The Political Weblog Project is a collaborative effort designed to encourage MPs, Councillors and other elected officials to communicate more effectively online via the intelligent use of weblogs. Elected officials who wish to take part in this scheme must follow these simple rules that exist primarily for your own benefit:Rule #1 - You must own (or be ready to purchase) your own domain name.
Rule #2 - You must use the technology to engage in two-way commmunication
Rule #3 - You must fund/source the weblog with your own money or resources.
Those who pledge to follow these rules will be provided with all the necessary assets and expertise at an extremely competitive rate.
What is a weblog? | Why two-way communication? | Why do I need my own domain?
More politicians need to be using weblogs properly. Maybe you can help.
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If you click on any of the 'Blogs' categories below, you will find that these entries have been individually backdated to correspond with the launch date of the blog that entry references (in order to provide a categorised and sequential history of these blogs).
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Blogs: All (31) Blogs: Campaign (2) Blogs: Councillors (Labour) (1) Blogs: House of Lords (1) Blogs: MPs (Conservative) (1) Blogs: MPs (Labour) (5) Blogs: MPs (Liberal Democrat) (2) Blogs: Proxies (20) Designers and Providers (4) Education and Seminars (2) Fighting Ignorance (6) General (1) News (2)« Sarah Teather (Proxy Blog) | Main | Jim Cousins (Proxy Blog) » June 16, 2004 Sandra Gidley (Proxy Blog)Liberal Democrat MP for Romsey Proxy blog by: 'Gidley Watch' Launched: June 16, 2004 Format: Blogger.com (customised template) Comments: Yes This was one the first proxy-blogs created as part of the proxy blog project, and it is - so far - the only proxy blogging effort that has resulted in the target MP launching a blog of their own. Upon launching her blog, Sandra Gidley had this to say: It is with a certain amount of trepidation that I embark on this web log and I hope I haven't disappointed anyone who thinks they might be on a fast track to Charlie Dimmock. I will freely admit that the good people at Gidleywatch have a lot to do with the decision - which hasn't been an easy one. My office staff didn't want me to do it because they like Gidleywatch and can't wait for updates. My Constituency Organiser didn't want me to do it because he couldn't see the point. But it has been a strange experience being cyberstalked even though Gidleywatch is friendly so I have decided that my own voice will be added to the many who already whisper on the world wide web. The Gidley Watch blog continues to provide independent commentary on relevant movements, articles, appearances and speeches, plus an RSS feed from theyworkforyou.com Posted by timireland on June 16, 2004 9:14 AM in the category Blogs: Proxies CommentsPost a commentThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) |