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Hi All,
I might do this more often - as expected the motion is greatly improved as a result of your suggestions (see below).
I have picked up Vicky and Jeff and Danielle's suggestions. But was
running out of space to include Peter's. Also - without going into too
much detail about parliamentary processes, I hope to have this motion
passed formally this week - that means it needs to be general enough
that it will not cause anyone any difficulties. Otherwise it will go on
the notice paper and may not be debated until sometime next year.
Thanks again.
Penny

That this house:
(a)Notes that Tuesday 22 September is OneWebDay. The theme of the 2009 OneWebDay is One Web. For All.

Tomorrow is OneWebDay . In addition to hosting a small event at Parliament House, I have drafted a Notice of Motion that I hope to have passed by the Legislative Council this week.

If you have any comments or suggestions I will incorporate them - but you have to get back to me by COB today. See below:Notice of Motion: One Web Day

That this house:

(a) Notes that Tuesday 22 September is OneWebDay

(b) Notes that OneWebDay is a voluntary network of organisations, citizens and consumers who are committed to universal and equal access to the Internet. The theme of the 2009 OneWebDay is One Web. For All.

We are currently getting the analytics, transcripts, video and wiki together from last Friday's NSW Public Sphere event. In the meantime here is the transcript of the Premier's speech. Thanks again to all who made the day such a success.

The Premier has asked me to work with the Department of Services, Technology and Adminstration to organise a further event to build on the outcomes from NSW Public Sphere. So what do you want - what should we cover? How can NSW build on the good work already happening? What should another event look like - who should be involved - what should the back channel look like? I need your input asap.

The #nswsphere discussion on Twitter has been progressing and lots of great ideas have been finding their way to my office.

One of the things we're aiming to do with NSW Public Sphere: Government 2.0 is to make an "out-reach" event and to bring in people who are not necessarily already entrenched/involved/aware of Gov 2.0.

But we're really keen to get a diverse mix of people coming along including academics, technical people, and government people. 

We've come up with a rough agenda for the day and some suggested themes to encompass all of these different groups and issues we'd like to cover in the day. Now we'd like your thoughts and feedback.

On Monday, I participated in Senator Kate Lundy's Public Sphere #2 - Open Government conference in Canberra.

I am interested in how new technologies can assist parliaments and public agencies to have a more collaborative process between the politicians, the public agencies and our citizens. A collaboration that means that good ideas can come from anywhere, can be discussed openly with public input and have a real chance of being implemented.

It is about turning around service delivery - away from a "we know best" approach to a "what can government do to assist you to tackle the issues you face?"

In May 2007 I launched this website. Pennysharpe.com "aims to improve access, accountability and input into the little corner of democracy that is NSW".  In the first month online I had 215 unique visitors, 383 visits and 911 page views. This has steadily grown to  to 890 unique visitors, 1044 visits and 1651 page views per month.

The website is built around my enewsletter Red Leather. Red Leather has had 57 editions and is sent to over 2000 people every fortnight. It reaches many more.

Starting tomorrow, the Premier will be chairing the NSW Job Summit bringing business leaders, peak bodies, major employers and unions together to discuss ways NSW can protect jobs from the impact of the global financial crisis.

The Jobs Summit has been concieved as just one part of the Government's broader response to the global economic downturn.

While you may not be able to be at the summit, the Premier has launched an online discussion forum to allow the community to put their ideas forward.

 75 days until inauguration starts Obama's website. It is the first evidence of Obama's determination to involve all who want to be involved in his administration.

The first blog says "Change.gov provides resources to better understand the transition process and the decisions being made as part of it. It also offers an opportunity to be heard about the challenges our country faces and your ideas for tackling them. The Obama Administration will reflect an essential lesson from the success of the Obama campaign: that people united around a common purpose can achieve great things

The NSW Labor Party has relaunched its website as a Political and Social Justice Portal for the 21st century featuring campaigns, a blog, and news. The new site is more interactive and includes enhanced membership services, for new and existing members, info on Labor groups and ways of getting involved.

At one point during the 2007 Federal Election, the media were calling it the YouTube election. Whether or not that turned out to be the case, there is no doubt that the internet has changed the way politicians interact with their constituencies, and more importantly how those constituencies are able to interact with us.