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One Web Day 2008 In Melbourne

Posted 23 September 2008 at 18:50

As part of One Web Day, the City of Melbourne held a breakfast event above the Eureka Skydeck to share the experiences of the innovative, participatory consultation process used to develop the Future Melbourne Community Plan. Additionally, City of Melbourne Lord Mayor, John So, also contributed this blog post as the 55th ambassador to One Web Day - this post also appears on the One Web Day site.

Appearances - Andrew Gill (MC), Councillor David Wilson, Keynote: Dr Mark Elliott, Director, Collabforge

Panel discussion - Geoff Lawler, Director Sustainability & Regulatory Services, City of Melbourne, Paul Rees-Jones, Manager Planning Insights, Clemenger BBDO, Dr Mark Elliott, Director, Collabforge

Part 1 - MC's welcome, City of Melbourne representative address (Councillor David Wilson).

Part 2 - Key note speaker address, Dr Mark Elliott.

Part 3 - Panel discussion and questions to the panellists.

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One Web Day 2008 & Future Melbourne

Posted 21 September 2008 at 16:00pm

We are extremely proud and excited at the City of Melbourne to be involved with One Web Day 2008. As an OWD ambassador, it is an honour to be publishing this blog on the eve of what will be a series of events around the globe to celebrate the empowering nature of the internet. I've watched with interest as this year's list of participating cities and countries has grown over recent months. To commemorate this year's event the City of Melbourne will host a breakfast for invited government and industry representatives where speakers will discuss the innovative, participatory consultation process used to develop the Future Melbourne Community Plan. In hosting our event we hope to inspire other organisations to follow in our footsteps.

This year's One Web Day theme of 'online participation in democracy' is closely tied with our use of wiki technology, a key component in finalising the Future Melbourne Draft Community Plan. We believe the decision to use a wiki to enable anybody to read, discuss and directly edit the plan represents a world-first on this scale and a significant step towards participatory governance. We hope others will be interested in what we've been able to achieve. Read on and see what you think.

Where to from here?

The next step for Future Melbourne will be the approaching September 30 Council Meeting where the plan will be tabled for endorsement.

Our thanks for all the contributions we received during our recent consultation period. Your ideas, comments and edits will help shape the future of our city towards 2020 and beyond. Between 17 May and 14 June, over six and a half thousand people visited the site. The contributions will now be reviewed by the Future Melbourne team to organise, refine and incorporate the wide range of ideas into the plan in the best possible way. For further information on how we will measure the level of engagement please consult our strategy: "From Consultation to Participation".

If you have any questions about the wiki or our public consultation process please see our Future Melbourne wiki FAQ, or contact one of our representatives.

Thank you for participating in the Future Melbourne wiki and contributing to our shared vision and goals for Melbourne in 2020 and beyond!

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