Is it Time to Build the New England Common

Is it Time to Build the New England Common

Does New England need a virtual meeting place for discussion and action on politics, culture, environment and living? Could the Massachusetts governor’s race be a catalyst to establish one? An idea session. More info on: [New England] Convener: Christopher Lydon, Open Source Radio

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Chris: a promising concept; many ideas for “commons” have been tried out on the Internet, some of which you graciously mentioned in your Commonwealth piece. Suppose the Commons were not a particular website, but a code by which Internet communities convened. —Jon Garfunkel 21:57, 26 June 2006 (EDT)

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hmm, everyone who had wanted to follow up on the New England Commons forum was supposed to put their contact info on the wiki– better late than never to get this started I guess:

People Interested in Following Up on the New England Commons Idea

• presumably, Christopher Lydon
• Benjamin Melançon, http://pwgd.org/ – http://bemweb.com/contact – Natick, Mass.
• Robert Keough, CommonWealth magazine, rkeough@massinc.org
• Meredith O’Brien, UMass-Amherst Journalism Program, freelancer writer, [1] blogger, meredithobrien@hotmail.com.