Programmers needed: open governance project

[Ed Pastore]

The Metagovernment project is seeking Python programmers to help us 
build Metascore, an open source (Affero GPL) web application intended 
to act as the governing mechanism of any community of any size.
http://www.metagovernment.org/wiki/Metascore

Metascore could be used for something as simple as managing the 
administrative functions of a chess club to something as massive as 
being the legal government of a city (or larger).

The primary objective is to enable everyone in a community to 
participate in the governance of that community, without having to 
rely on any individual leader/representative.

In its simplest form, this system can simplify the administration of 
small communities, obviating the need for a cumbersome bureaucratic 
structure. In it's most sophisticated potential application, it can 
enable massively-participatory ("web 2.0") global direct democracy 
without suffering from the traditional flaws of "mob rule."  We are 
attempting to build a mechanism where consensus can be built 
organically through the promotion of synthesis between conflicting 
points of view.

We invite you to check us out and see if you could be of assistance.

We are pre-Alpha, and currently have two radically different branches. 
One of those is being developed in Python 2.4 and Django, and the lead 
developer would love to have some help. See this page for a general 
description and a link to a code repository:
http://www.metagovernment.org/wiki/PrototypeA
A running copy of the code is on the developer's laptop (but will be 
moved to metascore.org soon), so I won't give out that link, but he 
would be happy to talk to / share with you.

What's in it for you, other than some great programming experience? A 
chance to be an architect and builder of what just might be the new 
government of humanity. It is a long road we are following, but 
clearly the world is poised to mature beyond archaic, leader-follower 
forms of government. This is your chance to be one of the key players 
to make it happen.

Feel free to contact me, contact the lead developer of this branch (he 
hangs out on #metascore on irc.freenode.net) or to join our startup 
committee (i.e., mailing list) detailed at: 
http://www.metagovernment.org/wiki/Startup

Thank you for your consideration.

Ed Pastore
Metagovernment project
http://www.metagovernment.org/wiki/User:Ed_Pastore