Devolving England, the last Wardman Wire Online Symposium that ran during October is now available as a PDF download.
An online symposium is a series of articles from a range of viewpoints on a common subject over several days. We are experimenting with this as a way of encouraging thoughtful debate amongst bloggers and others. Each series of articles is published on the Wardman Wire, and also as a PDF download - as an experiment in making blog-debate available more widely.
There were 5 contributors to the Devolving England symposium:
- First up - Dave Cole thinks its A Long Way to Westminster.
- Following on, Garbo looks at prospects for an English Parliament.
- In response, Matt Wardman looks at the multifarious levels of government we now have and suggests a judicious shave with Ockham’s Razor.
- The Thunderdragon looks at devolution and democratisation.
- And Damian Hockney, late of the London Assembly, gives us his take on devolution after his time at City Hall - warning us to be wary of booby traps.
It was a very interesting symposium and created quite a lot of discussion.
At the Wardman Wire, we are planning to do a number of symposia in 2009, ideally around one a month - and we are looking for sponsorship.
We offer:
- Co-branding of the articles and PDF within the series.
- A logo displayed in each article at the top, and an acknowledgement.
- A logo on the front page of the PDF download and a description of your organisation and services.
- We can also include advertising on the website at a reduced rate.
- Your logo appears in the Excerpt for each article, which means that it also appears in our site RSS feeds.
- The article sponsorships are permanent.
Please contact mattwardman AT gmail DOT com for more information. You know you want to.
Thanks for the crosspost.
Matt