Last week when I attended the technology summit here in Indianapolis, Techpoint, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels opened up the event with a great speech on the positive outlook here in Indiana.
As the Governor was getting interviewed, I stood to the side with Pat Coyle and chatted. This sounds really goofy, but I think there’s an awesome opportunity for social networking and blogging technologies to bring more transparency to our local and regional governments.
I’m sure this might scare the you-know-what out of many people holding esteemed positions, but having a medium that connects tax-payers with tax-spenders would be a phenomenal step forward for government. Rather than confront Mitch with a statement like that, I invited him to send some of his staff to the regional Strategic Online Marketing conference here in Indianapolis – Get Your MBO.
I believe, after hearing the stats and thought leaders speaking about leveraging Online technologies, Mitch and his team may take a closer look at what this could provide them and save the local tax base.
I left Mitch Daniels with my business card and a card advertising GetYourMBO – and today I received this in the mail:
That Governor Daniels (I have a hard time calling him Mitch) and his staff took the time to mail me a nice note like this was a nice surprise. I hope it’s not the last time I see the Governor… and I really hope his team sees this and joins us.
Note to the Daniels Team:
If you are planning on attending on December 7th, please contact me directly through my contact form. I promise I’ll save the taxpayers some additional money when you sign up for GetYourMBO!
