"I learned about ORGware
through Halley Suitt, who was introduced to
the Dean Campaign by Britt Blaser. After I saw ORGware demonstrated at
the Berkman Center, I was delighted to serve as an advisor. The ORGware
architecture has great potential to help the newspaper industry
transition from a closed, pay-per-issue business model to an online,
inclusive hyperlocal model. This is an exciting potential, quite
separate from ORGware's potential for political campaigns.
"You may contact me for a more specific discussion."
"I was retained by Open Resource Group to research and write the ORGware
Mission white paper.
My assignment was to produce it as objectively and skeptically as I
would any column. My work reinforced my sense that ORGware is an
important new facility for groups and media at many levels.
Diane Francis, Editor-at-Large for the Canadian publication National
Post, is well known across Canada for her
hard-hitting newspaper columns. She is also a broadcaster and author of
eight best-selling books. In addition she is a sought-after speaker,
host of events and participant in conferences around the world. She has
been honored with many prestigious awards from associations,
publications and universities across Canada, including Chatelaine
Magazine's Woman of the Year for 1992. Here is a compilation of some of her appearances on television:
She is renowned for her columns which appear in
The Financial Post section of National Post but also for her syndicated
columns which appear in the Canwest newspaper chain.
In addition to Open Resource Group, LLC, Diane serves
on the advisory boards of
York University, East/West Enterprises and CANFAR, the Canadian
Foundation for AIDS research as well as on the board of directors for
CARE Canada, the George Brown College
Foundation Board and was Chair of the successful $22-million campaign
for
Ryerson University's Community Health Centre which was opened in fall
2002.
