<div dir="ltr">2013/3/2 Travis McCrea <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:me@travismccrea.com" target="_blank">me@travismccrea.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word">I apologize for my last email's incoherentness, I was writing out my first draft of what I was thinking and then replied to an instant message came back and clicked send on accident. The basic idea is still the same (private organizations do not need to be held to the same standard as government), but it was not worded very well nor written concisely. <div>
<div class="im"><br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>Don't worry, it was clear. Every tool has its target and its time.</div><div style><br></div><div style>I agree with both, Rick and you. I would add that we need to be how we want government to be. In the same way we want more transparency, we must stand up for openness and possibility of citizen participation. It doesn't mean only voting, it also means proposing, pushing laws, etc.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>If the relationship government-citizen isn't bidirectional, we won't change anything. YMMV but in some countries like Spain there is a lot to do about this.</div><div style><br></div>
<div style>About private clubs, they will adopt whatever it fits better to them, of course. They will adopt democratic tools when they fit to them or they look just natural because they are being used everywhere.</div><div style>
<br></div></div>-- <br><div>Dario Castañé</div><div><a href="http://www.dario.im" target="_blank">http://www.dario.im</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/im_dario" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/im_dario</a></div>
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