Also: http://code.google.com/p/openassembly/wiki/History:
> On Jan 20, 2010 Reddit user levmyshkin
> <http://www.reddit.com/user/levmyshkin> authored a post
> <http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/arzh7/america_we_need_a_third_party_that_can_galvanize/>
> outlining a third way, a new political party addressing the need for a
> more nuanced and complex political platform that bucked the left/right
> paradigm. This post quickly rose in popularity as calculated by the
> collective ranking algorithms, and soon thousands of individuals
> pledged their desire for a better democracy.
>
> A handful of leaders emerged and began to organize supporters through
> IRC, online forums, and Reddit however these tools soon proved to be
> highly ineffective for political discourse. The now defunct American
> Pirate Party <http://americanpirateparty.us/> was formed, and
> pirate-politics began as the long-term political organization tool for
> that party. While the project is now independent of any political
> organization, the original aim of the project remains.
>
> Pirate-politics is an open-source project dedicated to the improvement
> of collective decision making that itself emerged through such a
> collective decision system. This is a departure from the origins of
> most open source projects, which often begin as the work of one or two
> individuals. Pirate-politics became Open Assembly in the summer of 2011.
>
There are three people with a code commit history for open assembly.
The user verification system requires "activists" to upload photos of themselves with other activists from "real world" activist events.
On 10/12/11 1:03 AM, Ferenc Molnar wrote:
> "It's Time for an Open Source Democracy.... The Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Together Movement needs a General Assembly for the internet. Open Assembly is a website designed to help decentralized groups make decisions. Through innovative user verification mechanisms we will ensure that only those committed to real world activism have a voice. Together we can create policy ideas, vote on the best, and author a collaboraive manifesto through accurate and expressive voting methods. With a collaborative manifesto of 10 ideas we can feed the corporate media's need for a "coherent message" and strengthen our movement."
>
> http://www.openassembly.org/index.html
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