Tuesday, December 16, 2008

I received this email from a OneWebDay Volunteer. Sounds like a good idea...

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Dear friends of OneWebDay,

We need you to vote for OWD's proposal <http://tinyurl.com/owd-idea> at
Change.org!

Joshua Levy at Change.org (NOT change.gov, fyi) contacted Susan and the OWD
Board to partner with his project "Ideas for Change in America project."
The project is a citizen-driven effort to identify the best ideas to effect
the change the Obama Administration has promised.

Here's how the competition works: anyone can go to www.change.org/ideas and
submit a policy idea, discuss with others, and vote on the best ideas from
around the country. Just before Inauguration Day, change.org will host an
event in Washington, DC and hand-deliver the top 10 rated ideas to a
representative of the Obama Administration. They'll then mobilize the
collective energy of the millions of people on Change.org, MySpace, and
partner organizations to ensure that each winning idea gets the full
consideration of the administration and the 111th Congress.

We identified several ideas that we thought resonate with OWD values, and we
even added our own, "Recognize OneWebDay as National Day to Celebrate and
Promote the Social Benefits of the Web." We hope you will sign up and vote
for our idea, check out the other great ideas we found, and maybe post some
of your own ideas. And, please, help us spread the word!

What you can do:

* Sign up at https://www.change.org/admin/sign_up. If you already have
a change.org account, skip to the next step
* Vote for the OWD submission at <http://tinyurl.com/owd-idea>.
* Also take a look at these great ideas and vote for them if you like
them
o Interactive Government -
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/interactive_government
o Support Network Neutrality Legislation -
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/support_network_neutrality_legislation
o Support the Free Software Movement -
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/support_the_free_software_movement
o Create a National Broadband Network -
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/create_a_national_broadband_network
o APIs for Federal Services -
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/require_the_production_of_apis_for_federal_services
o As you forward this along, please feel free to add ideas you
like
* Spread the word! Forward this message along to your friends,
colleagues, and any lists where you think people will appreciate the
invitation to participate.

The leadership team at OWD is hard at work crafting the plan for OWD 2009,
and we hope you plan to be involved.

Best,
Matt Cooperrider