[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: Sunshine Review Weekly

Tue Mar 17 11:21:48 PDT 2009

This is the newsletter published by the Sunlight Foundation, a great band of
literal do-gooders working to bring more transparency to our governments,
which I believe is one of the major objectives of this list.

Note especially: Sunshine Review’s ten-point transparency
checklist<http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Transparency_Checklist>.

-tom johnson

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Date: Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:32 AM
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*Sunshine Review Weekly*
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   *elcome to Sunshine Review Weekly, an informative communication to keep
you apprised of current events in the world of Sunshine Review wikying.*

*Sunshine Review Wiki Community Update:*
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On March 2, 2009, the city of Carbondale,
Illinois<http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Carbondale%2C_Illinois>introduced
their new website (
www.explorecarbondale.com). According to the Mayor of Carbondale, their
“Citizen Access page contains helpful information about the long standing
policies on open government.” The City also stated that they used Sunshine
Review as an “online resource guide” for the development of their new
website.

Carbondale is the only government in Illinois to have successfully satisfied
Sunshine Review’s ten-point transparency
checklist<http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Transparency_Checklist>.
Carbondale even added their checkbook register online based on Sunshine
Review’s suggestion.   Of greater noteworthiness, is the fact that your wiki
contributions have given Sunshine Review the muscle to influence local
government into creating greater access and transparency for all its
citizens. That’s a win-win for everyone.

Sunshine Review’s ten-point transparency
checklist<http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Transparency_Checklist>has
quickly become the standard in which all levels of government should
be
measured against. Job well done!
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*Collaborative Project of the Month:*

The focus of March is creating stub articles for school districts across the
United States. Please visit the project page for more information: Sunshine
Review:School district stubs
project<http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Sunshine_Review:School_district_stubs_project>
.

*This week focus*: Oklahoma school districts. Create 5 stub articles to help
us achieve our goals!

Let’s face it. We all have friends, family and neighbors who complain about
government, but don’t do anything other than complain. Reviewing and
evaluating your own local school district is a terrific way to help make
public access to local government better. Better access creates better
transparency. Better transparency creates better government.    Better
government creates a better use of taxpayer’s dollars. Why wouldn’t anyone
want to write wikis?

If you know anyone who may be interested in becoming a content contributor
for the Sunshine Review wiki, please encourage them to contact Kristin
McMurray: kristinpedia at sunshinereview.org.

       K

*ristinpedia’s Korner*
*Wiki Tip of the week:*
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If you were working on a wiki page a while back, and want to add some more
to it but can't remember how to find it, try checking your contributions.
You can do this by:
1.      Log in.
2.      Click "my contributions" in the upper right hand corner beside "log
out".
3.      You will see a list of all of the contributions you have ever made.
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*Wednesday Wiki Webinars*
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Wiki writing is easy, fun and very rewarding.
Webinars<http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Sunshine_Review:Webinars>are
offered every Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. CST. If you'd like to participate
in a training webinar<http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Sunshine_Review:Webinars>send
an e-mail to:
kristinpedia at sunshinereview.org.
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To learn more about how to get started, visit our Getting Started on
Sunshine Review<http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Getting_Started_on_Sunshine_Review>page.
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*Important Dates to Note:*
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*There’s just a few days left to enter the
**Sammies<http://www.samadamsalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=910:about-the-sammies&catid=1:latest-news>contest
(deadline is March 20, 2009). Two award categories stick out
specifically for Sunshine Review wiki writers: *

   - *Sunshine Award:* Use your state's open records laws to uncover
   government corruption, waste or malfeasance. Hint: FOIA is your best friend:
   $5,000 prize!
   - *Best Sunshine Review Wikiteer Contributor: *an award for contributors
   to Sam wikis - Ballotpedia <http://www.ballotpedia.org/>,
Judgepedia<http://www.judgepedia.org/>,
   and Sunshine Review <http://www.sunshinereview.org/> - who has created
   and maintained the most accurate, comprehensive, and encyclopedic page or
   portal. $1,000 cash prize!

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government transparency. The
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TODAY<http://www.samadamsalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=910:about-the-sammies&catid=1:latest-news>
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J. T. Johnson
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