<incom> <nettime> Fwd: www.theglobalvote.org

[Jussi Savolainen]

This is an interesting case. Surely it's not democratic, little global
but innovative, yes, I like the idea.

However the required questions for signing up are ridiculous and I
personally wouldn't send in such information. Or maybe I'm being too
critical: you do can choose whether to send in picture or not ;)

I hope to see similar but more sane system on safe platform and
underlying orgs before this gets too popular.

jussi



2007/12/2, mark bartlett <mark at globalpostmark.net>:
> i have to say that, after going to this site, i would recommend
> strongly against it because it asks for all the information that
> telemarketers do. With having even their disclosure about privacy
> rights.... all a wash in any case. Voting is based on anonymity, no?
>
> the way this site offers itself, it could be a direct feed in to the
> US-Stassi surveillance system.
>
> too bad, because a global vote system could be a very powerful tool
> for social change.
>
> how does this kind of post get onto this list?
>
> mark bartlett, phd.
>
>
> On Dec 1, 2007, at 9:40 PM, martin hardie wrote:
>
> > a little more info re global vote:
> >
> >  Launch and search for members for www.theglobalvote.org
> >
> > GlobalVote (www.theglobalvote.org ) has been launched to contribute
> > to the
> > debate on decision-making processes within major international
> > organizations such as the UN, the World Bank, and the International
> > Monetary
> > Fund. This will be done by collecting the opinions of the
> > international
> > online community, and by disseminating these polling results to
> > International Organizations, universities, the media, and national
> > governments.
> >
> > Largely unrepresentative, major international organizations have had a
> > decisive impact on world policy over the past 60 years, but their
> > decisions are made in an exceedingly opaque way. By utilizing
> > innovative,
> > transparent polling systems GlobalVote advocates for fairer
> > representation,
> > and collects popular opinion on the most important decisions affecting
> > people around the globe.
> >
> > Although global communication has been taking place nearly
> > effortlessly for
> > over a decade, the opinions of the online global community have yet
> > to be
> > collected in a systematic way. With developed and underdeveloped
> > countries
> > struggling with democracy on every level of society, and with these
> > countries building their infrastructures more and more around the
> > internet
> > and wireless communication, the future of democracy could very well
> > develop
> > online. GlobalVote aims to be at the beginning of this exciting
> > future.
> >
> > If you want to be part of the future please go to
> > www.theglobalvote.org and
> > become a member, if you have friends who are interested in global
> > issues
> > please refer them to the website as well. Yesterday we have closed a
> > resolution on "Sanctions on Iran?" and the results of the vote can
> > be seen
> > on the website, currently a resolution on the emergency state in
> > Pakistan
> > has been posted, if you want to voice your opinion please "become
> > member"
> > and leave a comment in the connected form and vote! As the
> > initiative is in
> > the beginning also all comments and suggestions for improvements
> > are welcome
> > and can be sent to info at theglobalvote.org. Your cooperation and
> > patience is
> > highly appreciated!
> >
> > Let's vote !
> >
> >
> > On 01/12/2007, martin hardie <martin.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> a  colleague has sent me this below. I'm (and he) are interested
> >> to see
> >> what
> >> people think - what else could be done with it etc etc,
> >>
> >> On the site working on a project www.theglobalvote.org could you
> >> take a
> >> look
> >> at it and let me know what you think? Voting on global
> >> issues......  At
> >> this
> >> moment soft launch we are having 100 members and need more, any
> >> idea how
> >> we
> >> can reach out more to political science people around the world?
> >>
> >> Martin
> >>
> >> --
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> >
> > "I was just so relieved that the toxicity of this government had
> > gone, this
> > dreadful vicious show which had been around for all these years,
> > the active
> > disparaging of particular classes and groups.
> >
> > "I felt like you know sometimes you see people at factories,
> > they've been in
> > a plant that's got toxic stuff on them and they get hosed down
> > later. I felt
> > on Saturday night like I'd been hosed down."
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