Comments on: Meet your Neighbours http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/07/meet-your-neighbours/ Relentless user-focus on civic websites Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Danny Bull http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/07/meet-your-neighbours/comment-page-1/#comment-1814 Danny Bull Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:27:59 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=176#comment-1814 We recently launched an almost identical service to the idea above. My Neighbourhoods allows you to get to know your neighbours and local area, allowing members to communicate securely with one another and the community as a whole, fostering closer community ties and improving local life. The site is growing quickly and we have many more features planned. We would love to partner with My Society, particularly WriteToThem and FixMyStreet. http://www.myneighbourhoods.co.uk We recently launched an almost identical service to the idea above. My Neighbourhoods allows you to get to know your neighbours and local area, allowing members to communicate securely with one another and the community as a whole, fostering closer community ties and improving local life. The site is growing quickly and we have many more features planned. We would love to partner with My Society, particularly WriteToThem and FixMyStreet.

http://www.myneighbourhoods.co.uk

]]> By: Simon Redding http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/07/meet-your-neighbours/comment-page-1/#comment-779 Simon Redding Sun, 04 Jun 2006 20:15:12 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=176#comment-779 I had a similar idea, called 'SortItOut', which I won't now submit. However, it was strictly about action in the local community, with an emphasis on local projects (e.g. painting the community centre, fishing trolleys out of a river etc). People could nominate local improvement ideas, discuss them and then get a group of people together on an agreed date. I had a similar idea, called ‘SortItOut’, which I won’t now submit. However, it was strictly about action in the local community, with an emphasis on local projects (e.g. painting the community centre, fishing trolleys out of a river etc). People could nominate local improvement ideas, discuss them and then get a group of people together on an agreed date.

]]> By: David http://www.mysociety.org/2006/04/07/meet-your-neighbours/comment-page-1/#comment-586 David Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:56:17 +0000 http://www.mysociety.org/?p=176#comment-586 I like this idea a lot, but meettheneighbors.org has options for international membership, and I see there are several people signed up around London. So perhaps a more UK-centric version would make sense, where the service connects into local government or cultural institutions directly: a facility that emails the council when the rubbish isn't picked up, or when you want to submit a comment on a planning application. A combo of ActiveCitizen and Meet the Neighbours. I like this idea a lot, but meettheneighbors.org has options for international membership, and I see there are several people signed up around London. So perhaps a more UK-centric version would make sense, where the service connects into local government or cultural institutions directly: a facility that emails the council when the rubbish isn’t picked up, or when you want to submit a comment on a planning application. A combo of ActiveCitizen and Meet the Neighbours.

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