Starting a Political Career with Open Source? 66
byronmiller desires to get to the root of the following issue: "I have chosen to run for office to represent the people of the 16th district of Pennsylvania. I am looking for software and solutions to help manage a grass roots and budget friendly campaign. What applications are available for everything from district management/contact management solutions to online fund raising and campaign management solutions? We are already rolling out staff PC's running Suse 9.2, OpenOffice.org and of course Firefox. Are there any collaboration suites and mail systems that we can use for calendaring, notes, email and conferencing? Anyone build a campaign using open source technology or is Politics still only putting money where your mouth is? Technology is a major initiative of my campaign and i'm very interested in what political software and civic solutions are available - especially experience and reviews of such."
Collaboration software (Score:3, Interesting)
Use an internal wiki for discussions (the problems of public Wikis in political situations should be fairly obvious
A wee bit offtopic (Score:2, Interesting)
Good luck, man! Hope it all works out for you.
Please speak english (Score:4, Interesting)
" * Continued investment in and support of broadband infrastructure & access."
Will you support the right of communities to provide free wifi and create local broadband networks? Yes or no.
" * Stronger recognition of consumer rights in the digital world."
Will you protect fair use? Yes or no.
" * Legitimate copyright protection & enforcement."
Will you restore due process? I.E. Media companies must get court orders to track user IP addresses? Yes or No.
" * Modernization of patent laws to protect innovation and technology."
What heck do you mean by that?
" * Technology assurance programs, including product liability to ensure consumer protection." Again what the heck do you mean by that?
" * Technology & protocol standardization - open system specifications, common infrastructure, and unified industry adoption."
So the government is going to make system specifications the LAW? Good grief I can not think of many ideas worse that than one.
What about funding research in to new Nuclear reactor technology like the Pebble Bed?
What about a solar roof program? Requiring each new home to have a small solar voltaic panel tied to the grid? Even 100 watts to start with? Just enough to to increase the production of solar cells. In the future the required size could be increased as the cost comes down.
What about increased funding for NASA?
What about a bio-diesel program? Maybe giving bio-diesel a bigger tax break.
I found your site short on specifics. Since you have jumped into the frying pan let's crank up some heat.