---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:18 PM Subject: Almost there - Connected Citizens game live in less than 1 hour To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Hello Social Inventors! *Today we get to reprogram government services. Are you ready to bring your best ideas?* In* less than 1 hour*, at *20:00 GMT / 3pm EST / noon PST*, the game will be OPEN and LIVE for you to start playing. Be sure to create your player identity<http://game.connected-citizens.org/users/sign_up> (if you haven't yet) and log-in to the game site<http://game.connected-citizens.org/> . Need a refresher? Watch this short video<http://game.connected-citizens.org/> to find out what the future of government services might look like. See what the drivers of change are. Imagine how people might access government services if they were as easy as reaching for your smartphone. Consider how citizens will be empowered, and how governments will have new opportunities, to use civic tech to improve communities for all. *Do you feel ready to reinvent government services? Let's play:* *game.connected-citizens.org* <http://game.connected-citizens.org/> You can get a birds-eye view of the game from the dashboard<http://game.connected-citizens.org/dashboard>. Then, start playing cards! Get inspired and build on other players' ideas, or challenge an idea that you don't agree with. But most of all -- have fun! Thank you for being part of this important conversation about the future of citizenship. - Connected Citizens Team