Eau Claire eDemocracy Online Community Forum
People often say talk is cheap. And too often cheap talk seems to dominate our public lives. Help strengthen civil discourse in our community. Register today for the new Eau Claire Community Forum. Go to http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/eauclaire/join.html and enter your information.
Community volunteers are working to open an online Eau Claire Community Forum by September 2011. The Community Forum will be an ongoing online discussion about community life in the greater Eau Claire area and the health of our local democracy.
Effective democracy begins with the conversations people have about self-interests and shared interests in their community. Sometimes our biggest challenge is finding or creating safe public spaces where these conversations can take place.
The goals of the Community Forum are to:
- Give everyone a greater voice in the discussions and decisions that affect our community;
- Increase civic participation and contribute to the development of an informed and engaged citizenry;
- Spread awareness about issues in our community;
- Connect people with diverse interests and backgrounds across the community;
- Encourage more input into solutions to local problems;
- Build community.
The Community Forum will be a place where community members can have conversations about local topics, ranging from local service experiences and recommendations to lost pet notices to announcements about neighborhood and community events to discussions of community priorities.
The Eau Claire Community Forum is being hosted through E-Democracy.org, a non-profit, non-partisan citizen-based initiative launched in 1994. For more information about E-Democracy.org community forums, see http://forums.e-democracy.org/about/about_issues_forums/
The Community Forum will open when 100 registrations have been received, and will operate under simple rules established by E-Democracy.org:
- Discuss local issues only.
- Be civil (fair, calm, and polite) at all times.
- Sign your messages with your full, real name.
- Do not post more than two messages a day.
Registration for the forum is simple: Go to http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/eauclaire/join.html and enter your information.
People often say talk is cheap. And too often cheap talk seems to dominate our public lives. Help strengthen civil discourse in our community. Register today for the new Eau Claire Community Forum.