[debatewisegypcc] Re: Final version of Australian application form Copenhagen Conference Youth Panel
- From: Local Community Development Association <locodeas@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewisegypcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:30:08 +0000
Dear Dave and others,
I am happy with all what is going on.
I have been talking with some government officials here in Cameroon.
This project is very appreciated and they want us to move on.
One problem though-is it all about the conference? How do we move on
and keep the project
going at country levels? Lets think about this.
It will also be nice to know the kind of registration Debatewise has.
Thanks
Levi.
On 13/11/2009, David Crane <dc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Arnaud,
>
> Welcome. A couple of days ago we put pins in a map to indicate where
> CCs come from and there was a giant space for Australia. I'm very
> glad that's filled.
>
> I'm also glad you've understood the importance of diversity and
> enthusiasm for panel members. We want to make sure we get as many
> different views represented as possible.
>
> Unfortunately, that will not be all views as the fact we're looking
> for technologically litterate (and blessed) people who understand
> English pretty well will naturally exclude a great many. I hope we
> can find ways to mitigate against this, though I do think that will be
> a learning process.
>
> The age descrimination element is deliberate and I have no qualms
> about that - even though at 45 I fall well outside the target age
> range. Which, by the way, is 15-25 ideally.
>
> Good work with the form, and good luck with the recruitment.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> 2009/11/13 Arnaud Gallois <galloisa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Considerably revised; other country coordinators may find this useful?
>>
>> Happy to hear feedback.
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Arnaud.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Arnaud Gallois
>> Sent: Friday, 13 November 2009 1:50 PM
>> To: 'Alex Helling'; 'debatewisegypcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
>> Subject: Signing on RE: Sounds good FW: [Princes Hill Secondary School
>> Council 350 Sign] Copenhagen Conference Youth Panel
>>
>> Dear Alex and Levi and other GYP Country Co-ordinators,
>>
>> Just a brief message to say that I am enthusiastically signing on as
>> Australian country co-ordinator.
>>
>> I am very excited about this project and process, and am sure that it
>> will bring good results.
>>
>> A querry about this first step of recruiting young people to the forum:
>> Alex is kind to say that we are as young as we feel (see his email
>> below), but what is the numerical age that we are looking at here for
>> our participants? I am imagining 15 to 25 years of age; does this sound
>> good to you?
>>
>> I have a few University and secondary school students in mind already
>> that I will ask, and I will also be using a range of networks to build
>> up as diverse an Australian group as possible. This will include trying
>> to have people from a range of different geographic areas across our
>> continent, including non-metropolitan dwellers.
>>
>> I am conscious that although we are seeking diversity, which is
>> commendable, there is also a selective process happening where we are
>> selecting people who are: "young" (however defined); literate in
>> English; already care about climate change; have good access to the
>> internet; can make the time and have the motivation to participate. I
>> don't mean this as a criticism, just to be clear.
>>
>> I will make sure that there is an equal gender balance in the Australian
>> group, and try to cover as many of the other diversity categories (race,
>> age, religion) as possible.
>>
>> Please find attached a draft application fornm that I intend to
>> distribute as part of the invitation to young Australians to join the
>> panel.
>>
>> Best wishes for a cooler planet
>>
>> Arnaud.
>> (GYP CC for Australia)
>>
>> Arnaud Gallois
>> Associate Director
>> Office for Environmental Programs
>> University of Melbourne
>> galloisa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> www.environment.unimelb.edu.au
>> Phone: (+613) 8344 3314/ 5073.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alex Helling [mailto:alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Thursday, 12 November 2009 11:15 PM
>> To: Arnaud Gallois
>> Subject: RE: Sounds good FW: [Princes Hill Secondary School Council 350
>> Sign] Copenhagen Conference Youth Panel
>>
>> Hi Arnaud,
>>
>> You are as young as you wish yourself to be, no? More
>> seriously the age of country coordinators does not matter much, more a
>> willingness to be involved and the contacts to recruit some young people
>> from Australia are what are needed. As such I am happy to have you as
>> our country coordinator for Australia, thank you very much for being
>> willing to help us in our project. I have attached a pdf document that
>> will provide more information about what we are doing and will hopefully
>> answer some of your questions.
>>
>> As regards to recruitment we would appreciate it if you could recruit
>> roughly evenly in terms of numbers of boys and girls. For the moment
>> could you just take a note of the name/year of birth/email
>> address/gender and if they wish to give it religion of the people you
>> recruit.
>>
>> I will also sign you up to our email group for country coordinators
>> debatewisegypcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx where you can ask questions of each other
>> and answer them and give tips and advice.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Arnaud Gallois [mailto:galloisa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 12 November 2009 03:45
>> To: alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Sounds good FW: [Princes Hill Secondary School Council 350
>> Sign] Copenhagen Conference Youth Panel
>>
>> Dear Alex,
>>
>> I would be happy to be a "country coordinator" of this project for
>> Australia; it sounds like a very exciting project and process.
