Your opinion is cordially invited.
American Dinner is not just about the food you enjoy but about sharing your vision of America with other Americans who maybe live differently or very much the same as you. It’s about tasting some recipes that might be unusual, experiencing America’s rich “melting pot” around a range of family “kitchen table” issues. From wildlife in Anchorage to urban life in New York City and all the points in between, this is our American Dinner, family to family. Will it get controversial? Sure. That's democracy--join in for the flavor.
How to Participate?
- do the surveys on the right side of this blog
- email me your thoughts or questions : crystal at unconventionalthoughts.com
- get ready to upload your family dinner (see our Invitation link http://www.americandinner.us/ADIO.pdf ). Check back regularly to see when our site will be up.
- Share your new media expertise-- social networking gurus and developers, sponsors, writers, designers, and connectors.. This is a hands-on new media democracy project, under review by one network. It’s still very much ground floor, grass roots. All interested partners welcome to participate.
Planting the Seeds --Infrastructure September 26th through October 30
American Dinner will be what you want it to be— I hope to have a longer online survey for you to fill out, but in the meantime send me an email with your ideas.
- The Interactive Website-- Yes, we’ll have an online cookbook, a place for you to upload your family dinners and a political discussion forum.
How about a family-to-family podcast? A kid’s section? Want to start one of the arts and crafts forums? Do you have a political issue or charitable group you want others to join in on? Would your town podcast a community dinner to share with other towns? - The Reality TV show—this is your chance to help shape a TV show.
Should we have one host or a new one each episode? And who would you invite to host? Whoopi Goldberg, John Stossel, Jay Leno… someone very controversial or more of a mediator? Would you like to see one family in a half hour episode or two sharing their recipes and opinions? - Your Cell Phone – what would you want to see on a Mobile Meal minute—a quick featured recipe or a clip from a profiled family’s dinner? Or both?
- The Cook book— American Dinner—A Nation’s Recipes for Democracy. It’ll have featured recipes from the online site. What else would you like to see on the menu?
Come back next week to see how what we're cooking..
-crystal
