Anyone else participate in www.peacenotpoverty.org write-in today?

[realFedUp]

This is ongoing today and I think registration is
closed...I just finished this experiment and it was
great...could be used for other topics. Anyone else
here participate in this? It took around 2 hours and
you are put into small groups of 5...answer three
questions, choosing the most representative response of
the group and refining it.

from the site: http://www.peacenotpoverty.org

Welcome to the first ever Peace Not Poverty online write-in!

On March 30, one million people will gather here to create a written Declaration for peace and justice and against the Iraq War. This site explains how we'll do it and why it must be done.

A MORAL MISSION
We will return America to its true moral mission and restore its historic commitment to the common good. We must do more for those among us who suffer from poverty, hunger, inadequate health care, and educational disparity.

The progressive movement is now at a turning point. Dozens of progressive religious leaders and organizations are rising as one to speak out against war and greed, and to build what the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called the Beloved Community. The Beloved Community promotes non-violence, social justice, fair and equal treatment under the law, care for the environment, and freedom.

A COMMUNITY OF ALL
The Peace Not Poverty Write-In will use a new online writing system called Synanim. This unique technology enables even a million people to synthesize consensus and identify leaders. It will enable you to engage with others and to lift your voices together for peace and justice.

On April 4, the resulting Declaration will be read at the Beyond Iraq service in Riverside Church, New York, by the consensus leader. This event will mark the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech against the Vietnam War in 1967.

And it will mark the re-awakening of a nationwide community of conscience with the launch of the Break The Silence Bus Tour. This Tour will mobilize a movement that affirms the real freedoms of the Beloved Community -- not just freedom from control, but freedom to love, freedom to live well, and freedom to embrace life with others, for the common good of all.

Join this important effort, right here online. The Peace Not Poverty Write-In is your opportunity to contribute your voice, your heart, and your resources. With your help, these powerful events will be the historic turning point of this new millennium.

[meti57b]

1. Hi, I just participated, ... and am wondering

what the final result will be used for.

[xxqqqzme]

4. it will be used on Aprl 4

A Community of Conscience is gathering across our country! In a witness to the nation it will convene at the Riverside Church in New York City, on April 4, 2005. The date reclaims the great antiwar sermon by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence!"

Service and rally preceding the 'Break the Silence Tour' which begins on April 5th.

[whistle]

2. I registered, but I think I was too late as I did not receive my...

...notice. A friend sent me his link, but I could not get on.

[xxqqqzme]

3. I don't start until

5:00 PST. I wrote some thoughts down yesterday in preparation.

[realFedUp]

5. enjoy your write-in

I thought the site should have said it
would take two hours and it was kind of
an abrupt finish with ratings, but aside
from that, a good experience.