Hi, yes - I'll be around. 2009/12/6 Vee Moda 1 <virajmodha@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Dear Alex, > > Yes - I would like to participate as a moderator during the conference. > > Many Thanks and Kind Regards, > Vee > > > > *From:* Alex Helling <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Sent:* Sunday, December 06, 2009 5:32 PM > *To:* debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [Debatewise RRT] Copenhagen conference global youth panel > moderation > > Hi everyone, > > > > I am writing to check who is willing to take part as a moderator in the > debates we are running on the Copenhagen conference on climate change. > > > > I have gone back through the emails sent back through the mailing list > about who wishes to help with moderating our global youth panel debates that > are starting tomorrow. At the moment on that list I have: > > > > Amie Tsang > > Mwenehu Fondo > > Michael Archer – possibly > > Kim Redgrave – possibly > > Timothy Johnson – possibly > > Jasmin Ademovic > > Harriet Lowe – possibly > > Sarah Lynch > > Gary Cocker > > Vee Moda – possibly > > > > If there is anyone else wanting to take part please email us and can those > who I have down as possible please give a definite yes or no. > > > > The details: As will all our debates this is taking place online, in this > case on google wave so I need you to reply asap so that we can give you a > google wave invite. We mostly need the moderators to do the usual kind of > things, delete any bad language and calm things down if things get personal. > Mostly I think the job will involve editing the main point so that it > reflects the discussion that has gone on below it. Think of this as editing > the point of a Debatewise debate if there has been a lot of discussion on > ‘join the debate’ and you then make the point so that that discussion is > reduced and summarised on the point. > > Time required: well as much as possible! However as with all our requests > this is purely voluntary so it is really as much as you can spare. Our > number of google wave invites are restricted so we would like to avoid you > applying and then doing nothing. About an hour or two a day would be good > (does not need to be evenly spread). The debates themselves will be going on > all the time so when you can do the moderating does not matter. > > > > So please get back to us, > > > > Regards, > > > > Alex > > http://debatewise.org/cop-15 > > > > I have added the original email from David below. > > > > Hi, > > > > As those who got the newsletter will know, we are running a big initiative > around the COP15 event. We’re forming a panel of 1,000 young people from > 100 different countries and will ask them to debate events that happen > during and after the conference itself. The idea is to provide a sense of > what young people around the world think of the decisions made there. > > > > This project has really taken off and there are two developments I’d like > to tell you about. The first is that The Independent will be partnering > with us, covering the debates, trying to get leading climate change experts > to provide commentary and hopefully getting opinion pieces as a result. > > > > Secondly, Google have given us 1,000 invites for their game-changing new > technology Google Wave. Wave takes online collaboration to a whole new > level; we’ll run all the debates in Wave and will publish them to Debatewise > for others to read. > > > > This is a very big deal, and not only because invites for Wave were being > sold on eBay for £100 each. But also because we’re providing Google with > one of the first real-world, large-scale, focussed demonstrations of the > collaboration benefits Wave provides. > > > > I’m telling you this partly because being on the Rapid Response team means > you get to hear this kind of stuff first. Secondly to ask if you want to be > involved. > > > > We’re looking for people to help moderate the debates in Wave. You’ll need > to have quite a lot of spare time between 7th – 18th December, will be > interested in the environment and will be willing to help steer people in > the right direction. You’ll obviously get a Wave invite and lots of good > karma to boot. > > > > Questions, enquiries, applications by email or phone. > > > > Dave > > > > > > Use Revisewise @ http://revisewise.debatewise.com/ > > >