karen louise smith

I am at ChangeCamp (aka #ChangeCamp, @ChangeCamp) today at the M@rs center at U of T today. I will post more later.

I registered to attend transit camp 2008 today. It is being held at MaRS on Saturday, April 5th. What should be very interesting about this camp is that it parallels an online consultation process.

I just read an article by Bruce Byfield at linux.com that the Green Party of Canada is the first to include support for FOSS in their election platform. Here is a quote from Bruce's piece:

"Thanks to a founding member of Free Geek Vancouver, the Green Party of Canada has quietly become the first major political party in Canada to make support for free and open source software (FOSS) part of its election platform. Like officials in the Green Party of England and Wales, deputy leader Adriane Carr sees the move as compatible with basic Green ideas, but IT consultant Neil Adair also points out the move serves the practical purpose of helping the party match the technical resources of more established parties."

The full article is also available.

Welcome to my drupal powered website.

Once again, I have an online presence. I have made it a drupal presence because in 2003, when Howard Dean was in the running to be the President of the United States, drupal was used to allow grassroots citizens to contribute, organize, and participate in his campaign. Four years later, I’m (metaphorically) giving drupal’s content management system tires a kick. I am confident that with interests in the intersections between technology and politics, I am in good company.

If you are interested in what other NGOs, non-profits, or politically oriented groups are using drupal you can check out: