NDW co-animator, Knowledge Media Design Institute, and McLuhan  
> global research network) and Robert Rodbourne ( Managing editor,  
> NetiZen News).
> All are welcome and if anyone has time afterwards, perhaps we might  
> see who is around and who is interested in linking up our various  
> projects.
> March Colloquium on our current workshop topics: Democratic  
> politics, media, and the Blogosphere; Code Politics; and a review  
> of the Wealth of Networks.
> ===============================================================
> 2. FYI Our new site netizen-news.ca ( drupal) is a staging ground  
> for the various activities of the New Democracy Workshop, Media  
> Ecology Cafe, McLuhan global research network, eCommons/agora,  
> byDesign eLab, and others. It's pretty new and still a bit wobbly,  
> but soon we shall open it up further, and port over the materials  
> worth reviving from our earlier digital democracy and citizen  
> engagement projects 1997-2007! ( eCommons/agora, foreign-policy-
> dialogue.ca, newmedia-forum.net, and more)
> We are actively looking now for new partners, projects, revenue/
> sustainability sources, and more.
> Hope to see some of you ( many of you I know, so hello there) next  
> Monday.
> Best wishes
> Liss Jeffrey, PhD
> DrJ
>
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