Proposal: Organise a Praja Blogathon

shekhar_mittal - 29-JUN-2010

Myself and a few other folks have been thinking about innovative ways of marketing Praja. We want to create exciting content and bring new users on Praja. So how about we organize a Blogathon?

This event can be both on the ground as well as online. The basic idea is that we fix a theme/topics, a date and a venue. On the chosen date all of us get together and blog about the chosen theme. Obviously, we will open the event to anyone who is interested and will publicize it in a significant manner.

The best blog entries get an awesome prize-- think ipods, iphones etc. We will find sponsors who can cover the costs for the venue and prizes. Normally, such events are accompanied by free snacks and beer ;)

We can also have tie-ups with newspapers which will agree to print the best blog entries. If successful we can also try doing such events in other cities.

This idea is in its nascent stages and we wanted to present it to everyone for feedback and brainstorming.

So what do you guys think?

-Shekhar

Bus Day - need an anchor from Praja side

admin123 - 14-JUN-2010

Few members continue to work in their own ways to support BMTC on Bus Day. But after the first few Bus Days, we have missed an "anchor" from Praja community side who could spend time with BMTC (via phone, email or meetings) to get details on next Bus Day, as well as pass our feedback and suggestions.

Calling for a Bus Day anchor from Praja communtiy side. Job description and perks if you will:

• Get to represent all of us (Praja members) at BMTC. Get a real opportunity to understand public transportation systems and issues.
• If needed, speak to the media to convey summary of our discussions and suggestions here.
• Get your own special "praja.in" email id.
• Control and Manage the Bus Day corner on this web-site

This won't be a job for life or anything like that, can rotate between multiple people as well if groups of people want to do this on a shared basis.

Leave a comment here to reply (that's the true Praja way, open and public), or drop us an email (admin at praja dot in) if you would be interested.

RTI Club - 2010

silkboard - 30-APR-2010

This is an attempt to "assembly line" the RTI filing process (expressed back here). Idea is to do a few things

1. Provide support to projects and campaigns hosted on Praja in a cause-agnostic way. Projects can create an "RTI request", and the club will help file them.
2. Provide a relatively easy avenue to those who want to "do things" beyond discussions, but don't have easy outlets for their enthusiasm. An "assembly-lined" RTI filing process will create a few easily-doable roles, some of them may be 100% online as well
3. File RTIs as a group, which cold be helpful when individuals may be "afraid" to file the applications in individual capacity

The Club will put some measures in place to prevent misuse of the convenience on offer here. Rules will be built as we go, though be sure that RTI requests from projects & campaigns hosted on Praja will be preferred over individual requests without enough context.

How about an RTI Club on Praja?

silkboard - 18-APR-2010

Wanted to float a suggestion, just to check on feasibility and response from other users on this e-community. Many discussions, as well as projects here get into a situation where we need official records or status from local government or public agencies. In few cases, we get such information by just asking for it (email to BMTC, BMRCL etc). But in many cases, we end up with needs for RTI (Right to Information) applications. Almost every project here on Praja too needs support in terms of RTI filings.

How about we create an RTI Club here on Praja? Members of this club would basically "assembly line" the RTI filing process in domain neutral way. Let me list the mechanics:

Survey on your voter registration experience

murali772 - 8-MAR-2010

Dear Friends, based on our own observations, and with inputs and support from Jaagte Raho and SmartVote, here is a survey on your experience with voter registration process in Bangalore. The idea is to help the State Election Commission to improve the accuracy of voter lists. You cooperation is requested. Please encourage your community and friends to take this survey in large numbers. Summarized results will be shared with the State Election Commission.

You could go by the entries in the SEC listing, which has been extracted and made readily accessible here  (http://smartvote.in/voterlist/viewvoters.php?function=Search&ward=151) by SmartVote. The EPIC entries, which may have been corrected at the time of their issue (by the private contractors), but that is not official.

[Tech Note: Survey open to all users, registered on Praja.in or not. Be assured that profile details of registered users (email, address) will NOT be shared with anyone.]

Monthly PRAJA Meeting - Online

kbsyed61 - 15-JAN-2010

It has been a while we had a Praja meeting. Let us start the new year with more enthusiasm than previous years.

It will be a ONLINE Meeting using SKYPE. Focus of the meeting would be on the upcoming event on Feb 4th 'Bus Day'.

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

n - 11-OCT-2009

Introduction Structure - General, POR Responsibilities - General, POR In

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

n - 11-OCT-2009

Introduction Structure - General, POR Responsibilities - General, POR In

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

n - 11-OCT-2009

Introduction Structure - General, POR Responsibilities - General, POR In

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

n - 11-OCT-2009

Introduction Structure - General, POR Responsibilities - General, POR In