The ACT Virtual Community Cabinet, possibly the stupidest thing in the sorry history of humanity doing stupid things, is kicking off again from 12.30.
Be part of the signal to noise ratio below or by searching for #actvcc .
I mean what better use of an hour is watching people who could have used google get referred [...]

[ 12 June, 2012; 12:30 pm; ]

We have in the past been less than enthusiastic about Twitter Community Cabinets.

But the ACT Government is to be congratulated for finding a way to make it even more horrible.

They’re promoting the upcoming 12 June TwitCab and (here’s the evil genius part) are encouraging non twitter users to take a quick Library course on Twitter [...]

Twitter Cabinet is happening again at 12.30. This time around there’s a theme; “The Canberra you want to live in past 2013″.
Even if you’re blessedly free of Twitter you can follow the action below.

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It seems like only yesterday that we were thrilling to the worst form of communication yet devised, the Twitter Community Cabinet of August.
But it’s something our pollies can just about get their tiny heads around, and it gets them glowing press from journos trying to justify their personal Twitter use on company time!
Therefore Chief Minister [...]

Once again four cabinet ministers debased themselves on the altar of Canberra’s tiny twitter community.
The self-promoters, the attention seekers and the griefers were out in force, as were the jokers. It was all one would expect from a community as self-regarding as Twitter.
Here’s a look at the tweets that caught my eye (taken from two [...]

The ACT Government is once again facing off against the internet and more specifically the twittering classes.
It’s kicking off at 7pm and if you’re not of the twitterati you can still view the action here.

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[ 30 August, 2011; 7:00 pm; ]

As someone with a who’s been involved in the practical application of information technology since the mid 90s the use of Twitter for community cabinets appals my sense of “the right tool for the right job”.

But Twitter is what every glib suit in the political-media nexus is gibbering about (mostly to justify their use of [...]

While I applaud the idea of using technology to make community cabinet meetings more accessible and representative of the community, we used the wrong technology.  Twitter is great for discussion, but it is terrible for ensuring that the time is spent answering the best questions.  It also won’t scale if any decent number of people [...]

You wouldn’t run a public meeting without a moderator, but #actvcc on Twitter is the place to be to see everyone try and talk at the same time for an hour.
Or if you just want to watch and pass comment in our more structured form you can see it here:

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The increasingly Chiefly Katy Gallagher is inviting the distant denizens of Belconnen to avail themselves of an ACT Cabinet meeting at the Belconnen Arts Centre:
“Cabinet in the Community gives Canberrans an opportunity to meet informally with Ministers over morning tea,” said Ms Gallagher.
“It is another way they can share their views and suggestions about things [...]

[ 4 August, 2008; 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Just in time to coincide with the recent announcement and sudden Renaissance in “nouvelle vogue” community consultation, the ACT Ministers are holding a Community Cabinet session in Gungahlin this coming Monday 4th August 2008 (Gungahlin Community Resource Centre, 47 Ernst Cavanagh Street).

Naturally it is occurring at a time that is deliberately awkward for individuals [...]