Succesful examples of citizen organized movements that brought change:

- Spacing Toronto: Effect local politics on how citizens want to transform their city

- Health care advocates 

Social media to access / influence 

- Posting the dialogue for public review

- Open + transparent 

- Beyond traditional definition of expert

 - Open data allows people to use it

Are citizens listened?

- How do we find out political activity?

- Mailing lists; Web 2.0: Twitter, Facebook, Flickr; Posters; Billboards;

- But do politicians listen to social media? 

- Aggregation problems

- With so many issues going on, arguments need to be made accesible in order for citizens and politicians to take on

- The community iself could aggregate?

- Random source of opinions (e.g.: Wordle)