Today’s field day for the International Symposium on Local E-Democracy took participants to the Minnesota Legislature at the Sate Capitol in St. Paul and to the town of Northfield. See the Symposium photo album for high-resolution images of these and dozens more photos.
Steve Clift, bus tour entertainer
Dylan Jeffrey, legislative photographer
In the MN Senate Chambers.
Isobel Harding with a friend from the past.
Chapati Indian food buffet line at the Contented Cow in Northfield;
Lunch on the outdoor patio overlooking the river.
Uniformed bloggers, cranky about having to wait in line for lunch (L to R): Dan Carslon, Scott Neal, Gary Smith, George Esbensen.
Yuki Ishikawa (L) and Vaman Pai, chowing down on the Cow’s upper deck.
The Northfield and Eden Prairie blogging panel.
Eden Praire City Manager Scott Neal, after receiving a Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames plaque from Councillor Mary Reid. Scott presented the Kingston Council with an Eden Prairie “key to the City” back in Feb.
See the Symposium photo album for high-resolution images of these and dozens more photos.
[...] The first time my consulting business had a huge economic impact (dozens of dollars!) on downtown Northfield was in the summer of 2004 when a group of Brits from the Blair government descended on the Contented Cow, desperate for British beer. They returned with some colleagues in the summer of 2005. [...]
[...] guy who brought the UK e-gov delegation to Northfield in 2004 (hosted at the Contented Cow) and a field trip to Northfield for the International Symposium on Local E-Democracy in 2005 (hosted at the Cow and the Archer House). See his Democracies Online (DoWire) blog [...]