King County, WA to Vote on Pioneering Citizen Councilor Network
King County, Washington will be voting on a groundbreaking initiative in November 2007. Initiative 24 creates a Citizen Councilor Network open to every citizen in the county. It establishes a feedback communication system owned by the people where small groups in homes or workplaces can share opinions on public issues with results posted on a Forum Foundation website for reflection by officials, government staff, news media, and citizens. The program is self-funded (no taxes) and administered by the County Auditor. If passed, King County will be the first government in the world to use the Forum Foundation’s new Algorithmic Resonance Social Technology. To learn more, visit Sandy’s summary in NCDD’s Learning Exchange here. Or visit this initiative’s website at http://EasyCitizenInvolvement.com.
John Gastil, Professor at the University of Washington, in the Dept. of Communication, and featured speaker at the NCDD 2006 conference in San Francisco, has formally endorsed King County Initiative 24 — also known as the Citizen Councilor initiative.
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