Archives for March 2009

Since creating Ideas to make Mauritius better! two days ago, 19 different people have submitted 48 unique ideas and cast 395 votes which is a good start. I would like to thank all of those who are participating.

Some people have mentioned that it would be nice to be able to attach comments to ideas but it seems that Google has not provided this facility and we’ll have to bear with it. I will try to contribute new ideas everyday. Please try to do the same and let’s see what happens after one month (in terms of quality and ranking of ideas.) I believe we’re in the middle of an interesting social experiment (à la Obama or Ségolène in fact.)

Ah. I was going to forget. I have created a much more palatable URL to go to the website (don’t hesitate to share it with all your friends):

https://www.noulakaz.net/ideas/

How can we make our country, Mauritius, better? Politicians come and go and sometimes don’t know what to do to because of, ahem, a lack of bright people with interesting ideas in their immediate vicinity…

 

I have set up a Google Moderator website called Ideas to make Mauritius better! where anyone can propose and vote for ideas that can really enhance our life in the Republic of Mauritius (and this includes Rodrigues and the other islands.) To begin with, I’ve proposed 22 ideas and some of them are somewhat, ahem, controversial. Then, instead of having politicians who indulge in the contemplation of their respective navels all day long, maybe a few of them will stumble upon this website and say:

Aha! Those ideas are really excellent. Let me implement some of them. Maybe the country will benefit. And maybe people will be more inclined to vote for me during the next elections. This really looks like a win-win situation.

Who wants to participate? Your idea(s) might change our future!