>>
>> Please note that I myself am not strictly "young" - soon to be 44 years
>> old
>> - but certainly I have plenty of contacts with young people, partly
>> through my daughter's school (Princes Hill Secondary School) and more so
>> in my professional role as a University lecturer: I teach Master of
>> Environment subjects and help to co-ordinate and manage the Master of
>> Environment program at the University of Melbourne.
>>
>> I met Bill McKibben earlier this year when we hosted his public lecture
>> here which he gave on the 350 campaign.
>>
>> Also this is of great interest to me as a researcher, as a big part of
>> my research is around questions of democratic processes and
>> environmental sustainability.
>>
>> I think I could recruit 10 to 20 young people very easily, and would be
>> happy to then encourage them to participate through the process.
>>
>> I would be happy to send you a resume/ cv if you would like more
>> information.
>>
>> I look forward to being part of and helping with the project.
>>
>> I hope to hear back from you soon.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Arnaud.
>>
>> Arnaud Gallois
>> Associate Director
>> Office for Environmental Programs
>> University of Melbourne
>> galloisa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> www.environment.unimelb.edu.au
>> Phone: (+613) 8344 3314/ 5073.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: organizers@xxxxxxx [mailto:organizers@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>> alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Thursday, 12 November 2009 11:17 AM
>> To: Arnaud Gallois
>> Subject: [Princes Hill Secondary School Council 350 Sign] Copenhagen
>> Conference Youth Panel
>>
>> Alexander Helling sent a message using the contact form at
>> http://www.350.org/node/11103.
>>
>> Dear Arnaud,
>>
>> My name is Alex Helling and I work for
>> Debatewise, a non-profit debating website. I saw your profile on 350.org
>> and thought you may be interested in a project we're organising with the
>> British Council and the International Debate Education Association for
>> the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December.
>>
>> We want to recruit 1000 young people from 100 countries to form our
>> Global Youth Panel. Everyone on the panel will be emailed once or twice
>> a day with a list of motions for debate. These motions will be formed by
>> us from the issues that arise from the conference. Things such as "Is
>> America's proposal for carbon emissions at 370ppm the best we're going
>> to get?" Any panel member with something to say can come to
>> Debatewise.com and enter their arguments. They can add to or edit each
>> other's points, create new points and add comments. Any panel member who
>> wants to read the debates and vote will be able to do so too.
>>
>> After the conference is over we'll divide people into their respective
>> countries and will run a series of debates in which they'll discuss how
>> they'll be impacted by the decisions the conference comes to. This takes
>> what happens there, makes it personal, real and local and gives it a
>> context I believe is unique.
>>
>> I'm getting in touch with you along with between five and ten others
>> from Australia because we hope one of you might be willing to act as a
>> country co-ordinator for Australia. We only require one country
>> coordinator for each country, so we would need a positive response as
>> soon as possible.
>>
>> Your job would be twofold. Firstly, to recruit between 10-20 young
>> people and then, when the conference is taking place, to gently
>> encourage them to be active in the debates. We hope that this project
>> will allow each country that takes part to have the opportunity to share
>> their views on climate change. We believe this form of debate will
>> motivate young people and encourage them to be more proactive and
>> involved in the climate change issue. There is also the opportunity to
>> develop contacts with country coordinators and Global Youth Panel
>> members from other countries.
>>
>> Firstly, these debates will be taking place in collaboration with The
>> Independent, a highly respected and national daily British newspaper.
>> The debates will be mirrored on their website which means that the GYP
>> will get significant media recognition and has the support of a major
>> British daily behind it.
>>
>> Secondly, as you may or may not know, Google has recently launched
>> Googlewave, an online tool for real-time communication and
>> collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where
>> people can discuss and work together. Any participant can reply
>> anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any
>> point in the process and is live.
>>
>> At this stage, Google has not launched this innovative new tool, but we
>> at Debatewise have managed to acquire a large amount of invites to use
>> it before its launch, an extremely rare and exciting development. As
>> country coordinator, you will receive an invite to use Googlewave, and
>> you will be able to offer invites to your members who you recruit to the
>> GYP. These invites are highly sought within the internet industry and to
>> receive an invite to use this tool should be seen as a real honour.
>>
>> If this sounds interesting and you would like to become a country
>> coordinator, please email me at alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and we will provide
>> you with further information and materials to help you explain to
>> potential panel members why they should get involved.
>>
>> I would also be delighted to answer any questions you may have about us
>> or this project
>>
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Alex Helling
>>
>
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