Personal Democracy Forum. 5/15 Manhattan
On the my normal train ride from Red Bank to Manhattan this morning I received an e-mail from Doc Searls inviting me to attend the Personal Democracy Forum which happened to be taking place in the city. Thank you to Doc and Micah Sifry for helping me to attend an eye opening conference of bloggers and political activist. I’m still digesting the conference but at the very least I was impressed by the breadth of people who are addressing these issues at the national level. Though my focus is on what is of interest to Red Bank; it was reassuring to see just how many people share our concerns beyond our small town.
One of the breakout sessions included Princeton Ph.D. candidate and New Jersey blogger Juan Melli. Juan runs BlueJersey.net and has recently mentioned RedBankTv.org in his writing.
Another session, devoted to Network Neutrality, was moderated Rep. Andrew Wiener and featured speakers both for and against Net Neutrality legislation. On that panel was Chris Wolf, head of the astroturfing web site set up by the telcos that I mentioned in a post last Friday.
I need to let everything I saw and heard today sink in and determine how what I learned today can be applied here in Red Bank. For now let me just say thank you again to Doc and Micah; sorry I did not get a chance to meet you Doc and though I met Micah it was only for a second as he was very busy.
