Future Issues Forums

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This is a public list of future, prospective, or possible local Issues Forums.

Roseville, Minnesota - Opened July 2006
Minneapolis Neighborhood Forums - Grant planning for sub-forums within city-wide forum

A lead contact has been established and a steering committee formed or in progress.

Atlanta, Georgia - Interest from Amherst Conference, late June 2006
Birmingham, England - Youth-oriented Issues Forum
Bristol, England - Neighborhood forum first in Knowles West, potentially part of Connecting Bristol Digital Challenge bid
Blacksburg, Virgina - In early communication Virgina Tech with NSF-funded research project lead by Prof. Andrea Kavanaugh
Chicago, Illinois - Plotting relaunch perhaps with city-area forums instead on one large forum for this very very large city.
Kingston upon Thames, England, possible quadrant forum
New Zealand - Grant proposal submitted by Dan Randow (OnlineGroups.Net/GroupServer) in partnership with community radio for regional forums - Canterbury region includes Christchurch which has an online group from earlier outreach presentation
Northlincolnshire, England

Carrboro, North Carolina
Evergreen, Colorado
Los Angeles, California - Connection with Los Angeles Neighborhood Issues effort
Madison, Wisconsin - Very early discussion with Lew Freidland about connection to Madison Commons
Norfolk County, England - includes King's Lynn, Norwich
Ottawa, Canada
Portland, Oregon
Toronto, Canada
Washington, DC - Interest exists, meetings held - need point person with current time - DC has an extensive network of neighborhood forums that could be leveraged
West Jordan, Utah

Croydon, England - Have community networking project, Tim met with them
Duluth, Minnesota - Attempt to find Forum Manager in previous 1999 effort faltered, still exists on YahooGroups

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