Comments on: Replacing local democracy with an bug tracker… http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2007/08/06/replacing-local-democracy-bug-tracker/ working for social change; thinking about the details Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:31:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: If place is a system, let’s make it an open source one | DavePress http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2007/08/06/replacing-local-democracy-bug-tracker/comment-page-1/#comment-140815 If place is a system, let’s make it an open source one | DavePress Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:08:24 +0000 [...] baked thinking in this post is entirely mine, the bug tracker idea was originally blogged about by Tim Davies a few years ago; and the importance of visibility was made clear to me in a conversation with Nick Booth. Share [...] [...] baked thinking in this post is entirely mine, the bug tracker idea was originally blogged about by Tim Davies a few years ago; and the importance of visibility was made clear to me in a conversation with Nick Booth. Share [...]

]]> By: Rahul Sharma http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2007/08/06/replacing-local-democracy-bug-tracker/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Rahul Sharma Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:44:35 +0000 You should try Projistics Bug Tracker as well. It is a pure bug tracking tool and does not have much features for other project management activities. http://www.projistics.com You should try Projistics Bug Tracker as well. It is a pure bug tracking tool and does not have much features for other project management activities.
http://www.projistics.com

]]> By: Tim http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2007/08/06/replacing-local-democracy-bug-tracker/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Tim Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:21:16 +0000 <p> Thanks for the comments... </p> <p> I would love to see a pilot of this somewhere... </p> <p> I could see it being used both 'internally' for tracking what the council is already working on - and public facing to allow for direct public input. </p> <p> It would be interesting to explore the different sorts of 'workflow' that different types of idea need. For example, a request for street furniture to be fixed can be dealt with quickly and easily... a request for a change to the street furniture that is provided might need to go through a different channel of debate and discussion... </p> <p> Well designed - a system like this should increase the transparency of decision making - and help increase public awareness about the different parts of making a local democratic decision. </p> <p> I love the idea of using stats to track how well the council is listening to different groups by the way... perhaps thats the bit that would be the most scary! </p> <p>   </p> <p>   </p> Thanks for the comments…

I would love to see a pilot of this somewhere…

I could see it being used both ‘internally’ for tracking what the council is already working on – and public facing to allow for direct public input.

It would be interesting to explore the different sorts of ‘workflow’ that different types of idea need. For example, a request for street furniture to be fixed can be dealt with quickly and easily… a request for a change to the street furniture that is provided might need to go through a different channel of debate and discussion…

Well designed – a system like this should increase the transparency of decision making – and help increase public awareness about the different parts of making a local democratic decision.

I love the idea of using stats to track how well the council is listening to different groups by the way… perhaps thats the bit that would be the most scary!

 

 

]]> By: mas http://www.timdavies.org.uk/2007/08/06/replacing-local-democracy-bug-tracker/comment-page-1/#comment-291 mas Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:24:27 +0000 seems like an opportunity to propose a trial - be great to set something up with a Parish Council somewhere and see how it works - especially if it could be available for people without home internet access - maybe through kiosks in supermarkets! I do slightly wonder though if the fear of a system like this would be that it would be too easy to make suggestions/requests!! I can imagine a lot of administrators stressing about the worry of having to deal with all that input which would be ironic given most are concerned with the opposite at the mo. There would be some very interesting statistical stuff available through this - be interesting for example to track the percentage of priority given to young peoples input or to be able to track the take up of proposals put forward from people from particular areas etc. etc. seems like an opportunity to propose a trial – be great to set something up with a Parish Council somewhere and see how it works – especially if it could be available for people without home internet access – maybe through kiosks in supermarkets! I do slightly wonder though if the fear of a system like this would be that it would be too easy to make suggestions/requests!! I can imagine a lot of administrators stressing about the worry of having to deal with all that input which would be ironic given most are concerned with the opposite at the mo.

There would be some very interesting statistical stuff available through this – be interesting for example to track the percentage of priority given to young peoples input or to be able to track the take up of proposals put forward from people from particular areas etc. etc.

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