[sldev] Vote for change in virtual worlds: let’s put e-democracy to a test!

[Leonel Morgado]

>From http://gwynethllewelyn.net/2008/12/31/lets-put-e-democracy-to-a-test/

Barack Obama's change.org website is accepting requests for ideas and
projects to be implemented during his term. Knowing that he's all for
technological innovation, and that several successful experiments with
e-democracy were done inside Second Life(R), let's try to push for
even more. Andabata
Mandelbrot <http://andabata.blogspot.com/> is proposing that we vote to create
an international metaverse - the Internet equivalent of virtual
worlds<http://www.change.org/ideas/view/create_an_international_metaverse_-_the_internet_equivalente_of_virtual_worlds>
.

To get this implemented, we need 400 votes! And the deadline is… today at
midnight, so we need to hurry…

Voting is simple, you just need to create an account on the
change.orgaccount and vote (you can even log in with your Facebook or
MySpace account)
by clicking on the icon. If you're willing to promote this idea, you can, of
course, do more — add widgets, push it to your social network, and so on.
With a surprisingly open-minded approach, voting is *not*limited to US
residents, but it's totally open to international voters too. The change is
for America, but its impact will be global. A nice touch!

Why should President-Elect Obama listen to this proposal? Well, we know
that he has appointed two Second Life Innovators to his "Innovation Agenda"
group <http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/12/new-world-newsf.html>. And his
virtual presence in SL was serious, well-planned, and part of his campaign.
He's no stranger to using virtual worlds as a political — but also
democratic — platform. So he might very well take notice of this proposal,
specially if he can see the support it gathers.

It's up to us to put democracy in practice — with the vote [image: :)]

Vote now and get your friends in SL to do the same!
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