---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Volker Ralf Grassmuck <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 4:44 PM Subject: Voice of the People To: Leif Olsen <[email protected]> Cc: jose ramos <[email protected]>, Nicloás Mendoza < [email protected]>, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> Dear Thomas et al., just was alerted by Larry Lessig’s blog to the Voice of the People project, which is developing innovative (and scientifically valid) ways to allow “Members of Congress to hear from a representative sample of their constituents on key issues facing Congress.” Create a Citizen Cabinet: A scientifically selected representative sample of over 120,000 Americans would be regularly consulted on policy issues, using new online interactive tools. http://www.vop.org/ Sounds very similar to a Reference Parliament, doesn’t it? cheers, Volker -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/