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The process and planning stage was a collaborative approach between the Waterways Ireland staff and [http://www.e-consultation.org/ research project team].
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==Focus==
 
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It was decided by [http://www.waterwaysireland.org Waterways Ireland] that the consultation would concentrate on:
 
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==Process==
 
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To participate in the consultation, organiser envisaged potential respondents browsing the [http://waterways.e-consultation.org/online-doc.php online consultation documents], then join a [http://waterways.e-consultation.org/forum/index.php discussion forum] where they could leave comments on the issues that interested them.
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To participate in the consultation, it was envisaged that potential respondents could browse the [http://waterways.e-consultation.org/online-doc.php online consultation documents], then join a [http://waterways.e-consultation.org/forum/index.php discussion forum] where they could leave comments on the issues that interested them.
  
 
There then followed a short process of negotiation in relation to the design of the web site. The research team took the [http://www.waterwaysireland.org Waterways Ireland] [http://waterways.e-consultation.org/online-doc.php consultation document], converted it to HTML and put it on-line.  
 
There then followed a short process of negotiation in relation to the design of the web site. The research team took the [http://www.waterwaysireland.org Waterways Ireland] [http://waterways.e-consultation.org/online-doc.php consultation document], converted it to HTML and put it on-line.  
  
Then, our developers set up a [http://waterways.e-consultation.org/forum/index.php discussion forum], and showed the consultation organisers how to enter the first questions to start off a discussion.
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Then, the research team developers set up a [http://waterways.e-consultation.org/forum/index.php discussion forum] before showing the consultation organisers how to enter the first questions to start off a discussion.
  
 
==Review==
 
==Review==
 
Every part of the site was reviewed by [http://www.waterwaysireland.org Waterways Ireland] and amended in accordance with their suggestions. The result, for better or worse, was a site that mirrored their off-line consultation.
 
Every part of the site was reviewed by [http://www.waterwaysireland.org Waterways Ireland] and amended in accordance with their suggestions. The result, for better or worse, was a site that mirrored their off-line consultation.

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The process and planning stage was a collaborative approach between the Waterways Ireland staff and research project team.

Focus

It was decided by Waterways Ireland that the consultation would concentrate on:

Plan: Traditional and Technological Mix

The consultation organisers wanted to include e-consultation elements in an overall consultation process that ran along traditional lines. The traditional element allowed respondents to send in written submissions or request a face-to-face meeting with the consulters. The organisers were experienced in running traditional consultations; however, it was the electronic communications component, or web site approach, that was new to them.

After a number of meetings between the research group and Waterways Ireland, it was decided that the team would design a web site.

Process

To participate in the consultation, it was envisaged that potential respondents could browse the online consultation documents, then join a discussion forum where they could leave comments on the issues that interested them.

There then followed a short process of negotiation in relation to the design of the web site. The research team took the Waterways Ireland consultation document, converted it to HTML and put it on-line.

Then, the research team developers set up a discussion forum before showing the consultation organisers how to enter the first questions to start off a discussion.

Review

Every part of the site was reviewed by Waterways Ireland and amended in accordance with their suggestions. The result, for better or worse, was a site that mirrored their off-line consultation.