[MG] Coming to grips with success - communities and lateral extension

[Michael Allan]

Hi Florin,

Unfortunately I can't find a discussion site, and the past two weeks
of talk pages contain no dialogue.
http://ontariosiwiki.marsdd.com/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&days=30&namespace=1

They don't want to hear from the public.  It's run by the Ontario
government to "help the private and not-for-profit sectors generate
revenues".  http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/OIA051611_bd1.asp

Here's how the wiki fits in: "The wiki was developed by The Working
Group, a Toronto based web design company and Moxie Insight, an
innovative research company that focuses on emerging technology trends
and their impact on businesses."
http://www.news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/05/summit-builds-new-partnerships-for-greater-good.html

Now that those two companies have generated some "revenue", the wiki
they "developed" serves no further purpose.  They took the policy
paper from it a few days ago and they'll let us know "in mid-June" how
long they'll keep it running:
http://ontariosiwiki.marsdd.com/index.php/How_To_Use_This_Site#Questions

I don't know if you're from Canada.  I'm afraid that's how government
works here.  Party campaigns are funded by entrepreneurs as a kind of
investment.  They make money at it from both sides.

-- 
Michael Allan

Toronto, +1 416-699-9528
http://zelea.com/


Digital Dasein wrote:
> Here's an experiment/community that would require votorola/drafting/pollwiki
> http://ontariosiwiki.marsdd.com/index.php/Main_Page.
> I got to him reading an interesting article of the author of
> (Macro)Wikinomics, Don Tapscott:
> http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/992280--digital-technology-can-bring-democracy-to-life
> .
> And take a look also at
> http://edge.org/conversation/the-argumentative-theory to see deliberative
> democracy from the Sperber's argumentative theory perspective.
> 
> Best regards,
> Florin



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