North Adams 2008

=Overview= In North Adams we are running a similar event inspired by our Coastal friends out East. The overview below is taken nearly word-for-word from the Boston event description.

OneWebDay and the Independence Year Foundation have teamed up to give Massachusetts citizens a chance to tell politicians and each other what’s important to them in their local area. The genesis of the project is that Governor Deval Patrick conducted and town hall meetings around Massachusetts this summer, and then posted video of the meetings to his own YouTube Channel.

By setting up video stations around Massachusetts, OneWebDay will embrace and extend the Governor's YouTube channel. In North Adams we have enthusiastic volunteers from the community including, but not limited to Brett McDowell (who is volunteering equipment and station management time) working with MASS MoCA (special thanks to John McAlister!) running a station in the MASS MoCA lobby from 11:00am to 3:00pm, making it easy for anyone to come down to the MASS MoCA lobby and contribute a video interview directed to Governor Patrick, regardless of technical ability. Web-savvy users will also be able to contribute from home.

After OWD, the discussion will move to the Independence Year platform where citizens will be able to comment, blog, and plan collective actions around their shared beliefs. OneWebDay is just the beginning of a new kind of participatory democracy.

=Participate and Stay Up to Date=

North Adams is included in the Massachusetts up-to-date list of stations, where you will also find instructions for starting your own station or submitting video. Just click the link below:

http://www.newgov.us/group/owdmaplanning/pages/Stations

To follow the real-time uploading of North Adams interviews just monitor Brett McDowell's YouTube channel.