4. Status Processes Technology Communication Informal Participation Formal Consultation (Council) Formal Democracy (Representative) Social Web: The Wild West Local Government: The Law Social Networks/ Online communities Video Magazines Formal webcasting ePetitions Discussion Boards ePetitions Webcasting Communication to Formal Democracy Strategy Make better decisions Support representative PB Local strategic plan Flip point WebTV And many many others…….

6. Introduction to Petitioning 10 Downing Street : http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ The Scottish Parliament http://epetitions.scottish.parliament.uk/ German Bundestag Website https://epetitionen.bundestag.de Bristol ePetition website http://epetitions.bristol.gov.uk/ Kingston ePetition website http://www.kingston.gov.uk/epetitions Dutch Petition Website http://www.petities.nl/

7. Introduction to Petitioning 10 Downing Street : http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ “ We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to..” Launched in November 2006 the No 10 Petitions website has become one of the the largest non-partisan democracy sites by volume of users ever, with over 8m signatures from over 5m unique email addresses, representing around 10% of the entire UK population. 200 signatures on an epetition will trigger an email response from the UK Government.

8. Introduction to Petitioning In July 1999 the Scottish Parliament was officially opened, and by December 1999 the Scottish Parliament accepted its first e-petition working with its newly established Public Petitions Committee. As there are large rural areas in Scotland, their epetition system allows citizens to collect support widely for their petition. It also allows petitioners in different parts of the country to co-ordinate their campaigns and is useful for the Parliament in identifying where an issue has widespread support. The Scottish Parliament http://epetitions.scottish.parliament.uk/

9. Introduction to Petitioning Live since 2005, the Petities.NL website allows the Dutch population to create and sign petitions. By the end of 2009 the site is looking to be connected to all municipalities and to the Lower House of the Dutch government. Dutch Petition Website http://www.petities.nl/

10. Introduction to Petitioning Public-i worked with Bristol, with help from Napier University, to rewrite the system as a piece of open source technology The views and opinions of citizens living in the Bristol region can now be collected and discussed through their ePetitions and AskBristol site. The discussion results are forwarded to government officials and media representatives. The goal is to thereby achieve the citizen-oriented design of future plans for the Bristol region. Bristol ePetition website http://epetitions.bristol.gov.uk/

11. Introduction to Petitioning The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames offers the option of submitting petitions online as well as supporting or commenting on the requests of other petitioners. Each e-petition also has its own discussion forum, where citizens can discuss the petition and surrounding issues online. Kingston ePetition website http://www.kingston.gov.uk/epetitions