Comments on: Re: Grading WhiteHouse.gov http://www.intellitics.com/blog/2009/03/24/re-grading-whitehousegov/ Experiments in Civic Sensemaking Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:48:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tim http://www.intellitics.com/blog/2009/03/24/re-grading-whitehousegov/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Tim Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:13:29 +0000 http://www.intellitics.com/blog/?p=268#comment-733 Maybe I should have been more clear: My comment was only with regard to the area of citizen engagement that is commonly referred to as public participation (where some organization or government is usually the initiator and owner of the process, can choose to share -- to a certain degree -- power with the participants and is mainly responsible for ensuring the process will have an impact). I agree with you that the term "civic engagement" encompasses something much broader and can take on many shapes or forms (one being public participation). Maybe I should have been more clear:

My comment was only with regard to the area of citizen engagement that is commonly referred to as public participation (where some organization or government is usually the initiator and owner of the process, can choose to share — to a certain degree — power with the participants and is mainly responsible for ensuring the process will have an impact).

I agree with you that the term “civic engagement” encompasses something much broader and can take on many shapes or forms (one being public participation).

]]> By: Nancy Glock-Grueneich http://www.intellitics.com/blog/2009/03/24/re-grading-whitehousegov/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Nancy Glock-Grueneich Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:34:28 +0000 http://www.intellitics.com/blog/?p=268#comment-732 Tim, Your comments hold when viewing "civic engagement" as a government initiated and managed process. I prefer to take the more comprehensive view though, and include in its scope citizen led, citizen-driven, civic engagement, as well, encompassing the work of NGO's and what used to be called, at least, "civic organizations", a wide range of volunteer and activist activities, organizing, mobilizing, etc., and, arguably, right up to and encompassing protest, direct action, etc. (The last may stretch the term too much. Needs to be discussed.) Tim, Your comments hold when viewing “civic engagement” as a government initiated and managed process. I prefer to take the more comprehensive view though, and include in its scope citizen led, citizen-driven, civic engagement, as well, encompassing the work of NGO’s and what used to be called, at least, “civic organizations”, a wide range of volunteer and activist activities, organizing, mobilizing, etc., and, arguably, right up to and encompassing protest, direct action, etc. (The last may stretch the term too much. Needs to be discussed.)

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