If you haven;t seen this yet, check out:<span> 'Virtual Democracy</span>'<br> <br><a href="http://cybersocialstructure.org/">http://cybersocialstructure.org/</a><br> <br><i>"Funded research that includes a charge to engage a community (of
scholars, end users, students, etc.) in doing this research, or in using
its products (data, metadata, standards, etc.) is usually underfunded.
There are two simple reasons for this. The first reason is that agencies
typically underestimate the cost of doing community engagement through
community governance. The second is that money is a very poor instrument
for directly accomplishing engagement, mainly because of the perverse
effects this has on volunteerism."<br></i> <br><br><div id="masthead">
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