These are the proposals from Mara.
How does the debate start?

- Is there a time when all the debaters make a first comment on their main position? And then pick up some points? Do the facilitators have a few questions, as plan B, if the debate is goin low on energy and input?

- Is the facilitator going to make a summary of the points at the end and can that summary be made public, as a conclusion of the debate?

- Will the people involved in the debate then be invited to Join the Movement and what exactly do we invite them for? I would place an emphasis here on the Hate speech watch, to be honest … not that I do not like people’s photos, but content wise … HSW is more substantial

- How to communicate to debaters the way they put forward their points? Can they write 3 lines, 10, 200?

- I think some of these issues can be also made in a short doc on how to facilitate discussions on the Join the discussion, and then it can be improved based on this experience this week.

Regarding question 1) I think we should introduce the subject and ask people if they have something to share on the general topic. Then we can unpick the pointers that we have set if the discussion gets out of topic. What me and Steven were thinking is that we can have video links and more interactive means to keep the interest high..So that is our plan B you can say!

Now question 2) I believe it is important to make a summary of points discussed and the conclusions and this could be made public ( I don't see a point in just keeping it to ourselves) perhaps through a blog post or something similar..Maybe in the next newsletter which people get to see more directly!

Hello :) I am reading proposal now

That seems a good idea to have video links. And I think we should also write out that in order to particpate in the discussions they will have to register as users.

Yes. It does not refresh automatically. We will have to feed back these things to the developer.

Hi Laszlo, Ian, Raf, Neringa, Balint and Gubaz!

Start of debate: I like the idea of open starts, where people can simply declare what they wish - maybe why they're here, what they'd like to discuss and anything they'd like to say.

Yes, I think it makes sense it we note the points people make so they can be responded to during the discussion.

Yes, I agree that we should prepare some 'prompts' for discussion, whether they are questions or just ideas and examples to provoke debate.

Again, yes, I think it makes sense to summarise so that the talk can be made public. If possible it would be ideal to present the summary to the group at the end so people can add anything they feel has been overlooked. This way it is truly collaborative. I do realise that this can be hard work though, so it is just a thought for those who manage to pull it off.

Yes! They should certainly be invited to Join the Movement, and yes, with emphasis on HSW. I agree entirely, HSW is the strongest and central part of this movement (in my opinion).

I am not sure we should advise debaters how they should put forward their points. We can say, however, that if people make large posts (like this one - I'm sorry! Laszlo made so many points to start with :D ) it might be tough to keep the discussion fluid?

Yep, why not! A short doc. makes sense. There is so much written on how to conduct meetings etc. already and it is a very contested area, so we might want to look at that material to see what suits this situation best,

Sorry again for the long post. They'll be short from now on xx

I collect the points.
1. Registration as new user
2. Basic rules to be inserted in the announcement.
3.

Rafaela. That is the same. :)

Neringa, my feeling is (like in this discussion) people will arrive at different times. I guess it is just something we will have to deal with.

Raf, don't worry too much about people leaving :) We are learning as we go so we will try to make it engaging but we cannot concern ourselves too much if people decide to leave x

The disclaimer can also be put into the introduction paragraph. Which you can soo on the top under the title of the forum.

Yes! Neringa's mini-disclaimer idea makes perfect sense (unless the developers get chance to make it refresh in time).

Everyone commented and also I would like to say that mini disclaimer idea is very good idea and if we put it into the intro paragraph would be great

The share button down here is not that?

I do not think Late would do it so quicly. They are more comlicated than that. :( I write to them tonite anyway.

*I was asking about share button

If you click on the share buttons they work.

You're right Laszlo, the share buttons appear here for me. I think for Raf a pop-up offers her to share it automatically.

Action point: Perhaps we could begin by suggesting that people share the debate with people in 'real time' if they like?

good point Rafaela!

It's actually very nice that we can watch the videos without leaving the forum, somehow makes it more inclusive.

Yes Rafaela, some will just follow and observe maybe.

Good evening!
i read it trough. there is no auto correct for english.
This is a test correction by Community Manager.

Can you all edit or delete a comment?

I like how the video appears, it makes it more engaging... Laszlo regarding the points for facilitation, for me it is what Steven also said, to have an open start and encourage input from the start on how the discussion will be shaped. Also, do you think is good to set some 'discussion rules'..what if someone starts being hateful??how do we deal with that??

Hi Balint! That's a good point, I would definitely second that as a recommendation to Latte.