Measuring needs and preferences

Finding out how many citizens have which needs, and what their preferences are between alternative options (e.g. through surveys, opinion polls, preferenda).

• • Some consultations set out to find what particular groups of people need.
  • Others try to find out what preferences people have between different options.
  • In either case, apart from discussion systems, we often use surveys and votes to quantify the needs or preferences.
  • computers can help send out surveys, collect the results, and analyse them. They can also be used to run a quick vote in a meeting, or by subtle analysis of preferences, find underlying consensus between oponents.

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Finding out how many citizens have which needs, and what their preferences are between alternative options (e.g. through surveys, opinion polls, preferenda).

• Online petitioning
  • online petition or e-Petition allows you to support a petition by adding your name and address online. Information about the subject is also provided, to put the petition in context and help you decide whether to sign.
  • Bristol City Council e-petitioning
• E-polling/E-voting
  • voting software: Deborda
  • wireless voting system: Xtol, vPad
  • SMS voting
• Online surveys
  • an online survey is designed to replace traditional paper questionnaires.
  • Survey example 1: mobile phone Internet service, http://www.e-consultation.org/phpsurveyor/index.php?sid=1 example 2: various types of survey questions]

Online petitioning

• cHIMICON LABS - Petition Script
• International Teledemocracy Centre - e-petitioner
• iPetitions
• Petition Module for Durpal/CiviCRM/CivicSpace
• Petition-them.com
• The Petition Site
• UK e-petition - www.number-10.gov.uk/output/page297.asp
• www.PetitionOnline.com