[E-voting] minutes from our 17 July Dublin meeting

[Catherine Ansbro]

On 17 July 2004 7-8 of us met upstairs in the Library Bar, Central Hotel, 
Dublin.  Those of us who were there agreed that it was important to plan 
for the future, and be pro-active in continuing to educate people about the 
issues.  We agreed that the following actions would be desirable:

1. Put out occasional press releases on international updates re: e-voting
	Venezuela updates (e.g. press release)
	European submission
	[Catherine - perhaps also recent USA updates]

2. Host a Seminar on E-Voting
	Guest lecturers
	Produce printed materials (e.g., a booklet; and/or see if NUI Maynooth 
would sponsor a printed proceedings)

3. Need for Voter Education
	E.g., 16-18-year-olds - mock etc.
	Lobbying to ask that voter education be included in CPSE (Civic Political 
& Social Education) at Jr. Cert. level	
	Get training so that any of us who wish can deliver voter education (There 
is a group who offers this training)
[Catherine - I have since researched this out.  The group that provides 
non-political training and materials for those interested in offering voter 
education workshops to non-political local groups is:  Vincentian 
Partnership for Justice, Tel. (01) 878 0425; ask for Margo Delaney.  They 
offer a 2-day training session to train facilitators, which they will 
deliver virtually anywhere where there is a group of people wanting to be 
trained as facilitators.  This training is delivered to a group of up to 12 
people at a time; total cost is only €350 for the whole group.  To purchase 
programme manual and charts costs €85; these could be shared by 
facilitators in a local area.  The idea is that once they've gone through 
the 2-day training program, people can act as facilitators to deliver this 
program in their local area to schools, community groups, etc.  The program 
is known for its excellence and effectiveness in understanding how our 
voting system works, and motivating people to participate in voting.  The 
programme is expressly non-political, and is not to be used on behalf of 
any particular political party.]

4. Develop and publish a book-sized report on Electronic Voting	
	To create more voter awareness
	There may be EU grants to help fund such things.  (e.g., €5,000 or €2000; 
or maybe I meant 5000 or 2000 copies?)
	NUI Maynooth - they may host a publication like this
	ICS - is friendly and has money; they may be willing to provide some funding
	ICSS - not friendly
	
5. Mags & Joe - are producing/may produce a joint paper [any update on this?]

If anyone else who was present has any corrections/clarifications please 
comment.

Catherine