The slow development of written communication over centuries has now reached a climax. Instantaneous communication from the keyboard can now reach the entire world in seconds. Today, we can sit at our desk, send a 20 page document to England, have the recipient read, review and reply in less time than it takes to make a cup of tea. With the cup of tea being the most expensive item in the process. Anyone sitting at his computer, linked to a web site can communicate to a potential audience of millions world-wide.
Cost is no longer a factor.
There is no cost for paper, printing, distribution, as there is for newspapers, books, and magazines. The overhead cost of providing information and knowledge is negligible. Those who wish to search and to learn can do so from a bewildering choice of menus. The type of democratic assemblies in early Greek history, and even in some Swiss cantons today, is the type of a democratic assembly we are trying to emulate in our new townhall website. We hope you will enjoy and participate.