Session Topic: Solving & Diagramming Problem Space
Convenor: Patrick Keenan
Recorder:
Participants: Indra Dosanjh, Behrouz Hariri
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Notes:

Problems are harder than diagrams, A picture is worth 1000 words

Guiding Principles:

* Principles
Empowerment and Transparency
- Nourish grassroots participation but don't direct or control it
- Help ease the transition of social technologies & Understand the integrated relationships

2-way communication requires flexibility and allowance for making mistakes

Design/Experience
- participatory politics
- citizen engagement
- social innovation
- consultation
- online/offline
- local/global
- deep dialogue
- problem solving

corporate responsibility & political engagement
training and education for employees

Equality of Access
- Citizens as lobbyists
- coordination
- access to politicians
- resources

Expanding of technological enfranchisement

Transparency - access to data
- move from the request to access paradigm (push vs pull)
- Freedom of information, tech problems should not be an excuse

*Government

*Community

*Technology

*Solution Possibilities

*Questions
How can we harvest

*Dialogue

*Education

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What Happens Next?