2 VFMs launching at UBC

Two voter funded media competitions are launching at the University of British Columbia: Continuous-Time VFM and One-Time VFM -- see info at votermedia.org/ubc2010.

I'm administering the Continuous-Time VFM. Please email me if you'd like to enter: mark[at]votermedia.org.

Vote early and often at votermedia.org/communities/82-ubc-ams !

Giving talks at Stanford & Berkeley

I've recently scheduled to give these three talks:

Nov. 16 at Stanford Law School's Rock Center for Corporate Governance, mainly on the paper "Proxy Voting Brand Competition", my work on the SEC Investor Advisory Committee, and ProxyDemocracy.

Nov. 17 at U C Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies, mainly on the paper "Global Voter Media Platform" and VoterMedia.org.

Dec. 10 at the 2009 British Columbia Pension Forum, mainly on the paper "Proxy Voting Brand Competition", my work on the SEC Investor Advisory Committee, and ProxyDemocracy.

More info on the talks at votermedia.org/presentations. The papers are available at votermedia.org/publications.

Media Democracy Day this Saturday at VPL

Media Democracy Day 2009 will be this Saturday November 7 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia Street. Info at www.mediademocracyday.org/vancouver.

See you there!

Vote to allocate media funding percentages

We have implemented a new feature empowering voters to allocate percentages of a budget to competing websites/blogs at votermedia.org.

For some interesting examples, see these community pages:

Vancouver

UBC AMS (student union)

USA Investor Education

You can now vote at new Global Voter Media Platform

We've just released the first beta version of votermedia.org, where you can now vote on media that cover Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Iran, Microsoft, CBC etc etc. It's designed to have a page of voter-ranked media (blogs and others) for each voter community in the world. You can add new communities and new media to this voting system.

There's more explanation on the site's FAQ page, and in the paper "Global Voter Media Platform" at votermedia.org/publications.

Come and help reform our governments, corporations and other large organizations!

http://votermedia.org

May 27 event: Where's the Money in Media?

Panel Discussion: CBC cuts, corporate media bailouts, exciting alternative models

Host:	Media Democracy Day Vancouver
Type:	Education - Workshop
Network:	Global

Date:	Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Time:	6:45pm - 9:00pm
Location:	VIVO Media Arts Centre
Street:	1965 Main St. near 3rd, close to Main Street/Science World Skytrain
City/Town:	Vancouver, BC

Phone:	6048758455
Email:	naava.smolash [at] gmail.com

B.C. Politics Blog Ranking update

March voting results are now shown on the British Columbia Politics Blog Ranking. Top three ranks unchanged -- #1 Stephen Rees, #2 The Tyee, #3 Frances Bula.

Public Eye moved up from #9 to #4; Bill Tieleman from #8 to #5; Vancouver Observer from #10 to #6. Way to go!

Do you agree? See all rankings & media links, then vote.