06-221Council File # 06-221
Green Sheet # 3029879
RESOLUTION
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E-NAUGURATION OF ST. PAUL E-DEMOCRACY
4 WHEREAS, local volunteers have spent the last two yeazs laying the groundwork for a new organization
5 in Saint Paul committed to using digital tools to increase the quantity and quality of civic participation in
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WHEREAS, the mission of St. Paul E-Democracy will be to empower, inform, and engage citizens in the
public life of our community, by building online forums and tools for citizen engagement and making them
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WHEREAS, St. Paul E-Democracy volunteers have diligently planned for a new "E-citizenship" program
in St. Paul, which in cooperation with public libraries and other community organizations, will offer
support and tutoring for citizens and community groups who wish to employ the Internet to do public
research and to voice their concerns about important community issues; and
17 WHEREAS, St. Paul E-Democracy volunteers have spent hundreds of hours building, maintaining, and
18 seeking to improve the St. Paul Issues Forum as a vibrant space for online discussion of important
19 community issues; and
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WHEREAS, St. Paul E-Democracy is celebrating its official E-Nauguration on Thursday, March 2, at 630
p.m. with food, discussion, and a short panel discussion at the Paul & Sheila Wellstone Center for
Community Building; and therefore before be it
RESOLVED, the Saint Paul City Council encourages residents of St. Paul to attend the E-Nauguration
event and support the important work that St. Paul E-Democracy is doing to strengthen local democracy
through the open and accessible use of digital tools.
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The Saint Paul City Council encourages residents of St. Paul to attend the E-Nauguration event and support the important work that
St. Paul E-Democracy is doing to strengthen local democracy through the open and accessible use of digital tools. �
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