I've restored the ability to create new user accounts. Administrator approval will be required to discourage aggressive bots. Please report any problems to membership <-at-> democracyfornewhampshire.com.

Thank you for your support.

— Roger

For the past couple of days we've been dealing with an assault from Web site spammers. We've taken some technical measures to try to block them and have deleted several dozen user accounts from the Web site. I think these were all spammer accounts, but if you had a legitimate account that we deleted accidentally, please recreate your account and accept our apologies.

Likewise, if you come across any inappropriate detritus from these...people on our Web site, please report it to webmaster@democracyfornewhampshire.com and again, please accept our apologies.

Thank you for your support.

— Roger

Now on the DFNH website, you have direct access to ListenUp: NH! The ListenUp mission as stated on their website is:

ListenUp: NH has been created to reduce the attention problem for down-ballot candidates and early-stage candidates for major offices in New Hampshire. We are producing and hosting short videos of bona fide candidates speaking on diverse topics. Whether it's a speech intended to introduce the candidate to the voters or a detailed discussion on an issue of public importance, ListenUp: NH is providing all of the technical resources required to produce and distribute high-quality candidate videos. By aggregating candidate videos in one place and actively promoting the Web site, we will greatly increase the number of voters that candidates are able to reach with their messages.

Just look down on the left side of the DFNH website, and click to view and listen to NH candidates of every political stripe!

Following a series of mistakes and missteps that would have seemed funny if they were happening to someone else, the DFNH Web site is back in business on our shiny new server hardware. (Dual core AMD Athlon 64, 2 GB RAM, two 250 GB SATA drives in a RAID 1 configuration, and Ubuntu Linux 5.10 x86_64, if you care.)

Earlier today I accidentally brought the site up using a week-old backup of the database. I understand our esteemed Membership Director, Nancy Tobi, took some grief for this, so let me be clear that this mess was my fault, not hers.

I've restored the site from a backup taken today, Sunday, April 9 at 1:20 PM, just before the old server went away. Sorry for all the confusion and inconvenience.

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PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY AS YOU MUST AGREE TO ALL OF ITS TERMS BEFORE USING THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIS WEB SITE. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED AT THIS WEB SITE THEREAFTER CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND TO ABIDE BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AS IF YOU HAD SIGNED THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, YOU MAY NOT ACCESS THE WEB SITE.

IN CONSIDERATION OF DFNH GRANTING YOU ACCESS TO THE DFNH WEB SITE, YOU HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

1. The information provided by DFNH is not intended to be legal advice, but to merely convey general information related to legal issues of interest to our community. Although we have sought to ensure that the information is correct, complete, and current, we make no warranty about the accuracy or reliability of the information at this website or at any other website to which this site is linked.

This site has been intermittently unavailable this morning. It seems we're having database problems. Working on it....

The Web server hosting this site will be down for scheduled maintenance and hardware upgrades on Tuesday, March 15th from 11:00am until around 3:00pm. We apologize for the inconvenience.

— The Management

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To post content (after logging in as a website user):
1. On the top left side of the website click where it says "Create Content." This opens a new page where you can choose the type of content you want to post.
2. Choose the type of content you wish to post (for example, Event, Story, etc.)
3. Click on the type of content you wish to post (on the top left or in the middle of the page that opens, either is fine)
4. Enter content information (for Events, make sure you enter the title, location, date, time, details)
5. Click "Preview" to make sure it reads okay
6. Click "Submit"
7. The posting is sent to a submission queue so it doesn't appear automatically. Do not enter the event again just because you don't immediately see it. Typically you will see it within 12 hours of posting.

We want you to become a member of Democracy for New Hampshire! Inspired by the 2004 presidential campaign of Howard Dean and other candidates, DFNH wants to promote grassroots community involvement in the democratic process in New Hampshire. DFNH works to protect the foundations of our democracy and the integrity of our political process, and supports fiscally responsible, socially progressive candidates who speak honestly about policy choices. To do this, we need your help and involvement as a member. It only takes a few minutes to complete the form below and join our organization. There is no cost to becoming a DFNH member, and no obligation to do more than what your schedule will allow. Here is what you get in return:

1. Opportunities to participate in grassroots political activity;
2. Information about NH issues which affect you and would benefit from your involvement (and which might not appear in your local newspaper);
3. Email alerts about pressing NH issues that promote awareness and action

Charlie Friou brought up the issues of member privacy and consent on the dfanh-org mailing list. This goes to the heart of something I've been thinking about for several days: What privacy guarantees should we make to DfNH members, and what permissions should we ask for when they sign up?

Here's an outline of the privacy policy and permissions I propose.

Alexander P. Lee writes:

I think we need to have Tell A Friend functionality (but with a cool twist so that people will use it).

On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 07:36:22AM -0400, Michael Smith wrote:

something I always wanted in the commons, which looks too much like
a dating service, is the ability to send an email to all the DFA
people in my town or ward and say I want to take an action and does
any one want to join me, without me knowing their contact info, and
they can respond only if they wish, keeping this as simple and
secure as possible.