Dear readers, subscribers and friends of Personal Democracy Forum:
First, thanks to all of you–speakers, moderators, sponsors, exhibitors, and participants– who made this Monday’s second annual forum a resounding success! I want to especially thank my colleagues Dawn Barber, Elizabeth Caputo, Hart Hooton, Kate Kaye, Jen Vento, Isabel Walcott and most of all Anthony Russamano for all their unbelievably hard work!
We’ve all been taking a little bit of a breather since Monday, but will soon be sending out an evaluation survey for everyone who attended, since we want to learn from you what you liked, what could have been better, and how to make next year’s forum even more valuable.
Now a bit of internal PDF news: As of this week, I am taking a temporary leave of absence to work on the Advocates for Rasiej campaign full-time. I am looking forward to the challenge of being eCampaign Director and trying to implement many of the ideas, tools and practices that we’ve been reporting on and talking about here at PDF.
My replacement as acting executive editor is the redoubtable Chris Nolan, one of our original contributing editors and a “stand-alone journalist” who runs the site “Politics from Left to Right.” She will be working alongside associate editor Kate Kaye, and I expect the two of them, along with our talented array of contributors, will continue to deliver a varied and provocative mix of news, features and commentary on all the ways that technology is changing politics.
I may kibbitz every now and then (they can’t stop me from commenting, can they?), and I certainly don’t mind hearing from you with your suggestions. I can be reached at micah-at-personaldemocracy-dot-com.
All best,
Micah Sifry
Executive Editor
May 20, 2005