tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post6885014111051540125..comments2023-09-09T14:46:37.354+02:00Comments on Julien Frisch: Could I talk to the Commissioner, please?!Julien Frischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-76095566244532998272009-12-17T08:57:04.798+01:002009-12-17T08:57:04.798+01:00Dick, thanks for the nice explanations :)
I hope ...Dick, thanks for the nice explanations :)<br /><br />I hope that 2010 will be the year when the European Commission will open an official Twitter account! (we, the bloggers could even actively ask for it!)Brussels Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468436744215336356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-23843278513347416132009-12-16T21:09:45.468+01:002009-12-16T21:09:45.468+01:00You have to be patient and have (some) mercy on us...You have to be patient and have (some) mercy on us, I already told that in an earlier reply on your blog. We eurocrats live in a hierarchical and quite often paper based world. Full of "signing snakes" ('signataires'), "note for the attention of" or "note for the file" (ie first read and then file, please). Things are getting automated but it takes time to change people and their habits. In the social media discussions, a colleague told us that when he discussed Twitter with colleagues the first question was if the tweets had to be registered as incoming mail (we have a beautifully and complex system called "Ares" for this). And if we had had to obey the rules of replying within 2 working days first confirming the receipt and than in so many days (forget the exact number) the "real" answer.<br />We are still sending hopelessly big and unreadable documents around by e-mail so that after a week no one knows anymore what the latest version is/was. We are exploring Wiki's, we try Facebook (our interpreters' service did a good one there), we experiment with Twitter individually and privately, and so on. And that for an organisation that was entirely run on paper just a decade ago.<br />Infighting between different parts of the organisation is classical for all big organisations (public AND private) and information is power in those things. ANd than suddenly everything shares everything with everyone. Brrrrr.<br />But please remember it's easier to speak up as a blogger than as a staff member of a big bureaucracy.<br />And let me finish by wishing all those in the euroblogosphere a nice Xmas and a Happy New year. 2009 was fun so let's make 2010 even better!Dick Nieuwenhuishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13833536940719124910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-26070877878255763542009-12-16T13:10:38.940+01:002009-12-16T13:10:38.940+01:00It's actually not about the blogosphere, it is...It's actually not about the blogosphere, it is about citizens<br /><br /> If we do it these days, it's more a pre-test for a reality where citizens who aren't as involved as some of us are now.<br /><br />In this sense I am sure that many bloggers are mature enough, and MEPs and EU officials might get used to us, but I am more concerned about the next step...Julien Frischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18167141111642456560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492174345240444269.post-2266160026311779462009-12-16T12:56:40.664+01:002009-12-16T12:56:40.664+01:00Don't forget that Conor also e-mailed conducte...Don't forget that Conor also e-mailed conducted an e-mail interview with an MEP recently (<a href="http://theeuropeancitizen.blogspot.com/2009/12/cop15-interview-with-bairbre-de-brun.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>)<br /><br />Is the blogosphere ready to mature - and start interacting more with MEPs and eurocrats?Joe Litobarskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02416542302347335201noreply@blogger.com