On December 17, 2008 Netroots Nation conducted its fourth salon in San Francisco (Past salons have featured Sen. John Kerry, Van Jones and Markos Moulitsas). This salon featured Professor Lawrence Lessig as he discussed his new non-partisan reform initiative to end political corruption. The organization created to do this work is called Change Congress.

We filmed this session and streamed it live via ustream. After the presentation we held an extensive question and answer period where our moderator, Cheryl Contee, took questions from the audience in-person and online.

We invite you to view that video in our video archives here. If you are interested in learning more about our Salon series check out this page and follow the link to sign up for the mailing list there.

We blogged. We phone banked. We knocked on doors. We campaigned. We organized. We left it all on the road. And now, we celebrate!

Netroots Nation is hosting an evening of celebrating, carousing, eating and drinking with the progressive community.

The event is co-hosted by AmericaBlog, Congress Matters, Firedoglake, Fivethirtyeight.com, Frameshop, Jack & Jill Politics, Living Liberally and myDD.

So if you're going to be in Washington, DC on Monday, January 19, then this is the place you'll want to be! For full details and to RSVP, click here.

The 2008 election brought unprecedented levels of political participation and excitement. But now that the election's over, many are asking: What's next? How can the millions of people inspired by the campaign work with the new administration to create real change?

One of our goals at Netroots Nation is to take ideas from our community, match them with the right technology, and empower you to act. That's why we wanted to let you know about "Ideas for Change in America," a citizen-driven effort to help define President-Elect Obama's presidential agenda, launched this week by Change.org.

The open platform project aims to identify and create momentum around the best ideas for how the Obama administration and 111th Congress can turn the broad call for change across the country into specific policies. Users can post an idea, discuss with others, and vote on the top ideas from around the country.

Visit change.org/ideas and post your own idea for change.