Request for help: Copenhagen Climate Change Debate - Large scale open source Google Wave project

Posted by JamesWilson on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 17:49

Debatewise, in partnership with IDEA and the British Council, are organizing a series of online debates to coincide with the hugely important climate change conference which takes place in Copenhagen this December.

We are forming a panel of 1,000 different people from 100 different countries. We will create motions for the panel based on issues which arise from the conference. Some panel members will create the pro and con arguments, other members will vote on the arguments so created. In this way we intend to provide a sense of what young people around the world think about what’s happening in Copenhagen.

We have been given 1000 Google Wave invites for our panel members so these debates can take place within Wave. This would be one of the first large scale focused tests of the collaboration benefits Wave provides and is a fantastic opportunity for a developer to sharpen their skills and get exposure for what will surely be a game-changing new technology.

Your thoughts on how best to execute this project are welcomed. To be clear, this is an open source project and the rewards a developer gets will not be monetary. At least not straightaway.

We could use your help,
Please contact me if you are interested.

-James Wilson