Conclusion to an amazing two weeks

[Laurie Maak <lauriem@network-democracy.org>]

Thank you all for joining the Money and Politics Dialogue. I know you 
spent hours each week preparing for the discussion, reading and 
crafting messages. Some of you told me that even though you weren't 
sending in messages you were still reading and thinking along with 
the group. I'm glad you all wanted to be here!

As you know, this is one of many Money and Politics forums being held 
in communities throughout the country. The National Issues Forum will 
compile the results of the Pre and Post Forum Questionnaires, review 
the participants' deliberations and produce a report on what citizens 
around the country are saying about the issue. Make sure your 
responses are included and complete the Post-Dialogue Questionnaire 
http://www.info-ren.org/network-democracy/map/join/mappost.shtml. When the 
final report on the NIF Money and Politics dialogues is available we 
will put a link on this Web site and notify you by e-mail.

We have a great opportunity and a great challenge to use the the 
Internet to support the exchange of information, communication, 
collaboration and understanding. The Money and Politics Dialogue 
introduced new elements toward achieving these goals. Please complete 
our Wrapup Evaluation 
http://www.info-ren.org/network-democracy/map/join/mapwrapup.shtml and tell us 
what you thought about the online discussion. Based on your comments 
we'll make changes in future Dialogues. This is very important to us, 
so please help us out!

One day online Dialogues will routinely bring together lawmakers, 
subject experts, and citizens to exchange information, share 
perspectives and consider solutions -- providing a rudder for our 
democracy. Thank you all for contributing to this collaborative and 
evolving process!

Laurie Maak, Producer
Network Democracy Program
Information Renaissance