Hi!
I would like to refer to the mission statement of Wikinews (I could not find one for wikipedia).
"Wikinews is founded on the idea that we want to create something new, rather than destroy something old." "We invite you to join us in this effort which has the potential to change the world forever." "an open decision-making process"
This is what I think of an open decision-making process:
http://fsr.lme.hu/wiki/EDemocracy (feel free to comment/amend it)
This could be started as an experiment with decision making in an already open community, be evolved to be a device to explain citisens' ideas about the ways the political elite should have been following (if the software would be ready, I would start debating about the copyright and patent law of my country right now using it:), and maybe it could change the world forever...
Well, first the software should be written.
What do you think about it?