[RP TownTalk] The Role of TownTalk

[Melissa Avery]

maybe it's time to have some kind of awareness raising article in the town Crier about the list serve.




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From: "lisagrob at verizon.net" <lisagrob at verizon.net>
To: m.avery at rocketmail.com
Cc: mmolino54 at hotmail.com; towntalk at riverdale-park.org
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:23:59 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [RP TownTalk] The Role of TownTalk

Everyone is welcome to join in the discourse, but I am guessing that not everyone is aware of TownTalk. And many people aren't frequent computer/email users. 

I think Mark has an important point that our listserve represents just 3% of our town - if I did the math right - while a lively and engaged 3% - we are still just 3%!

On Aug 20, 2009, Melissa Avery <m.avery at rocketmail.com> wrote: 
Mark,
>more people should be encouraged to join town talk, the entire town would benefit from it.  Yes town talk  offers the opportunity for casual discourse, but it also offers a chance to the citizens of this town to exchange  information that  you won't find in the Gazette, the town crier or from a town hall meeting. 
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From: Marc Molino <mmolino54 at hotmail.com>
>To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
>Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:06:12 PM
>Subject: [RP TownTalk] The Role of TownTalk
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>Given that there are several thousand citizens in Riverdale Park, and less than 200 on this list (please, correct me if I'm wrong, Dwight), TownTalk would be one of the least efficient ways for our government to communicate with the citizens as a whole. Some of Riverdale Park's most active and concerned citizens are on this list, but we're a small minority. It's a great place to connect with neighbors, share information with one another, and start the ball rolling for civic iniatives, but an e-mail to TownTalk is not the same as actually contacting our government. It would be a good place to start a discussion about best practices for local governments and how they communicate with their citizens in terms of keeping them informed and maintaining transparency.
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>Kindly,
>Marc M.
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