Edit 2016/Colorado Caucus: State-wide Civics Lesson Every 2 Years Since 1914.: Submissions:2019/“Wikipedians are born, not made” – applying the learnings from a 10-year-old research paper after all

Title

Colorado Caucus: Benefits to the Common Person, Current Problems, and Some Suggestions for Using Wikipedia With Political Parties and the Media in 2020; Collecting Participant's Feedback and Ideas for Publication.

Theme

Community/ Education

Academic Peer Review option

N

Type of submission

Presentation

Author

John S. Wren

E-mail address

JohnSWren@aol.com

Username

JohnSWren

Affiliation

Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

Abstract

In 1912 then Gov. John Shafroth called a special session of the Colorado Legislature in August and held them until a package of progressive reforms were adopted, one of which was the Colorado Caucus.

The first Colorado Caucus was then held in 1914 and it has been held every 2 years ever since, most recently last March 1.

Rank and file party members are given much more power by the system. It is the best chance the common person has for serving in elected public office. As a result, powerful forces have been attempting to destroy the system ever since. (For more see the article "Colorado Caucus.")

In my presentation I'll explain this history briefly, review current problems, and then present ideas about what could be done with Wikipedia to coordinate with the political parties and the media to provide better outreach to newcomers to Colorado and just newcomers to Colorado politics, and what could be done to take advantage of the power of Wikipedia to provide overnight reporting of results. A test for 2018 and 2020 will be proposed. A written questionair will be distributed and open discussion will be used to fill any remaining time.

Length of presentation

30 to 45 minutes.

Special schedule requests

Preferred room size

25

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