m with information about elections, was started in 1994 in Minneapolis. The city of Framingham has three E-Democracy e- mail forums: Framgov (Framingham government), www.TechnicalPDF.com Frambors (short for Framingham Neighbors), and Nobscot Neighbors to which residents can subscribe. Framgov is a forum in which people express opinions about upcoming votes by City officials, including taxes and recent government decisions. It is additionally a forum in which news and announcements about local government and schools as well as opinions about ordinances up for a vote are posted. Frambors is a forum for subscribers to ask for recommendations for service providers such as plumbers, contractors, electricians, beauty shops, and nearby restaurants. It provides a place to post opinions about services with which locals are happy as well as those they feel are unsatisfactory. Service providers often respond on Frambors to these comments. Frambors has more than 1,700 subscribers. Nobscot Neighbors is a forum at which people that live in the Nobscot section of North Framingham discuss zoning, new building permits, and traffic in their neighborhood. The following is a quote from the moderator, Linda Dunbrack, who established the Frambors, Framgov, and Nobscot Neighbors online forums after the founder of the original forum died. At that point maintaining the forum founder's server was no longer feasible. The statement was written when the forums were established. After Founder Steve Orr's unexpected death, we wanted to find a way to carry on the legacy of his community email list Frambors. After considering a variety of options, we decided to move the list to a non-profit host called E-Democracy.org. Steve Clift, Executive Director and Founder of E-Democracy, was a huge support as we made the transition, and helped us to make the transition as smooth and as painless as possible. According to the E-Democracy web site, "It is an organization dedicated to promoting civic engagement." It seemed to be a perfect fit, and comes with 