transparency in tech for a transparent gov :) lead by example, show em how easy it is!

Let's see who's using twitter to engage with their electorate, vs broadcasting.
% replies / conversations / follow reciprocity/karma / trending topics?

Australian Democrats now tweeting (and plurking and facebooking) @ausdemocrats

http://herebeforeyou.com/kevinruddmp/turnbullmalcolm this is a great bit of data, lets plot them all on a timeline and have a race for the last to join - enshrined for all eternity

recorded questions and their correspoding reply/non-reply is also recorded

then keep stats of replies and non-replies

Each week members of tweetMP can submit a question they would like to ask an MP which can be voted on by other members. At the end of the week the question with the most votes will be given to said MP as well as their shadow minister.

Get the community to vote on tweet questions for MPs for special events. e.g. QnA, Question Time in parliament, Insight, etc

Then somehow those tweets can be delivered and presented in canberra

I think something along those lines is good - "breaking down walls"
How about framing it in terms of putting your representative on the spot? Asking them the difficult questions, etc.. #tweetmp Both from @matthewlandauer

Classic signs of maturity:
Including hyperlinks
Retweeting
Use of hashtags
Use of Twitpics
Conversations with constituents

rather than crawling APH

Allow users to input a special note to their MP.

do the collection and voting on a per-topic/issue basis (e.g. climate change policy)

It would be interesting to see if the MPs getting onto Twitter share common characteristics - such as being in particular age groups, gender or state.

Pick good clients off listhttp://mashable.com/2008/12/21/twitter-mobile-applications/ and put on mobiles page and add to invite.

Get the site to automatically follow tweeting MPs of @tweetMP and add them to the associated list