[governance] Discussion summaries?

[Paul Lehto]

Even better would be for discussants to summarize the points of
someone from the OTHER side - fairly, then the original speaker gets
to tweak the final summary for accuracy.  This act of summarization
would itself further understanding because everyone has to "listen"
more closely than usual in order make a fair summary.  Hey, until one
understand the other side's arguments, one doesn't truly understand
the issues!

On 8/18/10, Chad Lubelsky <chad at apc.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
>> Thank you for the wonderful discussions and interventions in the
>> latest IGC posts. I have benefited very much from them.
>
> I too have benefitted from the discussions but at the same time I find
> both the volume of emails + the nuanced nature of some of the
> conversation means I have a hard time keeping up.  My feeling is that
> this might be inhibiting broader participation and even understanding
> of the issues at hand.
>
> I was chatting with Ginger and we both like the idea of having
> discussion summaries but recognize that that is a significant task for
> any one person to take on (although if there is a volunteer that would
> be great!).  We then thought it might be more feasible to ask
> individual contributors to synthesize their own contributions.
> Drilling down to the essence of everyone's arguments might bring
> enhanced clarity to the discussion and also open the door to more
> diverse participation.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Chad
>
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> Chad Lubelsky - Global networking, policy and advocacy coordinator
> Association for Progressive Communications
> Montreal, Canada
> chad at apc.org -
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> ¡Gracias por hacer de APC lo que es hoy!
> Merci d'avoir contribué à faire d'APC ce qu'elle est aujourd'hui!
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