Ideas for the Future
Community Networks / Civic Intelligence
Rediscover our core values and construct common frames
Understand our (changed) environment
Explore and define our niche in the (socially and environmentally ameliorative) "issue and action environment"
Develop, advertise and maintain online resources for our community
Engage more forcefully and effectively with the "powers that be"
Engage more thoughtfully and dilligently with the "powers that might be"
Create long-term collaborative relationships
Pursue civic ("bridging") as well as community ("bonding") networking
Rebuild our network
Use civic intelligence ideas to diagnose problems and chart the future
Refine the idea(s) of civic intelligence