[Debatewise RRT] Re: Using Google Wave to debate the Copenhagen climate change conference
- From: Timothy Johnston <tjoh71@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:21:57 +0000
I am also interested. How much time involved and also could you please go
into more depth on what we would be doing?
Thanks,
Tim
On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Kim redgrave <kim_redgrave@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I am definitely interested. I have a lot of spare time at the minute though
> I cannot guarantee what my situation will be by then but I will keep you
> updated.
>
> Regards,
> Kim
>
> > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:11:15 +0000
> > Subject: [Debatewise RRT] Using Google Wave to debate the Copenhagen
> climate change conference
> > From: dc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
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